KS3 History The Americans

by Robert Peal

Published 8 February 2017

Ready-made high quality KS3 history lessons on the American Revolution - topic booklet perfect for a half term's work.

Give every student access to high quality KS3 History textbook content with this topic booklet on the American Revolution.

Chapter 1: American Revolution
Chapter 2: American War of Independence
Chapter 3: Transatlantic slave trade
Chapter 4: Life as a slave
Chapter 5: Abolition

* Fits into the school timetable with ease with 5 high quality lessons, perfect for a half term

* Ignites an interest in history through extraordinary people, amazing facts, and a distinctly engaging narrative

* Helps all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding

* Aids pupil memory with a 'knowledge organiser' at the back with key dates, vocabulary and significant people.

* Delivers excellent lessons and saves time planning with the Teacher Guide available free on Collins.co.uk, containing teaching ideas, suggested sources, assessment, answers, essay titles and extended writing examples


Deliver an ambitious, knowledge-rich and global KS3 History curriculum to develop pupils’ knowledge of the past, build their skills and equip them to progress through to GCSE 9-1 History.

Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on medieval world history. Spark pupils’ curiosity, develop their understanding of the past and equip them to investigate the past as a historian.

  • Ignite an interest in medieval history through memorable and compelling narratives, rich contextual detail and extraordinary people
  • Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
  • Build secure positive identities and cultural capital with culturally and geographically diverse coverage including five new global history units for the 2nd edition
  • Support pupils’ long-term learning with knowledge organisers on key vocabulary, people, places, and dates
  • Put knowledge into context with a full timeline covering the broad geographical scope of the period studied
  • Easy to implement in your school with the 10 unit/ 5 chapter structure and overarching enquiry question per unit
  • Deliver excellent lessons and save time on your planning with the supportive Teacher Guide available free on collins.co.uk, including suggested activities and sources, quick quizzes, answers and essay ideas

Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon England
Unit 2: Normal England
Unit 3: Medieval Life
Unit 4: Medieval Kingship
Unit 5: Late Medieval England
Unit 6: The Islamic World
Unit 7: The Crusades
Unit 8: Medieval African Kingdoms
Unit 9: Imperial China
Unit 10: The Mongols


Deliver an ambitious, knowledge-rich and global KS3 History curriculum to develop pupils’ knowledge of the past, build their skills and equip them to progress through to GCSE 9-1 History.

Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on modern world history. Spark pupils’ curiosity, develop their understanding of the past and equip them to investigate the past as a historian.

  • Ignite an interest in modern history through memorable and compelling narratives, rich contextual detail and extraordinary people
  • Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
  • Build secure positive identities and cultural capital with culturally and geographically diverse coverage including five new global history units for the 2nd edition
  • Support pupils’ long-term learning with knowledge organisers on key vocabulary, people, places, and dates
  • Put knowledge into context with a full timeline covering the broad geographical scope of the period studied
  • Easy to implement in your school with the 10 unit/ 5 chapter structure and overarching enquiry question per unit
  • Deliver excellent lessons and save time on your planning with the supportive Teacher Guide available free on collins.co.uk, including suggested activities and sources, quick quizzes, answers and essay ideas

Unit 1: The British Empire
Unit 2: The Transatlantic trade of enslaved people
Unit 3: The Industrial Revolution
Unit 4: The Age of Reform
Unit 5: The Victorian Empire
Unit 6: Birth of the USA
Unit 7: The French Revolution
Unit 8: Nineteenth-century Europe
Unit 9: Qing China
Unit 10: Global Imperialism


Deliver an ambitious, knowledge-rich and global KS3 History curriculum to develop pupils’ knowledge of the past, build their skills and equip them to progress through to GCSE 9-1 History.

Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on early modern world history. Spark pupils’ curiosity, develop their understanding of the past and equip them to investigate the past as a historian.

  • Ignite an interest in early modern history through memorable and compelling narratives, rich contextual detail and extraordinary people
  • Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
  • Build secure positive identities and cultural capital with culturally and geographically diverse coverage including five new global history units for the 2nd edition
  • Support pupils’ long-term learning with knowledge organisers on key vocabulary, people, places, and dates
  • Put knowledge into context with a full timeline covering the broad geographical scope of the period studied
  • Easy to implement in your school with the 10 unit/ 5 chapter structure and overarching enquiry question per unit
  • Deliver excellent lessons and save time on your planning with the supportive Teacher Guide available free on collins.co.uk, including suggested activities and sources, quick quizzes, answers and essay ideas

Unit 1: Henry VIII And The Reformation
Unit 2: The Later Tudors
Unit 3: The English Civil War
Unit 4: Commonwealth and Restoration
Unit 5: Georgian Britain
Unit 6: Renaissance Europe
Unit 7: The Americas
Unit 8: The Ottoman Empire
Unit 9: Mughal India
Unit 10: Edo Japan


Deliver an ambitious, knowledge-rich and global KS3 History curriculum to develop pupils’ knowledge of the past, build their skills and equip them to progress through to GCSE 9-1 History.

Provide a coherent chronological KS3 history curriculum with 50 knowledge-rich lessons on twentieth century world history. Spark pupils’ curiosity, develop their understanding of the past and equip them to investigate the past as a historian.

  • Ignite an interest in twentieth century history through memorable and compelling narratives, rich contextual detail and extraordinary people
  • Help all students to think critically about the past by focusing on the knowledge they need and then checking their understanding
  • Build secure positive identities and cultural capital with culturally and geographically diverse coverage including five new global history units for the 2nd edition
  • Support pupils’ long-term learning with knowledge organisers on key vocabulary, people, places, and dates
  • Put knowledge into context with a full timeline covering the broad geographical scope of the period studied
  • Easy to implement in your school with the 10 unit/ 5 chapter structure and overarching enquiry question per unit
  • Deliver excellent lessons and save time on your planning with the supportive Teacher Guide available free on collins.co.uk, including suggested activities and sources, quick quizzes, answers and essay ideas

Unit 1: The First World War
Unit 2: The USSR
Unit 3: Germany and the Nazis
Unit 4: The Second World War
Unit 5: Wartime Britain
Unit 6: Modern China
Unit 7: The Cold War
Unit 8: Civil Rights in the USA
Unit 9: Decolonisation
Unit 10: Postwar Britain