Pearson

Primary

History

The baby Elizabeth

Elizabeth's childhood character

1936 - a momentous year for Elizabeth

Elizabeth's childhood education and interests

Elizabeth and Britain during WW2

Elizabeth's marriage to Philip

Elizabeth's first children

Elizabeth II's accession and coronation

Queen of four nations

Elizabeth II's public duties and service

Head of the Commonwealth

Elizabeth II's reign comes to a close

Power, government and religion

Elizabeth II: what was her life like?

The invention of photography

The challenges of early photography

A nineteenth century family portrait

Late Victorian seaside photographs

Photographs of Britain in the 1930s and 40s

Photographs of Britain in the 1960s and 70s

Trade, ideas and communication

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

St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland

St Patrick, the shamrock and the snakes of Ireland

Scotland, England and Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce and the spider

Aethelflaed, Lady of Mercia

Aethelflaed and the bones of St. Oswald

Wales, England and Owain Glyndwr

Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales

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

Invasion, migration, and settlement

Significant explorers: how has seafaring changed over time?

Early explorers and their boats

How Polynesian explorers travelled and navigated

Seafaring in the early Mediterranean world

The Vikings and their longboats

Viking navigation and expansion

The incredible voyages of Zheng He

Chinese innovation in seafaring

John Cabot's journey across the Atlantic

Seafaring in the 15th century

Brunel's race to cross the Atlantic

Life aboard the SS Great Britain

From sail to steam power

John Cabot and Brunel

John Franklin's lost expedition

Seafaring in the 19th century

John Cabot and John Franklin

William Adams' journey to Japan

Seafaring in the 16th century

William Adams and Brunel

William Adams and John Franklin

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

Boudicca and Prasutagus

Boudicca the warrior

Boudicca meets her end

Constantine II's early life and exile in Ireland

Constantine II, the Vikings and St Columba's relics

The rise of Alba under Constantine II

John and the 'Lionheart'

King John and his barons

King John and Magna Carta

Sulieman the general

Sulieman the Magnificent and the Ottoman Golden Age

Sulieman the Magnificent and Europe

Conflict, conquest and empires

Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine

Eleanor and the Second Crusade

Eleanor, Queen of England

Mansa Musa of Mali

Mansa Musa and the Hajj

Mansa Musa and Timbuktu

Elizabeth I and her family

Elizabeth, the Virgin Queen

Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada

The birth of Nur Jahan, 'sun among women'

Nur Jahan's journey to becoming Emperor Jahangir's wife

Nur Jahan, wielder of the imperial seal

Ruling and religion

Victoria's 'melancholy' childhood

Victoria's accession to the throne

Victoria's proposal and marriage to Albert

Victoria's children 

Industrial Britain during Victoria's reign

The Great Exhibition

Victorian childhood

The British Empire

Victoria, Empress of India

Albert's death, Victoria's grief and her servant John Brown

Victoria and Abdul Karim

Britain at the time of Victoria's death

Empire, persecution and resistance

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

Emily Davison and the tragedy at Epsom Racecourse

Emily Davison's early life and education

Emily Davison and the Suffragettes

Stories from Emily Davison's activism

Emily Davison's funeral

Changes for women following Emily Davison's death

Paul Stephenson and the Bay Horse pub

Paul Stephenson's early life and evacuation

Paul Stephenson arrives in Bristol

Paul Stephenson and the West Indian Development Council

Paul Stephenson and the Bristol Bus Boycott

Paul Stephenson's legacy in Bristol and Britain.

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

In 'Stone Age Britain and Ireland: what do archaeologists think they know about it?' pupils have learnt about how the archaeological record informs what we know about Stone Age Britain and Ireland. In 'Bronze and Iron Age Britain and Ireland: how did life change during this time?' pupils examine the archaeological record with a focus on the changes brought about by the Bronze and Iron Ages.

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

'Changes in living memory: Why has Britain changed so much since 1945?' strengthened pupils' knowledge of British history since 1945 by asking them to think about why these changes took place. 'Stone Age Britain and Ireland: what do archaeologists think they know about it?' contrasts this by transporting pupils to some of the earliest history of the British Isles, focusing on archaeology.

The big picture of the earliest humans in Britain

The reasons why we know so little about the Paleolithic Era

Life at the end of the last Ice Age

Settlement during the Mesolithic Era

Skara Brae and life in the Neolithic Era

Significant Stone Age Artefacts

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

In 'Bronze and Iron Age Britain and Ireland: how did life change during this time?' pupils examined the archaeological record with a focus on the changes brought about by the Bronze and Iron Ages. In 'The earliest civilisations: How were they similar?' pupils will learn, in overview, about some other Bronze and Iron age civilisations.

