We aim to develop historians who know and understand that:

"Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding
times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by
the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results." ~ Machiavelli

The study of history is to enable students to be able to look critically at events in the past and to make judgements
which challenge claims made by historians, through their own interpretation of contemporary source material. It is
intended that students will be able to carefully select the relevant evidence to answer an historical enquiry, and be
able to write convincingly and logically. It is also intended that students will be able to gain a knowledge and
understanding of important events in the past which they can use to challenge a range of interesting hypotheses.
TLS History Curriculum
The Tudors, The
The Tudors, 1485- 1485- 1603 Tudors,
The Tudors, 1485- 1603 The Tudors, 1485- 1603
1603 Henry VIII 1485- 1603
The Little Tudors Henry VII
Elizabeth I Henry VIII
The USA, 1945-
The USA, 1945-1980 The USA, 1945-1980
The USA, 1945-1980 1980 The USA,
This is the place Lyndon Johnson Harry Truman
where the Richard Nixon John F Kennedy 1945-1980
Richard Nixon
overarching unit
Gerald Ford
topics and themes
Dwight
are outlined.James Carter Research Topic Eisenhower

An in depth -Superpower

Year 11
Crime and study of the USA Relations and the -Revision Exam
Punishment in Britain
-Early Elizabethan between 1954 -Early Elizabethan England, Cold War, 1941- 91 success
1000-the present,
including Whitechapel England 1558-88. and 1975. 1558-88 Revision -Application of
1970-1890 historical How society Why was this a -Elizabethan society in the -Cold War crises, knowledge
environment; changed during the period of Age of Exploration, 1558-88 1958-70 -Analysing
age of Exploration conflict both at -The end of the Cold sources and
-applying historical
knowledge
home and war, 1970- interpretations
-Analysing sources and abroad?
interpretations

-Germany after World War 1.

-How Partition affected India How much is World War Two
during the early post empire the fault of Hitler or were
period? others also to blame?
-
How did the British Empire Why did fascism develop in
- The Swinging Sixties…what the 1920’s?
-How did the lives of people come to Britain’s defence
social changes took place and Who were the Suffragettes?
change in post war Britain as a during World War Two? The India Mutiny,
how did this period impact
result of developments in How were the Jewish people what were the
peoples lives?
social equality? able to resist their persecution causes and how was
during the Holocaust? it ended?
The causes of the
First World War and
its impacts on the
-Britain during the Romans. -The decline of slavery, why people who fought
What was life like and who were -What were the crusades and -How were the Tudor and is 1807 an important year in it.
Stuart periods a time of slavery and why did it not

Year 8
the Britons? How do we know why did they happen?
Year 7

this? What is the evidence?
-What happened to the Roman
Empire? Is Emperor Theodosius
to blame for its end?
-What was the Golden age of
Bagdad
-How and why did the middle
ages come to an end? Impact
of Black Death; The rise of the
Mogul and Ming Empires.
change and also a time of end then?
continuity? - A time of revolution,
-How can people looking at how the French
interpret the same events and the Industrial
differently? Revolutions changed
society.

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