Year 7 History

Year 7

What is History?

📚 Books:

- What is History? (Usborne, Alex Frith)

- The Story of the World (UK abridged version, Susan Wise Bauer)

- A Short History of Nearly Everything (illustrated edition, Bill Bryson)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Bitesize: What is History?

- Horrible Histories: Historical Skills Special (CBBC)

- BBC Teach: Evidence and Sources (KS3)

🧭 Activities:

- Create a personal timeline using family or local history

- Visit a local Roman or medieval site

- Debate or write about historical interpretations

Romans – Rotten or Revolutionary?

📚 Books:

- The Rotten Romans (Terry Deary)

- Romans on the Rampage (Jeremy Strong)

- Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona (Richard Platt)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans

- BBC Teach: The Romans in Britain

- Roman Britain: Digging for Britain (BBC)

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

The Dark Ages & Normans

📚 Books:

- Anglo-Saxon Boy (Tony Bradman)

- 1066: I Was There (Jim Eldridge)

- The Norman Conquest (Kaye Jones)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Bitesize: Anglo-Saxons & Normans

- Battle of Hastings Animated (BBC Teach)

- Timewatch: 1066 – The Battle for Middle Earth (BBC)

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

The Crusades & Medieval Power

📚 Books:

- The Crusades (Terry Deary)

- The Magna Carta Chronicle (Christopher Lloyd)

- The Time-Travelling Cat and the Templar Treasure (Julia Jarman)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Teach: The Crusades Explained

- BBC Bitesize: Magna Carta & Medieval Monarchs

- Secrets of the Castle (BBC)

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

 The Black Death

📚 Books:

- You Wouldn’t Want to Catch the Black Death! (Meriel Fuller)

- The Black Death (Pamela Oldfield)

- The Plague: A Cross on the Door (Ann Turnbull)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Teach: Black Death (KS3)

- Horrible Histories: Plague Special

- Medieval Lives: The Peasant (BBC, Tony Robinson

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

Mansa Musa & Medieval Africa

📚 Books:

- Great African Empires (Robin Walker)

- Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali (Scholastic UK)

- Africa, Amazing Africa (Atinuke)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Bitesize: Mali Empire & Mansa Musa

- The Real Wakanda: Mali Empire (HistoryScope UK)

- Africa: A Journey into History (BBC Teach)

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

Tudors & Witchcraze

📚 Books:

- Treason (Berlie Doherty)

- Witch Child (Celia Rees)

- Terrible Tudors (Terry Deary)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors

- BBC Teach: Witch Hunts in 16th Century England

- Tudor Monasteries and Henry VIII (BBC Teach KS3)

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

English Civil War & Oliver Cromwell

📚 Books:

- The Executioner’s Daughter (Jane Hardstaff)

- Cromwell and the Roundheads (Tony Bradman)

- Civil War: I Was There (Jim Eldridge)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Teach: English Civil War Explained

- Cromwell (1970 film – selected scenes)

- Horrible Histories: Roundheads vs Cavaliers Song

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event

Transatlantic Slavery

📚 Books:

- Freedom (Catherine Johnson)

- Journey to Jo’burg (Beverley Naidoo)

- Rebel Voices (Eve Lloyd Knight)

🎬 Films/Docs:

- BBC Teach: Slavery and Abolition

- Britain and the Slave Trade (BBC Bitesize)

- The Forgotten Slave Trade (Channel 5)

🧭 Activities:

- Visit a relevant museum or historical site

- Create artwork, diary entries, or timelines based on the topic

- Role-play a historical debate or event