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Key Stage 3

Unit 1: The Normans and the Medieval World

Overview

Origins of the Normans
The Battle of Hastings
The Nature of Norman Society:-
-         Feudal System
-         Castles
-         Domesday Book

The Normans in Ireland
The Norman Legacy

Case Studies:

 Key Event

 -         The Battle of Hastings

Key Personalities

-         Strongbow and MacMurrough, De Courcy

Aspect of Society:

-         Life in Castles
-         Life in towns and countryside

Unit 2: Rivalry and Conflict
(From the end of the 16^th to the early 18^th centuries)

Overviews

Causes of Rivalry and Conflict between England and Spain
-         The Reformation
-         Exploration

The Spanish Armada
Plantations in Ireland
The English Civil War
The Williamite Wars

Case Studies

Key Events:

-         The Spanish Armada
-         The Ulster Plantation
-         The Siege of Derry

Key Personalities:        

Mary Queen of Scots
-         Elizabeth I and Philip II

Aspects of Society

-         Reformation (religion)
-         Land Ownership

Unit 3: Union to Partition

Overview

Ireland in the 19^th Century
Impact of the Irish Famine
The Home Rule Movement, 1870-1900
The Home Rule Crisis, 1910-1914
The Easter Rising
The War of Independence

Case Studies

Key Events

-         The Easter Rising

Key Personalities

-         Parnell
-         Gladstone
-         Carson

Aspects of Society

-         Rural Life in Ireland

Staff
KS3
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