Y8 Autumn Medium Term Plan - Work

Programmes of Study Medium Term Planning Department:

History

Unit Title:

Working for the Man – a Developmental Study into how the nature of work has changed over time

Year Group:

8 Autumn Term Second Half 3 lessons per week = 18 lessons

Key Learning Objectives 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)

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