Ashley Primary School Curriculum Map 2014-15 History
Year 1
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
1. Changes within living memory.
All About Me
(photos, artefacts, timelines)
1 .Changes within living memory.
All About Me
(photos, artefacts, timelines)
1 .Changes within living
memory.
Toys
1. Changes within living
memory.
Homes
Visit - Beamish
4. Significant historical events,
people and places in their own
locality.
Lighthouses/Lifeboats
Souter, Tyne, William
Wouldhave & Grace Darling
or Seaside in the Past.
4. Significant historical events,
people and places in their own
locality.
Lighthouses/Lifeboats
Souter, Tyne, William
Wouldhave & Grace Darling
or Seaside in the Past.
3. The lives of significant
individuals in the past who have
contributed to national and
international achievements.
Florence Nightingale/Edith
Cavell
3. The lives of significant
individuals in the past who
have contributed to national
and international
achievements.
Florence Nightingale/Edith
Cavell
SATs
4. Significant historical events,
people and places in their own
locality.
The Jarrow Crusade
Text ‘The Road to London’
2. Events beyond living memory
that are significant nationally or
globally.
Guy Fawkes ?
Year 2
2. Events beyond living memory
that are significant nationally or
globally.
Great Fire of London - 1666
2. Events beyond living memory
that are significant nationally or
globally.
Festival of Remembrance/The
Poppy/Royal British Legion ?
Year 3
2. The Roman Empire and its
impact on Britain.
5. Local history study
Arbeia Fort
Segedunum
Hadrian’s Wall
2. The Roman Empire and its
impact on Britain.
5. Local history study
Arbeia Fort
Segedunum
Hadrian’s Wall
Year 4
7. The achievements of the
earliest civilizations.
Ancient Egypt
7. The achievements of the
earliest civilizations.
Ancient Egypt
3. Britain’s settlement by AngloSaxons and Scots.
Anglo-Saxon invasions,
settlements & kingdoms.
Art & culture –
Bede/St.Pauls?
Christian Conversion –
Lindisfarne/Aiden/Oswald?
3. Britain’s settlement by
Anglo-Saxons and Scots.
Anglo-Saxon invasions,
settlements & kingdoms.
Art & culture –
Bede/St.Pauls?
Christian Conversion –
Lindisfarne/Aiden/Oswald?
4. The Viking and Anglo-Saxon
4. The Viking and Anglostruggle for the Kingdom of
Saxon struggle for the
England to the time of Edward
Kingdom of England to the
the Confessor.
time of Edward the Confessor.
Viking raids and invasion –
Viking raids and invasion –
Lindisfarne, Jarrow, Jorvik
Lindisfarne, Jarrow, Jorvik
(York) ?
(York). ?
Cuthbert/Bede?
Cuthbert/Bede?
Year 5
5. Local study of an aspect of
history/site & aspect of national
history reflected in the locality.
Coal Industry, St. Hilda’s
Colliery Disaster, role of
children in the mines & George
Stephenson’s safety lamp.
Text ‘Street Child’
5. Local study of an aspect of
history/site & aspect of national
history reflected in the locality.
George Stephenson and the
railways.
Visit – Beamish, Stephenson
Railway Museum, Locomotion
Shildon?
Text ‘The Railway Children’
8. Ancient Greece – a study of
Greek life and achievements
and their influence on the
western world.
International Week – Greece
Art, culture, food, politics,
Ancient Olympics, Greek
Gods & literature (Greek
legends, Aesop’s Fables)
8. Ancient Greece – a study of
Greek life and achievements
and their influence on the
western world.
International Week – Greece
Art, culture, food, politics,
Ancient Olympics, Greek
Gods & literature (Greek
legends, Aesop’s Fables)
5. Local study of an aspect of
5. Local study of an aspect of
history/site & aspect of
history/site & aspect of
national history reflected in the national history reflected in the
locality.
locality.
River Tyne
River Tyne
Shipbuilding (Swan Hunters Shipbuilding (Swan Hunters
& Palmers)
& Palmers)
Visit – River Tyne boat trip
Visit – River Tyne boat trip
Geography links
Geography links
1. Changes in Britain from the 1. Changes in Britain from the 9. Non-European society that
Stone Age to the Iron Age.
Stone Age to the Iron Age.
provides contrast with British
Early hunters, Skara Brae,
Early hunters, Skara Brae, history.
Bronze Age & Iron Age.
Bronze Age & Iron Age.
Early Islamic civilization,
including a study of
Baghdad c.AD900
9. Non-European society that
provides contrast with British
history.
Early Islamic civilization,
including a study of
Baghdad c.AD900
Year 6
5. Local study of an aspect of
history/site
South Shields during World
War 2 – bombing raids &
impact, home guard,
evacuation, DLI (1st VC of WW2
Richard Annand from South
Shields).
Literacy links – nonchronological reports etc
Texts – ‘Friend or Foe’ Michael
Morpurgo
‘The Machine Gunners’ Robert
Westall (set in the local area).
6. Study of an aspect or theme in
British history beyond 1066
Changes in social history post
1948 – Welfare State, NHS,
nationalization of key
industries, Festival of Britain,
the decades, homes,
entertainment, culture &
leisure.
SATs