NATIONAL CURRICULUM SUBJECTS ON THE WYAAS WEBSITE

HISTORY AT KS3

Unit 2: How did medieval Monarchs keep control?

Various aspects of Anglo-Saxon life in the region are discussed in the presentation Britons, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in West Yorkshire. This includes a section on the impact of the Norman Conquest.

Unit 4: How did the medieval church affect people's lives?

There is a list of the monasteries and nunneries in West Yorkshire given in the section on Religious Reforms in our Tudors in West Yorkshire presentation.

There are details about several of West Yorkshire's older Churches in Historic Houses and Churches in West Yorkshire.
Following the links from Tudor Churches will allow you to explore aspects of the later medieval church.

Unit 5 Elizabeth I: How successfully did she tackle the problems of her reign?

The Tudors in West Yorkshire contains many useful illustrations of life in the region in Tudor times. Religious Reforms outlines the principal effects of Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries in the region and Tudor Churches looks at how church buildings change in the 16th century.

Unit 11 Industrial changes: Action and reaction

There are a number of pages in the WYAAS website which touch on the issues raised by industrial development in the 1800s. An overall view is given in The Industrial Archaeology of West Yorkshire. The development of some of our local communities in the period in discussed in Historical summaries of conservation areas. The back issues of our Newsletter are also available on line and include several articles on industrial archaeology including The Gas Industry in West Yorkshire and Tanning - A Vanishing Leeds Industry.