Everyday life through the agesWhat?

• The way in which lives, beliefs, and attitudes have changed and factors driving change eg– technology– economic development– war– religion– culture

(National Curriculum for history, 2008)

Everyday life through the agesWhy? How?

• Why?– It is 99% of history (100%?)– It is where most of us see our ancestors– It is the seedbed of all Big Events– It is the seedbed of our own life / lifestyle– It provides the flavour of the period: deep

chronology

• How?– Let it appear as we study each age in turn– Thematically – but what’s the theme?

Key Stage 3 Plan – Thematic (vertical)

Autumn: Changing lives and attitudes Spring: Power, conflict and co-operation

Summer: Civilisations and empires

Y 7 Daily Lives•What can medieval deaths tell us about medieval lives?•How can we find out about daily life around 1700?•How did the Industrial Revolution change people’s lives 1750 to 1900?•Which invention did most to shape people’s lives in the twentieth century?

RulersHow did William gain control of England?Who was the most powerful medieval monarch?How did Elizabeth l deal with problems of power?Who was the greatest Prime Minister of the twentieth century?

Islam and the Wider WorldWhy did Islam spread so quickly?How different were London and Cordoba in the fifteenth century?How did Muslims and Christians see each other at the time of the Crusades?What made the Ottoman Empire so powerful?

Y8 Hearts and MindsWhy did the medieval Church matter so much? What can paintings tell us about changing beliefs 1450 to 1750? What can our local buildings tell us about Victorian attitudes?What can music tell us about changing attitudes in the twentieth century?

Challenges to PowerWhy did Owain Glyn Dwr’s rebellion fail?What makes a good fictional story about the English Civil War?What was the impact of the French Revolution?Why did it take British women so long to get the vote?

The British EmpireHow did England build its first colonies?How should we remember Britain’s slave trade? What happened when the Europeans scrambled for Africa?How was the British Empire portrayed?

Y9 Moving stories•What are the ingredients of British society?•Why did people move to Australia?How did Britain treat Irish migrants?How can we research the stories of Commonwealth migrants?

Impact of WarWhat stories lie behind our town’s war memorial? How did the Second World War change people’s lives? Why is it so important to remember the Holocaust? Why are people still fighting over Jerusalem?

Britain and IndiaWhat mattered to the Mughals?What can paintings tell us about eighteenth-century India? Why can’t people agree about the Indian Rebellion, 1857-8?Why should we remember Mohandas Gandhi?

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsom/somerset_emigrant_families.htm

For Wiltshire emigrants lists and very helpful background, search for “Wiltshire emigrants Australia” … the first few sites to appear should include a very detailed paper written in 1974 that lists many names and gives very good details.