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1 Year 9 September to December. The USA conflict home and abroad Content Homework Key Topic 1. The position of black Americans in the early 1950s Segregation, discrimination and voting rights in the Southern states. The work of civil rights organisations, including the NAACP and CORE. The key features of the Brown v. Topeka case (1954). The immediate and long-term significance of the case. Making inferences from a source Analysis of interpretations on End of topic assessment incorporating causation skill The significance of the events at Little Rock High School, Causes and events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The significance of Rosa Parks. Reasons for the success and importance of the boycott. The Supreme Court ruling. The Civil Rights Act The significance of the leadership of Martin Luther King. The setting up of the SCLC. The Ku Klux Klan and violence, including the murder of Emmet Till in Opposition to desegregation in the South. The setting up of White Citizens Councils. Congress and the Dixiecrats. Key Topic 2. Progress The significance of Greensboro and the sit-in movement. The Freedom Riders. Ku Klux Klan violence and the Anniston bomb. The James Meredith case, King and the peace marches of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, and Washington. Freedom summer and Freedom summer and the Mississippi murders. The roles of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the passage of the Civil Rights Act Selma and the Voting Rights Act Malcolm X, his beliefs, methods and involvement with the Black Muslims. His later change of attitude and assassination. Homework Source utility

2 Reasons for the emergence of Black Power. The significance of Stokely Carmichael and the 1968 Mexico Olympics. The methods and achievements of the Black Panther movement. The riots of and the Kerner Report, King s campaign in the North. The assassination of Martin Luther King and its impact. The extent of progress in civil rights by Analysis of interpretations on the significance of Martin Luther King's leadership Key Topic 3.1 Reasons for US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam The battle of Dien Bien Phu and the end of French rule in Vietnam. Reasons for greater US involvement under Eisenhower, including the domino theory and weaknesses of the Diem government. Greater involvement under Kennedy, including the overthrow of Diem and the Strategic Hamlet Program. The increasing threat of the Vietcong. The Gulf of Tonkin incident, 1964, and increased US involvement in Vietnam. The guerrilla tactics used by the Vietcong. The methods used by the USA, including Search and Destroy, Operation Rolling Thunder and chemical weapons. The key features and significance of the Tet Offensive, The key features of Vietnamisation. Reasons for its failure. The Nixon Doctrine and the withdrawal of US troops. Attacks on Cambodia, 1970, and Laos, 1971, and the bombing of North Vietnam, 1972 Key Topic 4.1 Opposition to the war Reasons for the growth of opposition, including the student movement, TV and media coverage of the war and the draft system. Public reaction to the My Lai Massacre, The trial of Lt. Calley. The Kent State University shootings, Reasons for support for the war, including the fear of communism. The hard hats and the silent majority. Making inferences from a source Evaluation of interpretations on the reasons for US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam Source utility Evaluation of interpretations about the failure of the USA in Vietnam Source utility

3 Reasons for, and features of, the peace negotiations, The significance of the Paris Peace Agreement The economic and human costs of the war for the USA. The strengths of North Vietnam, including the significance of Russian and Chinese support, Vietcong tactics and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. The weaknesses of the US armed forces. The failure of US tactics. The impact of opposition to the war in the USA. Evaluation of interpretations about the failure of the USA in Vietnam Making inferences from a source Analysis of interpretations about the economic and human costs of the war for the USA YEAR 9 Plan Civil Rights and Vietnam War Lesson content Homework Introduction to topic segregation (1) Inference questions Organisations and the role of the government (1) Education Brown v Topeka (1) Homework Key word/spelling test Civil Rights organisations Emmett Till (1) Research Montgomery Bus Boycott causes and events (1) Montgomery Bus Boycott impact (1) Revision for 1 Little Rock event (1)

4 Little Rock introduce interpretations (1) One Montgomery Bus Boycott Questions on inference and utility (1) Greensboro (1) Inference and utility Freedom rides (1) James Meredith interpretations. Feedback for A1 to be completed. HALF TERM Birmingham events (1) Research fact file Children s March documentary (1) Washington March & Civil Rights Act, 1964 (1) Key words and definitions Freedom Summer & Mississippi murders (1) Selma March event (1) Selma film (1) Selma film (2) Revision for 2 Kennedy v Johnson significance of both leaders and their role in the Civil Rights Movement (1) Malcolm X (1) Presentations Two 12 mark Q and 2x 4 mark interpretation Qs (1) Research impact of Black Power Mexico Olympics Black Power and Black Panthers (1) King s Campaign in the North (1)

