Year 9 Scheme of Work

Here is the link to the Year 9 Scheme of Work

In the Autumn Term we look at the history of the British Empire, concentrating especially on events in India, including the creation of the East India Company, the Indian Mutiny, and the significance of Gandhi in the independence movement.



The next topic is The Black Peoples of America which begins by considering how the slave trade was created and why people were shipped in their millions against their will to the Americas. It then concentrates on the role of black people in the United States, considering the Civil War and Reconstruction, Segragation and the Civil Rights Movement, considering figures such as Jesse Owens, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X and Barack Obama.



We then consider the causes of the First World War and what it was like to take part in the conflict. Year 9 visits the National Army Museum in Chelsea to gain further insights into military life.

After the Summer Exams we begin the GCSE course, looking first at the rise to power of Hitler and the Nazi Party, concentrating especially on the years from 1929-33, when he became Chancellor of Germany.