History Overview | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Reception | Development Matters Framework Begin to make sense of their own life-story and family’s history. Comment on images of familiar situations in the past. • Compare and contrast characters from stories, including figures from the past. Talk about the lives of people around them and their roles in society. • Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in class. • Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books read in class and storytelling. These enquiry questions will come from the children but will cover: How have I changed since I was a baby? What are our favourite celebrations each year? Include all families and children. ‘Learning journey’ of photographs for the children to reflect on our Reception timeline, to encourage discussion and recount. The Tiger Who Came to Tea and ‘Peepo’. talking about the past and comparing similarities and differences. Introduction to a timeline- floor books, our timeline. | |||||
Year 1 | Toys Events within living memory Cultures and pastimes Local History Artefacts Life of a Victorian child under the reign of Queen Victoria- comparison with Queen Elizabeth Significant people in comparison with different periods. Local History and visit Guildford Museum Society Remembrance Day (short unit) Local History Conflict Main events | The First Flight: The Wright brothers, Hilda Hewlet (local),Bessie Coleman and Amelia Earhart Local link and visit- Brooklands Museum Events and people beyond living memory Travel and exploration Local History | Explorers (Short unit) Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong Events beyond living memory Settlements Travel and exploration Location Significant individuals and comparison | How has our highstreet changed overtime? Locality study- Guildford Changes within living memory Artefacts | ||
Year 2 | Kings and Queens -William the Conqueror Revist Queen Elizabeth in comparison (Y1) -Battle of Hastings -Why were castles built? Local History- Guildford Castle Conflict Events Settlement | Great Fire of London – Samuel Pepys and and John Evenlyn Local History Events artefacts | Explorers Retrieval from Year 1 Christopher Columbus Comparison to another explorer from a different time period and their achievements e.g Captain James Cook Ibn Battuta Travel and exploration Scott of the Antarctica | Mary Anning Why is she remembered? George Cubbit significant individual events artefacts Visit Natural History museum | ||
Year 3 | What was new about the Stone Age? Settlement and farming artefacts society | Changes from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age Settlement and farming artefacts society | Ancient Egyptians Overview of Early civilizations and in depth study of Ancient Egypt Beliefs and achievements Farming | |||
Year 4 | The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain conflict | Britain’s settlement of the Anglo Saxons and Scots settlement | The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor conflict | |||
Year 5 | A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history The Mayan civilisation Compare the Maya with the Vikings as the children have previously studied the Vikings in Y5. The NC states that this particular topic should be a comparative study and not just an isolated look at the Maya. Society | Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world society beliefs culture and pastimes | Industrial revolution, Darby family, inventions working conditions Link with residential – Ironbridge events | |||
Year 6 | Tudors Local History Study RGS, the Friary Battle of Bosworth; Henry’s wives; church; Spanish Armada | Black History Windrush Scandal: Identifying changes in society and demographics Theme of conflict WW1 Christmas Truce – | Conflict WWII – Battle of Britain Conflict | Conflict | Crime and Punishment The spike (local history) | |