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History Curriculum 2014
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Main aims of the history curriculum (knowledge):
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Know and understand British history as a coherent and chronological narrative
Understand the impact of history on the nation today.
Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world
Understand abstract terms such as empire, civilization, parliament and peasantry
Understand historical concepts such as: continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and
significance. Use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically valid questions and create
their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses.
Gain historical perspective by placing their knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local,
regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and
between short and long-term timescales.
In the following document, anything in bold is statutory. Anything that is not in bold is non statutory.
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Reception
Books/other links to consider
London: Let’s
explore!
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Family trees
The Royal family
History of London landmarks
Heroes
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Firemen
Gunpowder plot
People who help us (firemen, policemen, lollipop lady)
Wonderful
Wildlife
All around the
world: An
Australian
adventure
Commotion in
the Ocean
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Dinosaurs
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Aboriginal cultre/histry/tradition
Commonwealth
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Titanic
Pirates
Suitcases with artefacts in – who is the hero?
Year 1
London: All
Aboard
Changes within living memory
 Buses
 Cars
 Horse and Cart
 Transport timeline
Local History: Transport Scheme of Work on History
Association
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Jurassic Park
Author Focus
– Julia
Donaldson
Incredible
Inventions
Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally
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Bridges
Isambard Kingdom Brunal – significant individuals
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.
 Alexander Graham Bell
 Neil Armstrong
 Howard Aikin
 Grace Hopper
 Time Berners Lee
Year 2
London:
Spectacular
Skylines
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.
 Samuel Pepys
 Christopher Wren
Great Fire of London Lesson plans on Historical
Association website
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Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally
 Great Fire of London
 Where and why the fire began, why it spread, how did it stop
 The diary of Samuel Pepys as evidence
 Characters involved (Thomas Farrinor, Samuel Pepys, Thomas
Bloodworth, King Charles II)
 Impact on today
 History Association website have some great lesson plans/resources.
Ice
All around the
world: Egypt
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
 Farming focus
 The end of the ice age creating new temperate regions, in which
humans can live comfortably. Extinction/migration of some animals, but
perfect conditions for plants to grow.
 Late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers (eg Skara Brae)
 Jericho – the first known town and the earliest place known to have
lived mainly from cultivation of crops.
 www.historyworld.net has some good information
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Ernest Shackleton
Cleopatra
Caesar
Tutankamun
Mezolith 10,000 years ago Stone Age Graphic Novel
Stone Age to Iron Age lesson plans on Historical
Association website.
Ancient Egypt: New lesson plans on Historical
Association
The Egyptian Echo - Usborne
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Year 3
Mysterious
Worlds
London:
Rotten
Romans!
All around the
world: India
Year 4
Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their
influence on the western world.
 City states of Athens and Sparta
 Warfare and Seamanship
 Everyday life
 Beliefs
 Culture
 Greek mythology
 Continuing legacy of Ancient Greeks. Their influence on education,
language, architecture, government and the Olympic games.
Monsters and Legends – Davide Cali
The Adventures of Odysseus – Hugh Lupton
The Odyssey – Gillian Cross
The Story of Antigone – Ali Smith
Greek Myths – Ann Turnbull
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
 The Roman Army
 The revolt of Boudica and the Iceni tribe.
 Impact – roads, language, government
 Food, general life, gladiators etc
The Capricorn Bracelet, Sword Song – Rosemary
Sutcliff (Collection of engaging stories set at the time
of the Roman occupation of Britain.)
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Ghandi
Independence - division
There is a new scheme of work on the Historical
Association website which can be used as a resource
There are lots of resources for Romans on the
Historical Association website and a new scheme of
plans for September 14.
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London: Tales
of the Thames
Voyagers and
Villains
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The Big Stink – Victorian London and pollution.
Wild Boy Rob Lloyd Jones
Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots
 Roman withdrawal from Britain
 Impact – language, place names
 The invasion from Ireland to North Britain
 Traditional villages
 Art and culture
Terry Jones – The Saga of Erik the Viking
Kennings Poetry – Vikings
Myths and Legends
Anglo Saxon riddles
The Viking and Anglo Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England to the
time of Edward the Confessor
 Viking raids
 Resistance by Alfred the Great and Athelstan
 Comparison of Anglo Saxons and Vikings
 Viking trade
 Jewelry
 Shape shifting
 Their beliefs in magic
The History Association has a scheme of work on
Anglos Saxons and Vikings which can be used as a
resource.
Author Focus
– Michael
Morpurgo
Cover aspects of WW1
War Horse
Butterfly Lion
Fabulous
Fashion
A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’
chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
A traveler in time – Alison Uttley (Time travel story set
in Tudor Times)
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All around the
world: Central
and South
America
Fashion through the ages – from Georgian period to present day.
Focus on a one period that is interesting for Fashion (eg. 1920s,
Tudors, Elizabethans)
Treason – Berlie Doherty (exciting historical novel set
in the Tudor period)
Cinderella: An Art Deco Love Story – Lynn and David
Roberts
Ella’s Big Chance – Shirley Hughes
A non-European society that provides contrast with British history:
Mayan Civilization.
 Food, culture, every day life
 The decline of the Mayan civilization
 ‘The Maya: A non-European society’ – an excellent resource on the
Historical Association website. There is a scheme of work being
published for the website too.
Link to deforestation and climate change – contributed
to their decline.
There is a great Topic Pack on the Historical Association website. You may
wish to cover (with a strong London focus):
 The Royal Family – images of Queen Victoria – primary sources
 School – Victorian school day
 Culture
 Technology eg. electricity
 Buildings – local history walk
 Children at work - workhouses/mills/mines/chimney sweeps
Street Child – Berlie Doherty
Oliver Twist
Joseph Cheek
Aspley House and Victorian paintings at the Tate
Maya lesson plans new for Sept 14 on the Historical
Association website.
Year 5
London: Vile
Victorians
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Medical
Marvels
All around the
world: China
A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’
chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
 Medicine and healthcare throughout the ages
 Microorganisms (science link)
 www.history.org.uk/resources/primary_resource_4479_230.html - oads
of information and ideas!
 Cover famous people in medicine
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The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of
where and when the first civilizations appeared: The Shang
Dynasty of Ancient China.
Oracle bones (writing system)
The Shang Kings
The Yellow river
Bronze, jade
Traditional medicine
Terracotta warriors
www.planbee.com/history/353 has a scheme of work for £12 – it might
be worth buying this as a resource.
Twinkl also has some great stuff
The Hunterian museum
Louis Pasteur
Harvey
Lister
Maths – dynasties
New Shang Dynasty lesson plans on Historical
Association website.
Year 6
London: Blitz
Brits
A local history study
Josie Under Fire – Ann Turnbull
Fireweed Jill Paton Walsh
Rose Blanche – Ian McEwan
My secret War Diary – Flossie Albright
Archie’s War – Marcia Williams
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Gadgets and
Gizmos
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The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of
where and when the first civilizations appeared: Ancient Sumer.
History of technology
Author Focus
– Anthony
Horowitz
Fairer World,
Future World
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London Dungeons
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Slavery
Apartheid
Martin Luther King
Nelson Mandela
Plantations – banana, coffee, te
All around the
world: North
America
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Independence from the UK
The Future of the Earth – Yann Arthus-Bertrand