5 The Butler film (1-2) 12 mark Q Black Power Riots and Kerner Report (1) Presentation Assassination of MLK (1) Skill lessons 16 mark Q (2) Revision for 3 Three 2x 4 mark interpretations and 16 mark Q (1) **Leave a page for feedback/purple pen and mark scheme** Finish the Butler (1) Three 2x 4 mark interpretations and 16 mark Q (1) Research the Battle of Dien Bien Phu Vietnam intro Dien Bien Phu and new government (1) Eisenhower, Domino Theory and Diem (1) Kennedy, Strategic Hamlets and assassination of Diem and Kennedy (1) Revise for 4 Threat of Vietcong and 8 mark utility Q (1) Gulf of Tonkin, impact, Pleiku and Operation Rolling Thunder (1) Key word test using Knowledge Organisers Four 12 mark Q and 8 mark Q increased involvement (1) Nature of the conflict (2) We were soldiers film (2) Presentations Focus on tactics link to nature of the conflict

6 Tet Offensive (1) 16 mark Q Tet Offensive Nixon and Vietnamisation (1) Nixon s expansion of the war & leaving Vietnam (1) Revision Opposition (1) My Lai Massacre (1) Year 9 Mock exam Kent State shooting (1) Peace talks and cost of the war (1) Why the US failed in Vietnam (1) YEAR 10 PLAN TOPICS TO BE TAUGHT: 2 lessons a week. HOMEWORK TO BE SET. ASSESSMENT Society and Government under Elizabeth. 2 Features x 2. Elizabeth s Problems. Religious problems and divisions Religious settlement. Impact of the settlement. Revision: 2 features and explain why : 2 features and explain why Problem of Mary Queen of Scots. Northern Earl s rebellion. Research the other plots The other plots. Mary Queen of Scots execution. Tension between England and Spain. Direct actions in the Netherlands. Elizabeth dvd Armada causes. Armada outcome. Education. Leisure. Poor.. Exploration Circumnavigation Drake. Raleigh and Virginia Explain why question on threats of Mary. Revision for assessment: 2 Features of the religious settlement. 16 mark Question on the Armada Explain why question on the poor. : 2 Features of the religious settlement. 16 mark Question

7 Raleigh and Virginia Failure of Colonisation. Revision. 3 on all 3 question styles: 2 features education. Threats to Elizabeth. 16 marks Reasons. 3 on all 3 question styles: 2 features education. Threats to Elizabeth. 16 marks Reasons Finish any Elizabeth dvd s. Feedback on assessment. Introduction lesson to the Cold War. Conferences. Conferences. Atom bomb impact and Soviet expansion. Truman Doctrine, Cominofrm. Division of Germany and Berlin blockade. Nato V Warsaw. Arms race. Hungarian uprising. Research on the 3 conferences 8 mark consequence question on the conferences. Narrative and consequence on Hungary : Narrative and consequences BERLIN CRISIS Berlin crisis lesson 2. Cuban Missile crisis. Cuban Missile crisis Prague Spring Détente lesson 1 Détente lesson 2. Afghanistan lesson 1. Afghanistan lesson 2. RESEARCH CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Revision :Importance question on CMC, Prague and Hungary Debate on which cold war has been the most significant 2x8 marks Importance questions. : Importance questions Second cold war and Gorbachev new thinking. Revision. Changing relationship. End of Soviet union. on all 3 questions. on all 3 questions.

8 Year 10 September to December. Early Elizabethan England Key Topic 1.1 The situation on Elizabeth's accession Homework Content Elizabethan England in 1558: society and government The Virgin Queen: the problem of her legitimacy, gender, marriage. Her character and strengths. Challenges at home and from abroad: the French threat, financial weaknesses. Religious divisions in England in Elizabeth s religious Settlement (1559): its features and impact. The Church of England: its role in society. The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge. The nature and extent of the Catholic challenge, including the role of the nobility, Papacy and foreign powers. Mary, Queen of Scots: her claim to the English throne, her arrival in England in Relations between Elizabeth and Mary, End of topic assessment incorporating causation skill The reasons for, and significance of, the Revolt of the Northern Earls, The features and significance of the Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington Plots. Walsingham and the use of spies. The reasons for, and significance of, Mary Queen of Scots execution in Political and religious rivalry Commercial rivalry. The New World, privateering and the significance of the activities of Drake. English direct involvement in the Netherlands, The role of Robert Dudley. Drake and the raid on Cadiz: Singeing the King of Spain s beard. Spanish invasion plans. Reasons why Philip used the Spanish Armada. Homework

