KS1 & KS2 history curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of contrasting periods that they built in the Year 1 unit on the changes to seafaring over time. It also builds on what pupils have learnt about rulers and their behaviours in units on traditional stories and significant rulers, showing how rulers can be either barriers to or supporters of change. It also builds on pupils' knowledge of Victorian and 1960s Britain that they developed in earlier KS1 units This unit prepares pupils for later studies in key stage 3 about how individuals and groups have fought against social injustice.

1. Emily Davison and the tragedy at Epsom Racecourse
2. Emily Davison's early life and education
3. Emily Davison and the Suffragettes
4. Stories from Emily Davison's activism
5. Emily Davison's funeral
6. Changes for women following Emily Davison's death
7. Paul Stephenson and The Bay Horse pub
8. Paul Stephenson's early life and evacuation
9. Paul Stephenson arrives in Bristol
10. Paul Stephenson and the Bristol Bus Boycott
11. Paul Stephenson's legacy in Bristol and Britain
12. Comparing Paul Stephenson and Emily Davison

• An awareness of what Britain was like towards the end of the nineteenth century, as introduced in 'Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?'
• An awareness of the behaviour of rulers.
• An awareness of how the public can respond to certain events or developments, as introduced in 'Elizabeth II: what was her life like?'