1. History Course Calendar and Personal Learning Checklist
The City of Leicester College

2. History (Course Calendar)
AUTUMN 1.1
AUTUMN 1.2
SPRING 2.1
SPRING 2.2
SUMMER 3.1
SUMMER 3.2
3 Teacher Days
– Teacher Day
L12 – Who should be king? Speech writing
– Bank Holiday
– Teacher Day
L24 – Castles
L33 – Story of Becket (sequencing).
– College Assessment Point 2
L43 – Henry’s wives – sequencing and research.
L44 – Henry’s wives – sequencing and research.
5.6.17
L51 – Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Bank Holiday
L1 – Intro: chronology challenge
L2 – baseline assessment
L13 – Peer marking of speeches and final speech writing
L14 – Election
9.1.17
L25 – How important was religion in Medieval England?
L26 – Heaven and Hell.
L34 – Story of Becket (video)
L35 – xxx
– Bank Holiday
L45 – The King’s Great Matter – why Henry married Catherine; why he wanted annulment.
L52 – Henry VII video – comprehension sheet.
L53 – Edward VI source analysis.
5.9.16
L3 – Therapy from baseline
Lx – Therapy from baseline (add)
(Take into account induction)
L15 – Battle of Stamford Bridge
L27 – Analysis and evaluation of Doom Painting.
6.3.17
L36 – Analysis and evaluation of sources and interpretations.
8.5.17
L46 – The King’s Great Matter – timeline.
L47 – The King’s Great Matter – timeline. (Ensure explanations included of significance of various points on timeline.
L54 – Mary I video interpretation exercise.
L4 – Tollund Man – intro – key words.
L5 – Tollund Man – group investigation (source analysis) – why did he die?
L16 – Battle of Hastings
L17 – Reasons why Normans won Hastings – Stamford Bridge, military forces, luck
L28 – Assessment preparation (skills, how to answer).
L29 – Doom Painting assessment (include peer marking and up-levelling)
L37 – Assessment preparation (skills, how to answer)
L38 – Becket assessment (include peer marking and up-levelling)
L48 – Assessment preparation (skills and how to answer)
L55 – Richard III (historical context), to prepare for X-curr. Day.
L56 – Richard III (Tudor propaganda), to prepare for X-curr. Day.
L6 – Tollund Man – source evaluation.
L18 – Reasons why Normans won Hastings – Stamford Bridge, military forces, luck
L30 – Saints, relics, indulgences.
L39 – Medieval kings and queens (sequencing)
L49 – Henry VIII assessment (include peer marking and up-levelling).
L50 – Differences between Protestants and Catholics.
3.7.17
L57 – xxx
– College Assessment Point 3
L7 – Assessment preparation (skills, how to answer).
L8 – Tollund Man assessment (include peer marking and up-levelling)
L19 – Assessment preparation (skills, how to answer).
L20 – BoH assessment (include peer marking and up-levelling)
– College Assessment Point 1
6.2.17
L31 – Who should control the Church?
L32 – Murder in the cathedral – source analysis of Becket murder.
L40 – Tudors and Stuart monarchs.
L41 – Henry VIII intro lesson.
Two days – local study on Richard III (X-curricular project with Drama). Each pop off timetable for a day.
L58 – xxx
L59 – xxx
L9 – Who invaded Britain before 1066 and why?
L21 – How did William gain control of England (problems/solutions)?
3.4.17
L42 – Tudor family tree?
L10 – Invasion settlement pattern (group work)
L11 – Why was there a contest for the English throne in 1066?
L22 – Feudal System
L23 – Castles

3. History (PLC)