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Westfield Secondary School

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?

 

resources:-

  1. Y8 History - Was-Douglas-Haig-really-the-Butcher-of-the-Somme-

  2. Y8 History - Wilfred-Owen

  3. Y8 History Causes WW1 2012

  4. Y8 History L2 - Imperialism and Arms Race

  5. Y8 History WW1 project (1)