Medium term scheme of work: Year 9


Topic 1: Industrial expansion and changing society . Britain 1750 – 1900 – 17 weeks


Subject content

Learning objectives

Curricular links

Resources

Britain in 1750

Reasons for rapid population growth

Establish a framework for the topic

Pupils work on extended explanations of the factors responsible for population growth (essay/paragraphs)

Technology


Geography

Folens


Longman Thinking History

Growth of cities

Contrasts with the countryside


Poor living conditions in Manchester and London

Use a “history mystery” – Tom Carter/ FOLENS to

Explore the rural world of 1750

Revise sources skills – interpretation and cross-referencing information about 2 cities

Geo




English – Victorian writers, Dickens

Folens


Digging Deeper


Dickens “Hard Times” film and book

Case study – changes in the wool industry


The impact of new inventions/technologies

Gain insight into the changes resulting from industrialization and the growth of factories

Technology


Science

F


Power point presentation and work pack

  1. The importance of Abraham Darby – Iron

  2. Salt and Saltaire – enlightened thinking

  3. Links between iron, coal, trade, working conditions


Start to develop a “who’s who?” for 18th and 19th century people of importance


Balloon debate


Stand alone exercises from Folens

Debating society

F



Assessment –

Colonialism and slavery

Change/Industry

Understand how and why Britain gained an empire


Follow the emergence of the slave trade and understand its implications


Create information booklet targeted for Year 6


  1. IGCSE topic USA the road to affluence


  1. Abolition of slavery day in school TG




Film club – Amistad


Thinking History

Crime in Victorian Britain


Jack the Ripper

Solve a mystery by cross referencing of sources and understanding the Victorian London framework


Investigation

Edecel GCSE coursework


See separate SOW

Film – From Hell

Democracy, Parliament and representation


Trade Unions


Women and the Vote

Understanding government


Looking at the different forms of government in students’ home countries


Presentations

Citizenship


Review and unit test







Topic 2: The World in 1900 – 15 weeks


Review comparison between 1750 and 1900

Think about last topic


Raise awareness of rates of change and nature of change


Remember how to measure change

Empirical measurement

Topic 1



World tension and empires

Broaden the topic 1 perspective


Shanghai during the concession era – visit Pearl Tower museum





Background to World War 1




Different styles and systems of government

  1. Communist dictatorship

  2. Fascist dictatorship







Understand the principles of these two political ideologies


2 investigations/ case studies

IGCSE topic 1


Science – gas technology

Music – WW1

Politics


IGCSE International Relations

See W

W1 SOW




Film – Dr Zhivago


SOW Nazi Germany


SOW The Rise and Fall of Communism


Schindler’s List


Stalingrad




Post world war issues

Students produce an independent piece of work as their investigative coursework forming 30% of the end of year exam score


“13 Days”




Topic revision




School end of year exam




Feedback and review

Reading list for Year 10





Subtopic: Crime and punishment in Victorian Britain. Investigation into Jack the Ripper murders. 1 box= 1 lesson


Subject content

Learning objectives

Curricular links


Key words

Resources

Crime in Victorian London


Pupils learn about the norms of crime and punishment. Answer structured questions about real crimes and the treatment of criminals

Citizenship


Constable

Night watchman

Capital crime

Folens p.56 and 57 Crime watch 1800


Q. 1-4 work

The development of the British police force. Who caught the Victorian villains?

Learn about the creation of the Metropolitan police force. Understand improvements by making comparisons from L1.


Draw a timeline


Create a full profile for the ideal Met policeman


Timeline :Victorian crime and policing

KS4 Crime and punishment folder


Folens p. 58 and 59


Met Police: interactive whiteboard diagram for pupils to label

London and Whitechapel: social, geographical and economic framework





Use texts and bullet point check-list. “Whitechapel, setting for the Ripper murders: what was the character of the area?

Geography


Cities and contrasts


Prevailing winds

Dickens’ map of London


KS4: Crime and Punishment folder


Two faces of London - texts

Introduction to the Ripper victims

Pupils make connections between the victims and the Whitechapel context.


Gain further knowledge from the PP presentation


Produce their own victim profiles with imported pictures, maps.



Workhouse

Lodging house

Domestic service

Prostitution

Immigrant

Dockland

Strangulation

Garrotting


KS4 , Crime and Punishment file: The victims

Powerpoint


Folens p62 and 63


Internet for pictures of victims to go on profile


The Victims: tasks

Assess the similarities of the victims and understand why they might have turned to prostitution


Prepare for the investigation with the timeline

Answer two questions – provide a developed explanation, using relevant evidence.

Q.1 What background, and personal circumstances did the victims share?

Q.2 Why did each one turn to prostitution?


Draw timeline showing dates of murders and letters received from possible killer

Sociology

The Victims KS4


Teacher timeline


Folens p.62 and 63


Crime map p. 64

(give enlarged copy)

Think about the difficulties faced by the police in tackling these crimes







What was the police response to the Ripper crimes?

Pupils all study the “Dear Boss” letter and look at the implications of such evidence by answering questions


In a group, analyse other letters and present analysis for plenary. Conclude.

Examine the methods of the police, starting with witness statements. Produce a “Wanted” poster


Answer questions from “Police Activity”










Art


Graphics

Folens p.62



KS3 file: letters








Source H p. 64 Folens


KS4 C and P:

Limitations”

Ripper Coursework”

Police Activity” Q. 1,2 and 3

Were the police to blame for not catching the Ripper?

Make a balanced judgement using selected evidence

English

All work



Scheme by Carolyn Trussell Social Studies Teacher at BISS