Year 8 History

curriculum

In this year we cover:

• Why did Britain have an Empire? What was Britain's role in the slave trade? How has slavery been portrayed?
• From the 1860s to 1960s: to what extent were African Americans free?
• Votes for Women! Why was there a campaign for women to vote?
• Trench warfare: what was it like to be a solider in the First World War?
• What consequences did the First World War have for Europe? What did dictatorship take such a hold on Europe in the inter war years?
• Why did the German people vote for Hitler? How did life change under the Nazis for key groups?