Unit 1: The Indus

  • Indus Valley civilisation
  • What do artefacts tell us of life in Mohenjo-Daro?
  • Everyday life
  • Religion
  • Trade and transport
  • Seals and script
  • Jewellery
  • Decline of the Indus
  • What can we learn from the Indus?

Unit 2: The Tudors

  • Henry VII – the War of the Roses
  • Henry VIII – 6 wives and the split from the Catholic Church
  • Edward VI, Lady Jane Grey and Mary I
  • Elizabeth I
  • Battles and adventures at sea
  • The Tudor explorers:
    • Sir Francis Drake and the Spanish Armada
    • Sir Walter Raleigh
  • Mary, Queen of Scots
  • Everyday life
  • The Court
  • Food
  • Health

Unit 3: The Aztecs

  • The Empire of the Aztecs
  • Aztec people
  • Island city
  • Aztec technology
  • Aztec houses
  • Religion and sacrifice
  • Food and farming
  • Clothes and craft
  • Writing and counting
  • The encounter
  • Cortes
  • The fall of Tenochtitlan
  • The end of the Aztecs