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Key stage 2/3 Full Year Scheme of Work - WW2
A full years scheme of work aimed at a Key Stage 2 or Key Stage 3 class based around WW2. It includes key questions and areas of focus, that are broken down into the skills of describe, explain, analyse and source analysis.
Skills focus within increasing difficulty as year progresses
Assessment activities to test understanding
Second order concepts built in to match knowledge acquisition and skills
Extensions and differentiation included to allow for maximum pupil engagement.
Basic vocabulary lists
Topics:
Causes of war
Treaty of Versailles
Wall Street Crash
Causes of WW2 (short term and long term)
The Blitz
Turning Points of WW2 (Battle of Britain, Battle of Stalingrad, Pearl Harbour, DDay)
Propaganda use in Britain and Germany
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Holocaust
Long term impacts of WW2 on Britain, Europe and the World
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Thomas Becket/ Henry II Murder Mystery
LO: To be able to use evidence in order to build an argument as to who was to blame for the murder of Thomas Becket.
PPT provided with clues (sources) to explore how Henry II, the knights or Becket himself may have been to blame leading to the formation of a detailed source analysis/ essay.
Reading task to provide contextual information leading up to the murder with questions provided.
Classwork with guided source tasks including the anlysis of primary sources
Table for source analysis with key questions such as: provenance of the sources, message of the source and use of key quotes.
Use of primary sources and first hand accounts exploring the narrative of the murder of Becket
Use of contextual factors such as the role of the medieval church vs state in building motive
Exploration of the skills of describing, explaining and analysing through group tasks and independent application