Programmes of Study

Medium Term Planning

Department: Unit Title: Year Group:

History Working for the Man – a

Developmental Study into how the 8
nature of work has changed over Autumn Term Second Half
time 3 lessons per week = 18 lessons

All
Students to gain an understanding
of how people’s working lives have
changed for the better for the
majority. Students to identify
differences between the time
periods and describe them. (L3)
Key Learning Objectives
Most
Students to gain an understanding
of how people’s working lives have
changed for the better for the
majority. Students to identify
differences between the time
periods and describe them.
Students to give reasons
explaining the differences and
begin to account for why attitudes
towards work have changed over
time. (L4)
Some
Students to gain an understanding
of how people’s working lives have
changed for the better for the
majority. Students to identify
differences between the time
periods and describe them.
Students to give reasons explaining
the differences and begin to
account for why attitudes towards
work have changed over time.
Students to begin to make
historical conclusions about power
relationships across different time
periods and make links between
them. (L5+)

Unit Overview
Unit Focus: How has the nature of work changed over time?
Key questions (3):
1. “What was the difference between a Roman slave and an African slave?” 2.5 wks/8 lsns
2. “Did the industrial revolution improve the lot of the English worker?” 2.5 wks/8 lsns
3. “Why is slavery still commonplace today?” 1 wks/2 lsns
Key concepts and terms that appear:
1. Freedom, slavery, chattel, freemen, emancipation, abolitionists
2. Feudalism, enclosures, urbanisation, wage-slavery, factories, capitalism, proletariat
3. Third World, globalization, people trafficking,
Unit Assessment Method Resources
1. Baseline Test at beginning of Y8 Worksheets on Roman slavery
2. End of unit test – source analysis and “Industry, Reform and Empire” (Wilkes)
knowledge recall / essay writing • Ch 6 “What was the Slave Trade?” pp74-83
“Invasion, Plague and Murder” (Wilkes)
• Ch10 “What was life like in a Medieval village?”
pp80-1 and “Medieval Town” pp82-3
 Cross Curricular Opportunities
ICT Lit
Reading

Writing

Numeracy Speaking and Listening

WRL / Enterprise VAK

PHSEE Citizenship
Government and politics
Democracy
Active citizenship
The franchise and the vote
Relationships with authority