History at key stage 3    (Year 8)

• a narrative of events 1642-8
• how different defeated groups were dealt with in 1649
• to begin to make a connection between the political conflict of these years and conflicting ideas about how society should be organised

• to use prior knowledge of monarchs to elicit key issues
• to make comparisons between Charles I and his immediate predecessors
• about the details of the reign of Charles I prior to the outbreak of war in England
• to evaluate the mistakes made by Charles I and their consequences

• that historians disagree about why the civil wars took place
• to analyse the causes of the civil wars and identify those that were significant

• about the differing responses of members of the same families to the arguments and dilemmas of the civil wars

• to analyse the causes of Parliamentary victory in the civil wars
• to analyse key events in the wars such as the Battle of Naseby

• about the wide range of views on how the country should be run after the civil wars
• about the power struggle between the army and Parliament between 1649 and 1653

• that Cromwell has been interpreted in very different ways
• that interpretations of Cromwell are influenced by the background of the interpreter and the purpose of the interpretation
• to reach substantiated conclusions through critical analysis of information

• to analyse reasons for, and results of, events and changes
• that the monarchy was restored in 1660

• to begin to evaluate the extent of the changes that occurred during the civil wars and Commonwealth period
• to make links between the changes and different political and religious ideas