KS1 & KS2 History

Unit sequence

Introducing our new curriculum sequence for 2023/2024!

Units that make up our curricula are fully sequenced, and aligned to the national curriculum.

Highlight a thread

Threads are groups of units across the curriculum that build a common body of knowledge

Year group

Year 1

1

Elizabeth II: what was her life like?

2

Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?

3

Traditional stories: what do they tell us about the distant past?

4

Significant explorers: how has seafaring changed over time?

4 unit options

Year 2

1

Significant rulers from the past: what can their stories tell us?

2 unit options
2

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

3

Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?

Year 3

1

Stone Age Britain and Ireland: what do archaeologists think they know about it?

2

Bronze and Iron Age Britain and Ireland: how did life change during this time?

3

Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?

4

Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?

5

The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang

2 unit options
6

Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?

Year 4

1

Ancient Greek civilisation: what do we know about ancient Greece?

2

Ancient Greek civilisation: how has it influenced the western world?

3

Ancient Greek civilisation: why is Alexander called 'The Great'?

4

The Romans: what did it mean to be a Roman?

5

The Romans: what impact did the Romans have on Britain?

6

The Romans: what is the story of Christianity's rise?

Year 5

1

Britain after the Romans: what evidence is there that Christianity survived?

2

Early Islamic civilisation: how did Baghdad become the ‘City of Peace'?

3

Early Islamic civilisation: what connected Baghdad to the wider world?

4

Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons: what changed after the Romans left?

5

The Anglo-Saxons: how do we know about life in Anglo-Saxon England?

6

The Vikings: why did they come to the British Isles?

Year 6

1

The Great War: how did the Great War affect my local area?

2

The Vikings: how do we know so much about Viking York?

3

The Vikings: how did Viking settlement help to make England?

4

Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya

2 unit options
5

Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WW2?

6

Significant turning points: in what ways did Britain change after WW2?

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