Year 7
1
The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?
2
11th-century Islamic worlds: how similar were the regions of the Islamic world?
3
The Norman Conquest: how do we know about the impact of the Conquest on England?
4
The Crusades: did Europeans go on crusade to capture the 'holy land'?
5
Medieval women: what can we learn from Matilda about women in medieval England?
6
England under Henry II: how successfully did Henry reassert royal authority?
7
Magna Carta: how did Magna Carta survive?
8
Edward I: What stopped Edward uniting all of Britain?
9
Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?
10
Medieval West Africa: why was medieval Mali so successful?
11
The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?
12
The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?
13
The Wars of the Roses: what does it tell us about fifteenth-century England?
14
The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?
Year 8
1
Henry VIII and the Reformation: how unusual was the English Reformation?
2
Elizabeth I: why has Elizabeth been represented so differently?
3
Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?
4
European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?
5
The English Civil War: what can pamphlets tell us about 17th century politics?
6
The British Empire: why did it grow in the 17th and 18th centuries?
7
The Glorious Revolution: how do historians' views of it differ?
8
Transatlantic Slavery: how were West African societies impacted?
9
The Mughal Empire: how important was violence to the Mughal conquests in India?
10
The East India Company: when did Mughal authority collapse?
11
The emergence of cabinet government: why did Walpole become Prime Minister?
12
The Enlightenment: what was the Enlightenment?
13
The Haitian Revolution: what was its role in the abolition of the slave trade?
Year 9
1
How did Europe respond to the French Revolution?
2
The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?
3
Widening the franchise: who gained the right to vote?
4
The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?
5
Interpreting the British Empire: how has it been commemorated and contested?
6
Women's suffrage: why did it take so long for women to get the vote in Britain?
7
World War One: how 'total' was it for people in the British Empire?
8
The Russian Revolution: did communism completely transform Russian society?
9
WW2: which events turned the tide in the story of the Second World War?
10
The Holocaust: what was the Holocaust?
11
Decolonisation: how similar was decolonisation throughout the British Empire?
12
Post-war Britain: for whom did the United Kingdom become a ‘New Jerusalem'?
13
Thematic study: how has the role of women in British society changed?
Year 10
1
Migration: how was medieval Britain impacted by conquest and settlement?
2
Migration: what caused westward migration from the 16th to the 18th centuries?
3
Migration: how did Britain expand its control over India and Africa?
4
Migration: in what ways did empire impact migration to and from Britain?
5
Migration: understanding post-WW2 migrant experiences
6
Norman England: why did William conquer England?
7
Norman England: how did William the Conqueror subdue England?
8
Norman England: how far did Norman government change England?
9
Norman England: in what ways did life change for ordinary people?
10
Norman England: how different was the English Church by 1100?
11
Historic environment (Norman England)
6 unit options
Year 11
1
USA boom years: how did the 'boom' affect the American people?
2
USA bust years: how did the Great Depression affect the American people?
3
USA New Deal and WW2: how far did the American economy recover?
4
USA Society: how far did American society change after WW2?
5
USA Civil Rights: how successful was the American civil rights movement?
6
Cold War origins: what led to the breakdown of the 'Grand Alliance'?
7
Cold War development: how did the Cold War develop in Asia?
8
Cold War development: how peaceful was 'peaceful co-existence'?
9
Cold War transformation: was the world on the brink of a nuclear war?
10