Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
Autumn Term 2014
Title: ‘Time Machine: 19142014’
History
Geography
Spring Term 2015
Title: ‘Tell Me a Story’
British History
An extended period study, e.g.
- The changing power of monarchs
- Significant turning points in British
history
- Crime & punishment
- Leisure
A local history study linked to
areas of British History studied,
tracing how several aspects of
national history are reflected in
the locality
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
studied.
Summer Term 2015
Title: ‘Fantastic Physical
Feats’
British History
Stone Age to Iron Age Britain,
including:
- hunter-gatherers and early
farmers
- Bronze age religion, technology &
travel
- Iron age hill forts
Locate the world’s countries using
maps to focus on Europe, and North
and South America, concentrating
on their environmental regions, key
physical and human characteristics,
countries, and major cities.
Identify the position and
significance of latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and
Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
time zones (including day and
night).
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
Autumn Term 2015
Title: ‘Around the World’
History
Spring Term 2016
Title: ‘Age of Empires’
Summer Term 2016
Title: ‘Olympics’
The Roman Empire and its impact
on Britain, including
Ancient Greece – a study of Greek
life and achievements and their
influence on the western world.
- Julius Caesar’s attempted
invasion in 55-54 BC
- the Roman Empire by AD 42 and
the power of its army
- successful invasion by Claudius
and conquest, including Hadrian’s
Wall
- British resistance, for example,
Boudica
- ‘Romanisation’ of Britain: sites
such as Caerwent and the impact
of technology, culture and beliefs,
including early Christianity
Geography
Locate the world’s countries, using
maps to focus on Europe (including
the location of Russia) and North
and South America, concentrating
on their environmental regions, key
physical and human characteristics,
countries, and major cities
Identify the position and
significance of latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
Name and locate counties and cities
of the United Kingdom,
geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical
characteristics, key topographical
features (including hills, mountains,
coasts and rivers), and land-use
patterns; and understand how some
of these aspects have changed over
time.
Locate the world’s countries, using
maps to focus on Europe (including
the location of Russia) and North
and South America, concentrating
on their environmental regions, key
physical and human characteristics,
countries, and major cities.
Identify the position and
significance of latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and
Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and
night).
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and
Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and
night).
Understand geographical similarities
and differences through the study
of human and physical geography of
a region of the United Kingdom, a
region in a European country, and a
region within North or South
America
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
studied.
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
studied.
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
Autumn Term 2016
Title: ‘Ununited Kingdom’
OR
‘Invaders and Settlers’
History
Britain’s settlement by Anglo
Saxons and Scots, including:
-Roman withdrawal from Britain
in c. AD 410 and the fall of the
western Roman Empire
- Scots invasions from Ireland to
north Britain (now Scotland)
- Anglo-Saxon invasions,
settlements and kingdoms: place
names and village life
- Anglo-Saxon art and culture
- Christian conversion –
Canterbury, Iona and Lindisfarne
The Viking and Anglo-Saxon
struggle for the Kingdom of
England to the time of Edward
the Confessor, including:
-Viking raids and invasion
- resistance by Alfred the Great
and Athelstan, first king of
England
- further Viking invasions and
Danegeld
- Anglo-Saxon laws and justice
- Edward the Confessor and his
death in 1066
Spring Term 2017
Title: ‘Disaster!’
Summer Term 2017
Title: ?
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.
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
Geography
Human geography, including: types
of settlement and land use,
economic activity including trade
links, and the distribution of natural
resources including energy, food,
minerals and water.
Physical geography, including:
climate zones, biomes and
vegetation belts, rivers, mountains,
volcanoes and earthquakes, and the
water cycle.
Locate the world’s countries, using
maps to focus on Europe (including
the location of Russia) and North
and South America, concentrating
on their environmental regions, key
physical and human characteristics,
countries, and major cities.
Identify the position and
significance of latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and
Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and
night).
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
studied.
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
Autumn Term 2017
Title: ‘Ancient Civilizations’
History
Spring Term 2018
Title: ‘Map It!’
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.
Summer Term 2018
Title: ‘Exmouth Now and
Then’
British History
An extended period study, e.g.
- The changing power of
monarchs
- Significant turning points in
British history
- Crime & punishment
- Leisure
A study over time tracing how
several aspects of national history
are reflected in the locality.
Geography
Locate the world’s countries, using
maps to focus on Europe (including
the location of Russia) and North
and South America, concentrating
on their environmental regions, key
physical and human characteristics,
countries, and major cities.
Identify the position and
significance of latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics
of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and
Name and locate counties and cities
of the United Kingdom,
geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical
characteristics, key topographical
features (including hills, mountains,
coasts and rivers), and land-use
patterns; and understand how some
of these aspects have changed over
time.
Use the eight points of a compass,
four and six-figure grid references,
A study of an aspect of history
that is significant in the locality.
Use fieldwork to observe, measure,
record and present the human and
physical features in the local area
using a range of methods, including
sketch maps, plans and graphs, and
digital technologies.
Human geography, including: types
of settlement and land use,
economic activity including trade
links, and the distribution of natural
resources including energy, food,
minerals and water.
Key Stage 2 History & Geography Curriculum 4 Year plan
Antarctic Circle, the
Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and
night).
symbols and key (including the use
of Ordnance Survey maps) to build
their knowledge of the United
Kingdom and the wider world.
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries and describe features
studied.
Human geography, including: types
of settlement and land use,
economic activity including trade
links, and the distribution of natural
resources including energy, food,
minerals and water.
Physical geography, including:
climate zones, biomes and
vegetation belts, rivers, mountains,
volcanoes and earthquakes, and the
water cycle.
Physical geography, including:
climate zones, biomes and
vegetation belts, rivers, mountains,
volcanoes and earthquakes, and the
water cycle.