GFS HISTORY Medium Term Plan Year 7 SPRING 1 Fertile question: When did Greenwich grow during the 19 th century? Second order concepts: Cause and consequence Change and continuity Substantive concepts: Enclosure Mechanisation Industrialisation Population Diaspora Transport Technology Employment Key Constructs: 2.1 - Second order concepts Describe the causes of change in Greenwich in the 19 th century and explain how they led to change. Prioritise the most important causes of change. 2.2 - Substantive concepts - Confidently and meaningfully use key terms such as industrialisation, technology and population to support explanation and analysis. 2.3 - Substantive knowledge - Effectively use detailed substantive knowledge (i.e. dates, names, facts, etc.) as evidence to characterise change and support and sustain an argument. 2.4 - Historical enquiry - Convey an argument through coherent and meaningful paragraphs leading to an effective and well-substantiated conclusion. Early Growth Further Growth Opportunities for Scholarship
What happened to Greenwich in the 19 th century? 1 Lesson Identify what Greenwich Describe how Greenwich changed during the period was like during the Victorian period Why did the population of Greenwich grow? 1 Lesson Identify what happened to Explain how different factors led to the growth in population the population of Greenwich during the 19 th cenury Extended writing Why did the population explode after 1750? Why were there fewer people farming in Greenwich? 1 Lesson Identify the problems Explain how farming improved after 1750 with pre-industrial methods of farming Judge whether the changes were positive or negative Evaluate the most important cause of population growth Judge how changes to farming would impact Greenwich Extended writing You are a villager on a farm in 1865. You are going to write a letter to your friend who left the village before all the big changes were made. You need to: Describe the changes that happened Explain how they have changed things Explain why some people have had to leave the village Why did people move to Greenwich to work in factories? 1 Lesson
Identify what the Domestic system was Explain how factories changed how textiles were made Judge how factories caused people move to Greenwich Why did the railway change Greenwich? 1 Lesson Identify what the railway Explain the changes the railway brought to Greenwich was How did international trade make Greenwich grow? 1 Lesson Identify what the British Explain the impact of Empire on British businesses Empire was Extended writing Why was the Empire important for Britain? Revision Why did Greenwich grow in the 19 th century? 1 Lesson Identify the key factors for Explain why those factors led to the growth of Greenwich in the 19 th century the growth of Greenwich in the 19 th century Judge how railway would have caused Greenwich to grow Judge how the Empire would cause Greenwich to grow Prioritise the causes of the growth of Greenwich in the 19 th century Essay Planning How do we create a successful essay? 1 Lesson Identify the components Explain how to structure a successful essay of a successful essay Assessment - Essay writing 1 Lesson Describe the growth of Explain the causes of the growth of Greenwich in the 19 th century Greenwich during the 19 th century Create a detailed plan for our essay Prioritise the causes of the growth of Greenwich in the 19 th
century End of Unit Assessment Technology was the main reason Greenwich grew during the 19 th century. How far do you agree? Review of recent assessment 1 Lesson Identify spelling, Explain where our essays can be improved punctuation and grammar errors in our essays Create an improved draft of our essay GFS HISTORY Medium Term Plan Year 7 SPRING 2 / SUMMER 1 Fertile question: Who was the most significant thinker in history? Second order concept: Significance Substantive concepts: Philosophy Geometry Algebra Novel Gravity Art Science Key Constructs: 2.3 - Second order concepts Reaches a reasoned judgement by evaluating the relative significance of different thinkers using criteria effectively. 2.4 - Substantive concepts - Confidently and meaningfully use key terms such as philosophy progress and art to support explanation and analysis. 2.5 - Substantive knowledge - Effectively use detailed substantive knowledge (i.e. dates, names, facts, etc.) as evidence to evaluate significance and support and sustain an argument. 2.6 - Historical enquiry - Convey an argument through coherent and meaningful paragraphs leading to an effective and well-substantiated conclusion.
Progress Early Growth Further Growth Opportunities for Scholarship What makes a significant thinker? 1 Lesson Identify significant Describe what they discovered/ created/ invented thinkers in history Evaluate how their thinking changed society How did Confucius shape Chinese society for thousands of years? 1 Lesson Identify who Confucius Explain what Confucius s ideas were was Judge how far Confucius meets our criteria for being significant Extended writing Was Confucius a significant thinker? Why is Euclid regarded as the father of geometry? 1 Lesson Identify who Euclid was Explain what made Euclid significant Judge who was more significant: Euclid or Confucius? Extended writing Explain who you think was more significant: Euclid or Confucius. How did Al Khwarizmi create modern mathematics? 1 Lesson
Identify who Al Khwarizmi was Explain what made Al Khwarizmi significant Judge who is the most significant of the thinkers we have studied so far Is Murasaki Shikibu the most significant writer in history? 1 Lesson Identify who Murasaki Explain what made Murasaki Shikibu significant Shikibu was Was Isaac Newton the greatest scientist in history? 1 Lesson Identify who Isaac Explain why he was a significant thinker Newton was Extended writing Who was more significant: Mirosaki Shikibu or Isaac Newton? How did Rene Descartes start modern philosophy? 1 Lesson Identify who Rene Explain why he was a significant thinker Descartes was Judge how she compares to our other significant thinkers Judge how much he changed the world compared to Mirosaki Shikibu Judge how much he changed the world compared to Isaac Newton How did William Shakespeare s ideas change the world? 1 Lesson Identify who William Explain whether he was a significant thinker Shakespeare was Judge how much he changed the world compared to Rene Descartes
Is Beethoven the greatest musician in history? 1 Lesson Identify who Ludwig Van Explain whether he was a significant thinker Beethoven was Judge how significant he was. Extended Writing Decide how you would rate Beethoven s significance on a scale of 1 to 10. Explain your choice. How did Ada Lovelace help to create computers? 1 Lesson Identify who Ada Lovelace Explain why she was a significant thinker was Why was Marie Curie the first women to win a Nobel Prize? 1 Lesson Identify who Marie Curie Explain why she was a significant thinker was Is Tim Berners-Lee the father of the World Wide Web? 1 lesson Identify who Tim Berners- Explain whether he was a significant thinker Lee was Judge whether she was more significant than Beethoven Rank Beethoven, Curie and Lovelace. Compare the significance of Curie and Berners-Lee Revision: Who was the most significant thinker in history? 1 lesson Identify where each Describe an achievement of each thinker significant thinker goes on a timeline Rank the significance of the thinkers we have studied Essay Planning: How do we create a successful essay? 1 lesson Identify the components Explain how to structure a successful essay Create a detailed plan
of a successful essay End of Unit Assessment Essay: Who was the most significant thinker in history? Review of recent assessment 1 Lesson Identify spelling, Explain where our essays can be improved punctuation and grammar errors in our essays for our essay Create an improved draft of our essay