KS1 & KS2 history curriculum

This unit uses and builds on previous units in years 5 and 6 that have focused on Anglo-Saxon England and Viking invasion and settlement. It develops pupils' understanding of change, encountered in many previous units, within a political context. This unit prepares pupils for pupils' year 7 study of the Norman Conquest, ensuring that the events they learn about here are contextualised with their understanding of a united Anglo-Saxon England state.

1. Aethelflaed and Aethelred
2. Aethelflaed and Edward
3. Aethelflaed's forgotten history
4. Athelstan and the making of England
5. Changing rulers in the 11th century
6. How the Vikings changed Britain

• Pupils need to know that culture in Britain has changed significantly across the course of human history.
• Pupils need to know that societies change across time, but each society adds an additional layer of complexity to history of the area.
• Pupils need to understand that British history has been affected by migration of people for as long as people have lived in Britain.
• Pupils should have a good understanding of the Vikings' early raids in Britain.
• Pupils should have good working knowledge of who the Vikings were.