KS3 History revision checklist

Key Stage 3 · National Curriculum

Medieval Britain, 1066 to 1509

• Thinking like a historian: time, sources and evidenceLesson →
• 1066: the year of three kingsLesson →
• How William controlled EnglandLesson →
• The medieval Church, the Crusades and Thomas BecketLesson →
• Magna Carta and the first ParliamentsLesson →
• Edward I, Wales and ScotlandLesson →
• The Black Death and the Peasants' RevoltLesson →
• The Hundred Years War and the Wars of the RosesLesson →

Church, state and society, 1509 to 1745

• The Renaissance and Henry VIII's ReformationLesson →
• Edward, Mary, Elizabeth and the first coloniesLesson →
• The Civil Wars, the execution of Charles I and CromwellLesson →
• The Glorious Revolution, the Union and the JacobitesLesson →

Ideas, industry and reform, 1745 to 1901

• The Enlightenment: reason, science and new ideasLesson →
• Wars and revolutions: America, France and WaterlooLesson →
• The Industrial Revolution: machines, factories and railwaysLesson →
• Life and reform in industrial townsLesson →
• Who should vote? Reform and protest, 1819 to 1884Lesson →
• Darwin's On the Origin of SpeciesLesson →

Slavery, empire and Ireland

• The transatlantic slave tradeLesson →
• Abolishing the slave trade and slaveryLesson →
• The British Empire: India and AfricaLesson →
• Ireland: Union, famine and Home RuleLesson →

World history studies

• World history: Mughal India, 1526 to 1857Lesson →
• World history: China's Qing dynasty, 1644 to 1911Lesson →

Votes, war and dictators, 1901 to 1945

• Votes for womenLesson →
• Why did the First World War begin?Lesson →
• The First World War: the Western Front and the peaceLesson →
• The Great Depression and the rise of dictatorsLesson →
• The Second World War and Churchill's leadershipLesson →

The Holocaust

• The Holocaust: from persecution to KristallnachtLesson →
• The Holocaust: ghettos, killing and remembranceLesson →

Britain since 1945

• Creating the welfare stateLesson →
• Indian independence and the end of empireLesson →
• Britain since 1945: a changing society and its place in the worldLesson →

Themes and local history

• Theme: who held power in Britain, from the Iron Age to todayLesson →
• Local history: how to research the history of where you liveLesson →