World 1066-1509

Anyone who was anyone from a noble house set off on crusade during this period while elsewhere in the Middle East the Islamic world was developing. Further afield power was developing in the Pacific and explorers and Invaders were encountering the Americas. Information about all of this is here in this section.

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  • Year 7 challenge stereotypes about the Mexica

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    After discussing a new book about the Mexica (Aztecs) during a routine meeting with a trainee teacher, Niamh Jennings decided to construct a sequence of lessons around the history of the Mexica Empire. Struck by the vivid storytelling of historian Camilla Townsend in her book Fifth Sun, and fascinated by...

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  • Year 7 use oral traditions to make claims about the rise and fall of the Inka empire

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    As part of her department’s effort to diversify the history curriculum, Paula Worth began a quest to research and then shape a lesson sequence around the Inkas. Her article shows how she allowed the new topic and its historiography to challenge and extend her own use of sources, particularly oral tradition....

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