HISTORY

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Topic

Y1

Pupils should be taught about:

1. the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and

international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in

different periods [for example, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus

and Neil Armstrong, William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and

LS Lowry, Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightingale

and Edith Cavell]

1. events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]
2. Explore the Jurassic period to chronologically order events, asking historical questions and use historical sources, using fossils as a primary source of evidence

1&2 Important People

3. Jaws and Claws

Y2

Pupils should be taught about:

1. changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal

aspects of change in national life

1. events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through

festivals or anniversaries]

1. significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.
2. the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward

the Confessor (KS2)

1. Beside the seaside
2. The viking invasions
3. Cabdury /Matthew Boulton
4. Vicious vikings

Y3

Pupils should be taught about:

1. changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
2. the Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
3. Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots

1. The stone age
2. Rampaging Romans and Anglo Saxons

Y4

Pupils should be taught about:

1. a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological

knowledge beyond 1066

1. the achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first

civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer; The

Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China

1. Terrible Tudors
2. Ancient Egypt

Y5

Pupils should be taught about:

1. a local history study
2. Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the

western world

1. Bostin’ Brum (Victorian Birmingham)
2. Greek Getaway (Ancient Greece)

Y6

Pupils should be taught about:

1. a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological

knowledge beyond 1066

1. a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – one study chosen

from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan

civilization c. AD 900; Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300.

1. Blitzed Brits (WWII and VE day)
2. Mexicans and Mayans (The Mayan Civilisation)