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Empire, persecution and resistance

Invasion, migration and settlement

Power, government and religion

Trade, ideas and communication

Warfare and conflict

Year 1

Elizabeth II: what was her life like?
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Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?
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Traditional stories: what do they tell us about the distant past?
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Significant explorers: How has seafaring changed over time?
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Year 2

Significant rulers from the past: what can their stories tell us?
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Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?
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Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?
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Year 3

Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?
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Bronze and Iron Age Britain: how did life change during this time?
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Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?
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Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?
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The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang
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Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?
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Year 4

Ancient Greek civilisation: what do we know about ancient Greece?
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Ancient Greek civilisation: what is its most significant legacy?
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Ancient Greek civilisation: why is Alexander called 'The Great'?
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The Romans: what did it mean to be a Roman?
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The Romans: what impact did the Romans have on Britain?
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The Romans: what is the story of Christianity's rise?
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Year 5

Britain after the Romans: how did Christianity survive in the British Isles?
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Early Islamic civilisation: how did Baghdad become the 'City of Peace'?
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Early Islamic civilisation: what connected Baghdad to the wider world?
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Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons: what changed after the Romans left?
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The Anglo-Saxons: how do we know about life in Anglo-Saxon England?
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The Vikings: why did they come to the British Isles?
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Year 6

The Great War: how did the Great War affect local people and their communities?
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The Vikings: how do we know so much about Viking York?
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The Vikings: how did Viking settlement change Britain?
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Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya
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Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WWII?
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Significant turning points: in what ways did Britain change after WWII?
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Year 6

The Maya: what made the Maya so distinctive?

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Power, government and religion

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If pupils study Benin, they learn about Benin's culture and society and how its looted artworks have caused modern controversy. If they study the Maya, they build knowledge of this civilisation to analyse what made them so distinctive.

This unit uses and builds on units about other civilisations that pupils have studied across key stage 2. Whether they study the Kingdom of Benin or the Maya, they will have the requisite knowledge of various features of civilisation that allows them to compare and contrast these ones effectively. This unit prepares pupils for further study of other distinctive non-European civilisations encountered in key stage 3 such as medieval Mali and 18th century Haiti.

The mysteries of the Copan tomb
Maya cities and the geography of Mesoamerica
Bloodletting and the Maya
The calendars of the Maya
Cacao and maize
What made the Maya so distinctive?

Knowledge of ancient civilisations such as Egypt, the Sumerians, the Shang or the Indus Valley civilisation.
Knowledge of the defining features of various historical civilisations that pupils have studied.

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Use this KS1 and KS2 history curriculum plan to explore our sequences developed by leading subject e...

Use this KS1 and KS2 history curriculum plan to explore our sequences developed by leading subject experts from across the country, to build your knowledge of primary history curriculum planning, or use it as inspiration for your own planning, seeing where you could use our teaching resources to update what you’ve already got. It's all designed to align with the national curriculum for primary history.

Filter to the time periods or enquiry questions that suit your needs – from the Romans to the Victorians, and significant individuals to local history. Threads help you track how pupils build their understanding of continuity, change and historical evidence.

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