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