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Year 1

Scotland, Wales and Ireland

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  • Power, government and religion

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This unit helps students understand the distant past, where customs, appearances, and practices differed greatly from today. It introduces key figures from British history and shares classic stories that have been retold through generations, becoming part of community heritage.

This unit uses and builds pupils' knowledge of the concept of ruling and succession and the names of Britain's historic kingdoms that they developed in their study of Elizabeth II's life and reign. It prepares pupils for the next unit about the changes to seafaring over time by introducing them to a number of places and periods in the distant past. It also prepares them for Year 2 units about significant rulers and Queen Victoria, which enriches the understanding of rulers and ruled developed in this unit.

  1. St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
  2. St Patrick, the shamrock and the snakes of Ireland
  3. Scotland, England and Robert the Bruce
  4. Robert the Bruce and the spider
  5. Wales, England and Owain Glyndwr
  6. Owain Glyndwr, Prince of Wales

  • The names of Britain's historic kingdoms.
  • The idea of a ruler and their duties.
  • The idea of succession in relation to a ruler.
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