KS3 History Curriculum Links | Extend and deepen chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance Use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses Understand methods of historical enquiry, including how different types of historical sources are used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed Gain historical perspective by placing growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding connections between local, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history A study of a significant issue in world history (slavery and the transatlantic trade in tobacco, rice, sugar and rum) and its interconnections with other world developments | ||||
Key Themes | On the trade routes of empire: tobacco, rice, spirits and smuggling Emergence of a leisured Island class: bathing, villas and royalty Building fast ships of empire and the quest for speed Defending the Island from becoming a staging post for invasion |
Learning Plan and Related Resources

Learning Plan
Full of ideas that can be used to develop your own tailored learning and lesson plans. 3 lessons and a field trip.

Chronology
A local, national and international events timeline

People Bios
Introduction to stories of 6 people connected with the Island