Key Stage 3 History

History for Northern Ireland Key Stage 3: Ireland 1169-1500

Geography Pathways Year 8 Pupil's book

Specifically designed for the revised curriculum for Northern Ireland, History for Northern Ireland Key Stage 3 is a three-book course which:

  • Is organised chronologically from 1169 to the present day and structured around stimulating thematic enquiries which examine change over time
  • Has an active learning approach
  • Features summative tasks at the end of the enquiries which provide excellent opportunities for assessment for learning
  • Includes a wide variety of activities, designed to develop whole curriculum skills and capabilities as well as key historical skills
  • Has been shaped to integrate key elements – giving the historical enquiries relevance to the modern world

Course Information:

Ireland 1169-1500 starts with a bridging unit, designed to ease the transition from primary school, that focuses on the skills a historian needs. It then goes on to look at the idea of identity and how our identity is shaped by the past. This leads into stimulating historical enquiries within the period , including:

  • Why did the Normans invade Ireland in 1169?
  • What were people in the past really like?
  • How did life in Ireland change during the period 1169-1500?
  • Who’s who in Medieval Ireland?
  • What was health and medicine like in the Middle Ages?
  • Did the Normans leave us anything worth keeping?

It concludes by asking the students to evaluate what they have learnt and to look forward to year 9 – particularly focusing on how to develop their historical skills further.

Authors:

Sheelagh Dean, Cheryl Stafford and Catherine Thompson.

Contents:

  • Introduction: your pathway through this book
  • Chapter 1 What is History?
  • Chapter 2 Who am I?
  • Chapter 3 Why did the Normans invade Ireland in 1169?
  • Chapter 4 What were people in the past really like?
  • Chapter 5 How did life in Ireland change during 1169–1500?
  • Chapter 6 Who was who in Medieval Ireland?
  • Chapter 7 What were health and medicine like in the Middle Ages?
  • Chapter 8 Did the Normans leave us anything worth keeping?
  • Chapter 9 What does it mean to get better at history?

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Ireland 1169-1500    978 0 340 81483 3    £9.99    96pp