9 The reasons for and consequences of the English victory. Content Education in the home, schools and universities. Sport, pastimes and the theatre. The reasons for the increase in poverty and vagabondage during these years. The changing attitudes and policies towards the poor. Factors prompting exploration, including the impact of new technology on ships and sailing and the drive to expand trade. The reasons for and significance of Drake s circumnavigation of the globe. The significance of Raleigh and the attempted colonisation of Virginia. Reasons for the failure of Virginia.

10 Year 10 January to Summer Superpower relations and the Cold War, GCSE (9-1) History Autumn 1 Key topic 1.1 Early tension between East and West Content Homework The Grand Alliance. The outcomes of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences. The ideological differences between the superpowers and the attitudes of Stalin, Truman and Churchill. The impact on US-Soviet relations of the development of the atomic bomb, the Long and Novikov telegrams and the creation of Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe. End of topic assessment incorporating causation skill The impact on US-Soviet relations of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, The significance of Cominform (1947), Comecon (1949) and the formation of NATO (1949).Berlin: its division into zones. The Berlin Crisis (blockade and airlift) and its impact. The formation of the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic. The significance of the arms race and the formation of the Warsaw Pact. Events in 1956 leading to the Hungarian Uprising, and Khrushchev s response. Autumn 2 The international reaction to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Key topics 2.1Cold War crises, (Berlin, Cuba, Czechoslovakia) Homework Content The refugee problem in Berlin, Khrushchev s Berlin ultimatum (1958), and the summit meetings of

11 The construction of the Berlin Wall, Impact of the construction of the Berlin Wall on US-Soviet relations. Kennedy s visit to Berlin in Autumn 2 Soviet relations with Cuba, the Cuban Revolution and the refusal of the USA to recognise Castro s government. The significance of the Bay of Pigs incident. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis The consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis: the hotline, the Limited Test Ban Treaty 1963, the Outer Space Treaty 1967, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Opposition in Czechoslovakia to Soviet control: the Prague Spring. The Brezhnev Doctrine and the re-establishment of Soviet control in Czechoslovakia. International reaction to Soviet measures in Czechoslovakia. Key topic 3.1 Attempts to reduce tension between East and West Détente in the 1970s, SALT 1, Helsinki, SALT 2. The significance of Reagan and Gorbachev s changing attitudes. Gorbachev s new thinking and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty The significance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Carter Doctrine and the Olympic boycotts. Reagan and the Second Cold War, the Strategic Defence Initiative The significance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Carter Doctrine and the Olympic boycotts. Reagan and the Second Cold War, the Strategic Defence Initiative

12 Year 11 Superpower relations and the Cold War, GCSE (9-1) History Autumn 1 Key topic 1.1 Early tension between East and West Content Homework The Grand Alliance. The outcomes of the Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences. The ideological differences between the superpowers and the attitudes of Stalin, Truman and Churchill. The impact on US-Soviet relations of the development of the atomic bomb, the Long and Novikov telegrams and the creation of Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe. End of topic assessment incorporating causation skill The impact on US-Soviet relations of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, The significance of Cominform (1947), Comecon (1949) and the formation of NATO (1949).Berlin: its division into zones. The Berlin Crisis (blockade and airlift) and its impact. The formation of the Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic. The significance of the arms race and the formation of the Warsaw Pact. Events in 1956 leading to the Hungarian Uprising, and Khrushchev s response. Autumn 2 The international reaction to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Key topics 2.1Cold War crises, (Berlin, Cuba, Czechoslovakia) Homework Content The refugee problem in Berlin, Khrushchev s Berlin ultimatum (1958), and the summit meetings of The construction of the Berlin Wall, Impact of the construction of the Berlin Wall on US-Soviet relations. Kennedy s visit to Berlin in 1963.

