Harris Academy South Norwood

Short Term Planning Template: Weekly Overview (3 lessons)

Subject Area: History Half Term: 2 Week Beginning: 3 Class: Year 7

Title:“How did Parliament rise in power and prominence?” 3 lessons

Differentiation Weekly Learning Objectives Weekly Learning Outcomes Resources

All
(NC Range)
Students will have an understanding of
the demands made by the barons of
King John and the basics of the Magna
Carta.
Study and attempt questions 1-3 on p55 (IPM).

Study pages 56-57 (IPM) and do questions 1+2.

“Invasion, Plague and
Murder” (Wilkes)

“Renaissance, Revolution,
Study pages 76-77 (RRR) and attempt
They will understand why Henry III was questions 1 and 2.
Reformation” (Wilkes)

2-3 so unpopular.
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They will understand that the quarrel
between crown and parliament came
to a head in the 1640s.

Most
(NC Range)
Above and understand the short-term and Complete questions 1-4 on p55 (IPM) and write at “Invasion, Plague and
long-term significance of the Magna
Carta and be able to explain their
least a paragraph for 4b. Murder” (Wilkes)
answers. Above and complete questions 1-4a on p57 (IPM).
“Renaissance, Revolution,
3-4 Above and understand the roles played
by Simon de Montfort and the barons.
Above and complete questions 1-3 on p77 (RRR).
Reformation” (Wilkes)

Above and understand how parliament Worksheets

had grown in strength by the 17th
century and what their concerns were.
Also be able to explain ‘Divine Right’.

Some
(NC Range)
Above and be able to contextualize the
points made in the Magna Carta by
drafting a modern-day charter for the
Study and complete questions 1-5 on p55 (IPM)
and draw up a reasoned modern-day charter .
“Invasion, Plague and
Murder” (Wilkes)
academy. Above and explain how the setting up of the first “Renaissance, Revolution,
parliament was such an important change in
4-5 Above and contextualise the changes by the way that England was ruled, paragraphed
looking at the long-term effects of a answer to 4b on p57 (IPM).
Reformation” (Wilkes)

strengthened parliament.
Complete all questions 1-4 on page 77 (RRR) and Worksheets
Above and offer an opinion about who write an extended answer, with developed
was most to blame for the Civil Wars. reasoning explaining their conclusions about
the causes of the war in Q4 p77 (RRR).
 Suggested Learning and Teaching Ideas
Starter Development Plenary Assessment
Painting of King John at Read, begin and complete exercises in Extended writing.
Runnymede “Invasion, Plague and Murder” and
“Renaissance, Revolution, Reformation”
Slideshow of early parliament (Wilkes)

Clips from ‘Cromwell’ and

‘Battlefield Britain – Naseby’.

Resources Homework
“Invasion, Plague and Murder” (Wilkes)
• “Were all medieval monarchs successful?” pp54-55
• “Long Live the King” pp56-57
“Renaissance, Revolution, Reformation” (Wilkes)
• “Why did the English Civil War start?” Pp76-77

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Cross Curricular Checklist (in relation to 6 week overview)

Lit √ Num √ ICT √ Ent/WRL PHSEE √ Citizenship √ VAK √