The first use of bronze

How bronze changed life in Britain and Ireland

The beginning of the Iron Age

Changing agriculture in Britain and Ireland during the Iron Age

Changing settlements and trade in Iron Age Britain and Ireland

Comparing and contrasting Bronze Age and Iron Age Britain

In ’Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?’ pupils are introduced to their first Bronze Age civilisation in order to gain familiarity with this concept. In ‘Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?’ pupils now encounter multiple early civilisations in overview in order to strengthen this concept and make connections.

Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?

In 'Bronze and Iron Age Britain and Ireland: how did life change during this time?' pupils examined the archaeological record with a focus on the changes brought about by the Bronze and Iron Ages. In ’Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?’ pupils are introduced to their first Bronze Age civilisation in order to gain familiarity with this concept.

Howard Carter and the Valley of the Kings

The River Nile

The three kingdoms of Egypt

Death and the Ancient Egyptians

The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian writing

Change and continuity in Ancient Egypt

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

Mesopotamia, the land 'between two rivers'

The growth of trade, construction and writing in Mesopotamia

Other 'cradles of civilisation'

The art and artefacts of the earliest civilisations

Similarities between the earliest civilisations

Comparing the earliest civilisations

The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang 

The Indus Valley 

Archaeology and the Indus

Cities of the Indus Valley civilisation

Art in the Indus Valley Civilisation

The mysteries of the Indus Valley civilisation

What archaeologists have found out about the Indus Valley civilisation

The Indus Valley civilisation: What have archaeologists found out about it?

The discovery of Fu Hao's tomb

Who were the Shang?

Bronze dings

Jade artefacts

Oracle bones and writing

What archaeologists have found out about the Shang

The Shang: What have archaeologists found out about them?

The discovery of Lindow Man

Celtic art, the Snettisham Great Torc and the Battersea Shield

The Wetwang chariot and Celtic warfare

The women of Iron Age Britain

Iron Age Britain's connections to the wider world

What historians have learnt about Iron Age Britain

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

In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: What do we know about Ancient Greece?' pupils expanded their knowledge of the Bronze Age world by learning about the Ancient Greek city-states. In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: How has it influenced the Western World?' pupils will take their knowledge of Greek society and culture, deepen this further and explore its lasting legacy.

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

In 'The Shang Dynasty: What does the evidence tell us about the Shang?' pupils learnt about how archaeologists have used various artefacts to understand the Shang. In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: What do we know about Ancient Greece?' pupils will expand their knowledge of the Bronze Age world by learning about the Ancient Greek city-states. 

Ancient Greece's location and history

The city state of Athens 

Sparta's rivalry with Athens

What Greek Myths can tell us about Ancient Greece

The city states of Ancient Greece

What we know about Ancient Greece

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

In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: How has it influenced the Western World?' pupils will take their knowledge of Greek society and culture, deepen this further and explore its lasting legacy. In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: Why is Alexander called 'The Great'?' pupils will learn about the historic enmity between Greece and Persia while reflecting on why Alexander earned the epithet, 'The Great'.

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

The Trojan War and the Iliad

Famous Greek Philosophers

The Olympic Games

Athenian Democracy and modern Britain

The legacy of Greek language and architecture

The Ancient Greeks' most significant legacy

In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: Why is Alexander called 'The Great'?' pupils learnt about the historic enmity between Greece and Persia while reflecting on why Alexander earned the epithet, 'The Great'. In 'The Romans: What did it mean to be a Roman?' pupils will learn about the rise and fall of a new Mediterranean power, the Roman Empire.

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

The Persian Empire

The wars between Greece and Persia

Alexander's journey from boy to king

Alexander's conquests

Alexander's achievements

Why Alexander is called 'The Great'

In 'The Romans: What did it mean to be a Roman?' pupils learnt about the rise and fall of a new Mediterranean power, the Roman Empire. In 'The Romans: What impact did the Romans have on Britain?' pupils will examine, in depth, the way that Roman invasion and settlement changed life in Britain.

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

The Romans: What did it mean to be a Roman? - In 'Ancient Greek Civilisation: Why is Alexander called 'The Great'?' pupils learnt about the historic enmity between Greece and Persia while reflecting on why Alexander earned the epithet, 'The Great'. In 'The Romans: What did it mean to be a Roman?' pupils will learn about the rise and fall of a new Mediterranean power, the Roman Empire.

Roman kings

The Roman Republic

The rise of the Emperors

The division of the Roman Empire

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

What it meant to be a Roman

In 'The Romans: What impact did the Romans have on Britain?' pupils will examine, in depth, the way that Roman invasion and settlement changed life in Britain. In 'The Romans: What story should we tell about Christianity's rise?' pupils will build on their knowledge of the Roman Empire by studying an overview of Christianity's spread across the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Near East.

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

Subject

School phase

KS1 & KS2 History

Unit sequence

Introducing our new curriculum sequence for 2023/2024!

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Year group

Year 1

Elizabeth II: what was her life like?

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

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

Significant explorers: how has seafaring changed over time?

Year 2

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

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

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

Year 3

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

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

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

Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?

The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang

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

Year 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

Year 6

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

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

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

Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya

Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WW2?

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

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