13 Autumn 2 Soviet relations with Cuba, the Cuban Revolution and the refusal of the USA to recognise Castro s government. The significance of the Bay of Pigs incident. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis The consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis: the hotline, the Limited Test Ban Treaty 1963, the Outer Space Treaty 1967, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Opposition in Czechoslovakia to Soviet control: the Prague Spring. The Brezhnev Doctrine and the re-establishment of Soviet control in Czechoslovakia. International reaction to Soviet measures in Czechoslovakia. Key topic 3.1 Attempts to reduce tension between East and West Détente in the 1970s, SALT 1, Helsinki, SALT 2. The significance of Reagan and Gorbachev s changing attitudes. Gorbachev s new thinking and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty The significance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Carter Doctrine and the Olympic boycotts. Reagan and the Second Cold War, the Strategic Defence Initiative The significance of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Carter Doctrine and the Olympic boycotts. Reagan and the Second Cold War, the Strategic Defence Initiative

14 Early Elizabethan England Key Topic 1.1 The situation on Elizabeth's accession Year 11 January to March Homework Content Elizabethan England in 1558: society and government The Virgin Queen: the problem of her legitimacy, gender, marriage. Her character and strengths. Challenges at home and from abroad: the French threat, financial weaknesses. Religious divisions in England in Elizabeth s religious Settlement (1559): its features and impact. The Church of England: its role in society. The nature and extent of the Puritan challenge. The nature and extent of the Catholic challenge, including the role of the nobility, Papacy and foreign powers. Mary, Queen of Scots: her claim to the English throne, her arrival in England in Relations between Elizabeth and Mary, End of topic assessment incorporating causation skill Key Topic 2. Plots and revolts at home The reasons for, and significance of, the Revolt of the Northern Earls, The features and significance of the Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington Plots. Walsingham and the use of spies. The reasons for, and significance of, Mary Queen of Scots execution in Political and religious rivalry Commercial rivalry. The New World, privateering and the significance of the activities of Drake. English direct involvement in the Netherlands, The role of Robert Dudley. Homework

15 Drake and the raid on Cadiz: Singeing the King of Spain s beard. Spanish invasion plans. Reasons why Philip used the Spanish Armada. The reasons for and consequences of the English victory. Winter 2 Key Topic 3.1 Education and leisure Content Education in the home, schools and universities. Sport, pastimes and the theatre. The reasons for the increase in poverty and vagabondage during these years. The changing attitudes and policies towards the poor. Factors prompting exploration, including the impact of new technology on ships and sailing and the drive to expand trade. The reasons for and significance of Drake s circumnavigation of the globe. The significance of Raleigh and the attempted colonisation of Virginia. Reasons for the failure of Virginia.

16 PROGRAMME OF STUDY FOR YEAR 11 SEPTEMBER 2018 TO APRIL TOPICS TO BE TAUGHT: 2 lessons a week. BERLIN CRISIS Berlin crisis lesson 2. Cuban Missile crisis. Cuban Missile crisis Prague Spring Détente 1 Détente lesson 2. Afghanistan lesson 1. Afghanistan lesson 2. Second cold war and Gorbachev new thinking. Changing relationship. End of Soviet union. Elisabeth s Problems. Religious problems and divisions Religious settlement. Impact of the settlement. Revise for mock exams and technique. Problem of Mary Queen of Scots. Northern Earl s rebellion. The other plots. Mary Queen of Scots execution. Tension between England and Spain. Direct actions in the Netherlands. Armada.. Education. Leisure. Poor. Exploration. Circumnavigation Drake. Raleigh and Virginia Failure of Colonisation.. Revision for all 3 papers. HOMEWORK RESEARCH CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS ASSESSMENT Revision for assessment on CMC and Prague.. Narrative and consequence question Narrative and consequence question. Revision cards/ material on Key topic 1 for Civil rights movement paper 3. Revision for Narrative and consequence on Détente and Afghanistan. Narrative and consequences Half term homework 2x8 marks Importance questions. on all 3 questions. Revision material for Civil rights topic 2. 2 Features x 2.. Society and Government under Elizabeth Mock revision. Hybrid of all 3 papers and question level difficulty. Civil rights topics 3 and 4. Handed in after Christmas. Revision for assessment: Explain why question on the poor. Revision. on all 3 question styles: Hybrid of all 3 papers and question level difficulty. : 2 Features of the religious settlement. 16 mark Question on the Armada on all 3 question styles: 2 features education. Threats to Elizabeth. 16 marks Reasons

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