Curriculum Outline 2015 – 16: Humanities (Incorporating history and geography)
Year Group
Year
5
Year
6
Year
7
Year
8
Autumn
Half Term 1
Geography
1. Introduction to
physical, human
and environmental
geography.
2. The UK .
3. Our local area.
Geography
1. North America.
2. Extreme
weather.
3. Mountains, rivers
& coasts.
Geography
1. Introduction to
Africa
2. Settlement &
urbanisation
Autumn
Half Term 2
Geography
3. Our local area
continued.
4. South America.
5. Map skills.
Geography
1. Asia
2. China
3. India
Geography
4. Case study
comparison.
5. Climate change &
global warming.
Geography
3. Mountains, rivers
& coasts.
4. Map skills.
Geography
3. Glaciation.
4. Droughts &
floods.
Spring
Half Term 1
Geography
5. Map skills
continued.
6. Case study
comparison of the
U.K. and a region of
Europe.
Geography
5. Europe: case
study of a region in
Europe compared
to a region in the
U.K.
Geography
5. Economic activity
comparison case
study of 3
countries.
Geography
6. Fieldwork
investigation.
7. International
development & Fair
Trade.
Spring
Half Term 2
History
1. Ancient
civilizations
2. Greek life &
achievements
Summer
Half Term 1
History
3. The legacy of the
Ancient Greeks.
Summer
Half Term 2
History
4. Mayan
civilization.
History
1. Invaders: Saxons.
2. Case study:
Alfred the Great.
History
3. Invaders: Vikings.
4. Jorvik case study
History
5. Invaders:
Normans.
History
1. Church, state &
society 1066-1509:
castles &
cathedrals.
2. Thomas Becket
case study.
History
Development of
church, state &
society 1509-1745
1.Tudors
History
3. Feudal system
4. Black Death case
study.
5. The Peasants'
Revolt.
History
6. The Wars of the
Roses.
7. Local history case
study.
History
Development of
church, state &
society 1509-1745
2. Stuarts &
Hanoverians.
History
3.Changing
landscape - Iron
Age to the present
4. Ideas, political
power, industry &
empire 1745-1901