KS1 & KS2 history curriculum

This unit uses and builds on pupils' knowledge of ancient city-states and the relationship between cities and empires that they have built in earlier units about ancient Egypt, the Indus, Sumer, the Shang dynasty and ancient Greece. It also extends pupils' geographical knowledge of the Mediterranean world, first established in units on ancient Greece. This unit prepares pupils for the next units which focus on the changes that took place in Britain after Roman invasion and the growth of Christianity by helping pupils to contextualise these developments within a framework of Roman identity.

1. Roman kings
2. The Roman Republic
3. The rise of the Emperors
4. The division of the Roman Empire
5. The fall of the Western Roman Empire
6. What it meant to be a Roman

• Pupils need to understand the concepts of civilisation and culture and how these interact.
• Pupils need to understand the religious and political nature of Ancient Greek culture and society.
• Pupils need to have some knowledge of the geography of the Mediterranean and Italy.