Throckley Primary School History Overview EYFS
Autumn
Children experinece history through the EY strand, ‘understanding the world.’ Children will learn about different people within societ, such as the police and firefighters. They will be able to talk about the roles these people have.
They will be able to spot changes between the past and present, through exploring objects from different periods.
Spring
Children will understand the past through characters, stories and settings that draw upon our key substantive concepts such as, empire.
They will be able to describe their immediate environment. Children can discuss their local area, recognising how it has changed over time.
Summer
Children will be able to describe some similarities and differences between this country and other countries.
Year 1 Terrific trains! How do we get around? Local history study. Significant person: George Stephenson. Innovation: Creation of new forms of transport specifically trains. Civilisation: What is the most popular form of transport we use?
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Why was Grace Darling a hero? Local history study.
Are you team Stone, Bronze or Iron?
Was Ancient Greek society successful?
Significant person: Grace Darling
Innovation: Change over 3 prehistoric time periods. Weapons/use of resources, language, money/trade and travel, land use beliefs.
Significant person: Alexander the Great.
Civilisation: 1830s to now. Education, family size, home and gender. Sequencing events.
The Great Fire of London. Y2 (Summer)
Empire: Key events in monarchy. Y1 (Summer)
Civilisation: Success and legacy of Greek society. Innovation: Greek inventions and their impact on us today. Empire: Why did the Greeks feel they needed to expand their ideas?
Year 5 How did our local area affect the Battle of Newburn Ford? Local study Civilisation: causes of conflict and impact on Newcastle post conflict. Empire: Tension between the English and the Scots. Empire Y4, tension between English and Irish, compare to tension between Scots and English. Victorians Y4 (Summer)
Civilisation across EuropeRomans/Greeks. Similarities and differences.
How have explorers changed our lives?
Why will we remember David Attenborough?
Should we celebrate the Ancient Egyptians?
Significant people: Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison.
Significant person: David Attenborough.
Significant people: Howard Carter and King Tutankhamun.
Innovation: Sequencing moon landing and life. Compare transport and travel. Innovation: Different forms of transport, trains and spaceships New transport – trains. Y1 (Autumn) Chronology unit. Change in living memory. Focusing on the British monarchy. Who was Queen Elizabeth II? Building on knowledge of sequencing events. Key events within their own lifetime. Empire: British monarchy. Moon landings. Y1 (Spring)
Innovation: How his documentaries have changed with technology improvement. Chronology of his lifetime. Key events. Grace Darling Y2 (Autumn)
Civilisation: Why they developed their civilisation around the Nile. Innovation: Inventions and their impact today.
Egyptians Y3 (Spring) What can Pompeii tell us about Roman life? Civilisation: Pompeii as a primary source/use of sources primary and secondary. Empire: What was life like in a Roman city?
Should the Romans have invaded Britain?
Significant person: Samuel Pepys.
Significant person: Boudicca.
Civilisation: Why did the fire happen? Structure of London. Innovation: How London changed after the fire. Comparing different civilisations to our own. 1830s with Grace Darling and 1666 London to present day. David Attenborough Y2 (Spring)
Empire: How can one person, for example the Roman Emperor make the decisions for a whole country/empire?
Civilisation: causes of conflict and impact on life at the time. Empire: Hitler’s attempt to expand the German Empire into Europe. Why did Britain have so many allies? Explore the participation of other countries in WW2. Empire Y3 Victorians, is Empire a good thing for everyone? Is it fair? Battle of Newburn Y5 (Autumn)
How has the Maya civilisation influenced the modern world? Civilisation: Religion, mythology, architecture, daily life. Evaluate sources. Civilisations beyond Europe. Compare to the Romans and Greeks.
Greeks Y4 (Autumn)
Stone, Bronze and Iron (Y3 Autumn)
Who was to blame for the Great Fire of London?
Year 6 How did conflict affect society during WW2?
How has the Earth’s climate changed since the 1800s? Civilisation: Our impact on our world, how modern societies have influenced the climate. Choices we have made. Sequencing and chronology. Innovation: New inventions that will help the planet.
David Attenborough Y1 and Y2
The Victorians Did the Victorian Empire benefit everyone?
Barbaric or civilised: How did the Vikings develop over time?
How fierce were the AngloSaxons? A study of AngloSaxon battle strategies.
Significant people: Queen Victoria and Charles Dickens.
Innovation: Improvements made to trade/society.
Empire: How did AngloSaxon battle strategies help them expand their Empire?
Empire: What was life like for different children of the Empire?
Y3 - Compare to the Egyptian Empire. Y1- Monarchy and Emperor.
Empire: Y1 monarchy and Y4 Romans.
Egyptians Y3 (Spring)
Pompeii Y4 (Spring)
Empire: Invasion of Britain, treaty with the Anglo Saxons. Maya civilisation Y5 (Spring)
Innovation: Government. Sophisticated system of taxing and rule. Vikings Y5 (Summer)