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=Year 11 History =

AOS 1 Crisis and Conflict

 * Ideologies
 * What is fascism? What is socialism? What is communism? What is democracy?
 * Political parties and orientation
 * Rise of Weimar Republic
 * Treaty of Versailles
 * Problems of Weimar
 * The Great Depression
 * The collapse of Weimar
 * The rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany

AOS 2 Social Life

 * What is Judaism? Who were the Jews?
 * Everyday life under Hitler’s Third Reich
 * Jewish life in Hitler’s Germany
 * The Final Solution

AOS 3 Cultural Expression

 * Cultural Expression between 1900-45
 * What is Cultural Expression?
 * How can Cultural Expression be linked to an Historical context?
 * What are some cultural movements of the early 20thCentury?
 * Art, architecture and design
 * Music
 * Writing/ ideas
 * Dance
 * Film/ Entertainment
 * Technology

=Unit 2: People and Power=


 * The Norman invasion and its impact on everyday life.
 * The feudal system – the Rule of Paternalism
 * The power of the Christian Church – Papal Supremacy, Divine Right to Rule
 * The Inquisition
 * The Witch Hunts
 * The Crusades


 * Robert the Bruce – Battle of Bannockburn (Rob Roy, William Wallace etc) – the battle for Scottish independence
 * Robin Hood – the battle for equality and fairness
 * The Crusades – the battle for Christianity, the battle to retain control
 * The Plague and its impact on the authority
 * The Peasants’ War
 * Henry VIII and the creation of the Church of England
 * Great men who challenged established authority and viewpoints - Galileo, Copernicus, Roger Bacon


 * The change in everyday life from 1000 CE to 1600 CE.
 * The results of the Witch Hunts.
 * The impact of the Crusades.
 * The impact and aftermath of ideas of individuals; Roger Bacon, Copernicus, Galileo etc.
 * The impact of the creation of the Church of England.
 * The change in life as a result of the Black Death.