National Curriculum
63 lessons across 25 units
This is the complete topic map for KS3 History— every part of the national curriculum for Key Stage 3, organised the way it's taught: 63 lessons across 25 units, from Cold War to World War Two. Each topic below opens a focused revision lesson, so “what should we look at tonight?” always has an answer.
The course is organised into 25 units: Cold War (1 lesson), Decolonisation (2 lessons), Democracy & rights (2 lessons), Empire & encounter (2 lessons), Empire deepening (4 lessons), Industrial Revolution (1 lesson), Interwar & dictators (2 lessons), Medieval life (3 lessons), Medieval world (1 lesson), Norman Conquest (4 lessons), Peasants' Revolt (1 lesson), Post-war Britain (1 lesson), Power & rebellion (3 lessons), Setting the scene (2 lessons), Slave trade (3 lessons), Stuart Britain (5 lessons), The Black Death (2 lessons), The Crusades (2 lessons), The Holocaust (3 lessons), The Renaissance (1 lesson), The Tudors (6 lessons), Thematic (3 lessons), Wars of the Roses (2 lessons), World War One (4 lessons) and World War Two (3 lessons). Together that's 63 lessons — the whole course, with nothing skipped and nothing added.
Little and often beats cramming. One topic a night, done properly — read it, try the questions, check yourself — moves a grade more than a weekend binge the week before the exam. The list above is deliberately complete so you can tick through it a topic at a time.
Start from what's coming up, not from the beginning. If a class test or mock is near, open the unit it covers and work through those topics first. Between assessments, work through units in order — later topics usually build on earlier ones.
For parents:you don't need to know the subject to help. Ask which topic tonight's lesson was, open it here, and let them teach it back to you — explaining something out loud is one of the most effective revision techniques there is. At KS3 the habit matters more than the coverage: little routines now are what GCSE revision gets built on.
KS3 History covers 63 topics across 25 units: Cold War, Decolonisation, Democracy & rights, Empire & encounter, Empire deepening, Industrial Revolution, Interwar & dictators, Medieval life, Medieval world, Norman Conquest, Peasants' Revolt, Post-war Britain, Power & rebellion, Setting the scene, Slave trade, Stuart Britain, The Black Death, The Crusades, The Holocaust, The Renaissance, The Tudors, Thematic, Wars of the Roses, World War One and World War Two. Each topic on this page opens a focused revision lesson.
There are 63 topics in KS3 History, grouped into 25 units.
KS3 History follows the national curriculum, so it isn't tied to a specific exam board — boards like AQA and Edexcel set GCSE specifications (Key Stage 4), not KS3. This page lists the national-curriculum topics for KS3 History.