Autumn Term 		
EYFS
FS	Children will access history through the EYFS curriculum.  They will explore changes over time, compare old and new things and link these to their own experiences.
Autumn – Remembering and talking about events that are significant to themselves.
Spring – Comparing and discussing similarities and differences to places, objects and living things, developing an understanding of decay and changes over time.
Summer – Opportunities to talk about past or present events in their own lives of family members.	
KS1
Year 1/2	Heroes looking at how the actions of a person in the past has an effect on the present 

Grace Darling: - Geography Link – UK – countries and capital cities -  where is Bamburgh and the Farne Islands?
•	Lighthouses and their role  -  English Link – The Lighthouse Keeper stories
•	Changes in time – lifeboats – the development of the lifeboats and their role in our world – how they help people and how it has improved – Science link – materials/floating and sinking

Protect Our World – how does an event from the past have an impact on our present lives and our future

The Great Fire of London
•	London – now and in the past – buildings that have been built in the present and buildings built in the past- changes – materials, styles, uses
•	Houses – changes from wooden house to brick and stone houses and how we can build new houses using materials developed in the present time for the future – i.e. plastic houses – South America – using recycled plastic bottles – Geography link – Atlas Work
•	City – how has the city changed from 1666 to the present time – what has improved – Geography Link – map of London and the spread of the fire
•	Fire brigade – changes to fire- fighting including fire insurance – how does this protect people in the present day and the future
English Link – Fire Poetry, Non-fiction book writing

•	Inventors and scientists – Science Link 
Cameron Mackintosh – Waterproof materials 
Leo Hendrik Baekeland – Plastic
       Nicholas Grimshaw – architect of Eden Project Biomes – Plants

Also links to Art and DT throughout different historical topics
	
Lower KS2

Year 3/4	The Viking and Anglo Saxons 
•	Impact of Viking raids and invasion
•	What happened in the resistance by Alfred the Great and Athelstan first king of England
•	Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
•	Anglo-Saxon laws and how they were put in place
•	How the last Anglo-Saxon kings shaped Britain
Links to Geography looking at how the Vikings impacted on Britain today – focus on the city of York and how the Vikings captured and settled in this city

The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain
•	Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC 
•	The Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of its army 
•	Successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including Hadrian’s Wall 
•	The importance of British resistance, for example, Boudicca 
•	‘Romanisation’ of Britain: the impact of technology, culture and beliefs, including early Christianity
Links to Geography looking at how the Roman Empire developed across UK and Europe

History of Electricity and its discovery linked in with Science topic in Spring Term
History of composers linked in with Music in Spring Term	

	
Upper KS2

Year 5/6	Year A 2018 -19
Overview of Early Civilizations – Sumner, Indus, Egypt, Shang Dynasty
In depth study of Ancient Egypt
•	Visit from ‘Up ‘n’ At ‘Em’ to introduce topic and provide an overview of the civilization and significant rulers.
•	 The cultural, religious and spiritual beliefs of Ancient Egyptians (mummification, significance of hierarchy and the after-life) 
•	The significance of settlement on the Nile in the transportation of commodities, defense against invasion and the prospects of agriculture. 
•	Communication through language and hieroglyphics. 
•	Daily life comparison between then and now: long hours worked; agriculture and farming own food sources -grinding flour to produce bread and religious beliefs. 
•	The discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 as a significant historical event. (linked to newspaper report in English) 
HI 2/2.2d a significant turning point in British history 
Study of Christopher Columbus and how his ‘discovery’ of South America initiated the start of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The focus is then on how William Wilberforce was an influential figure in the abolition of slavery in British Empire in 1833.