During the key stage, pupils should be taught the Knowledge, skills and understanding through a local history study, three British history studies, a European history study and a world history study.
British History: The Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings; Britain and the wider world in Tudor times; and either Victorian Britain or Britain since 1930. Aspects of the histories of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, where appropriate, and about the history of Britain in its European and wider world context, in these periods.
Local History Study
A study investigating how an aspect in the local area has changed over a long period of time, or how the locality was affected by a significant national or local event or development or by the work of a significant individual.
Aspects in the local area that have changed:
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population movement |
houses and housing |
religious practices |
treatment of the poor and care of the sick |
law and order |
sport and leisure |
Effects of national events or developments:
prehistoric settlers |
the building of a castle or the development of a town |
the Civil War |
the plague or a cholera epidemic |
the settlement of people from different cultures in the area |
Britain (Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings)
An overview study of how British society was shaped by the movement and settlement of different peoples in the period before the Norman Conquest and an in-depth study of how British society was affected by Roman or Anglo-Saxon or Viking settlement.
Effects of Roman settlement
The Roman Conquest and occupation of Britain. |
Boudicca,
Caratacus and resistance to Roman rule.
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The building of Hadrian's Wall, roads, villas and towns by the Romans. |
Roman settlement in the local area. |
Effects of Anglo-Saxon Settlement
The arrival and settlement of the Anglo-Saxons. |
The conversion to Christianity, the lives of monks and nuns (for example Bede and Hilda). |
Religious beliefs and customs, including the Sutton Hoo and other ship burials, and myths and legends. |
Anglo-Saxon settlement in the local area. |
Effects of Viking Settlement
Viking raids and settlement. |
King Alfred and Anglo-Saxon resistance to the Vikings. |
King Cnut and the Danes. |
Jorvik (York) and other Viking settlements. |
Heroic poems and sagas. |
Viking settlement in the local area. |
Britain and the Wider World (in Tudor Times) 1485-1603
A study of some significant events and individuals, including Tudor monarchs, who shaped this period and of the everyday lives of men, women and children from different sections of society.
Significant Individuals and Events
Everyday Life
Life for the rich and poor. |
Differences between town and country life. |
Education. |
Ships and seafaring. |
Merchants, traders and settlers. |
Trade with Africa, Asia and America. |
Food & entertainment (and music). |
Medicine and Health. |
Tudor buildings in the local area. |
The impact of the closing down of a religious community on the local area. |
Britain (Victorian Britain) 1819-1901
A study of the impact of significant individuals, events and changes in work and transport on the lives of men, women and children from different sections of society.
Impact of Significant Individuals and Events
Impact of Changes to Work and Transport
The factory system and working life for men, women and children. |
Education in factories and schools. |
The growth of industrial towns. |
Service in the army, royal navy and merchant navy. |
Ships and seafaring. |
Rail travel, seaside holidays and entertainment. |
The impact of the railways on the local area. |
The impact of the building of factories on the local area. |
Britain (since 1930)
A study of the impact of the Second World War or social and technological changes that have taken place since 1930, on the lives of men, women and children from different sections of society.
Impact of the Second World War
The Blitz and evacuation. |
Rationing. |
Serving in the land army or the home guard. |
New technologies such as code breaking. |
The Second World War in the local area. |
Impact of Social and Technological Change
European Study (Ancient Greece)
A study of the way of life, beliefs and achievements of the people living in Ancient Greece and the influence of their civilisation on the world today.
Aspects of the Way of Life
Arts and architecture. |
Houses, cities and public buildings. |
Citizens and slaves. |
Education for girls and boys. |
Language. |
Medicine, health and hygiene. |
Games and leisure including the Olympic Games. |
Plays and the theatre. |
Ships and trading. |
Soldiers and warfare. |
Beliefs and Achievements
The city states of Athens and Sparta. |
Gods and goddesses, myths, legends, beliefs and customs. |
Pheidippides and the battle of Marathon. |
Pericles and the building of the Parthenon. |
The conquests of Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great. |
Great scholars and discoverers. |
World Study (A Past Society)
A study of the key features, including the everyday lives of men, women and children, of a past society selected from: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Sumer, the Assyrian Empire, the Indus Valley, the Maya, Benin, or the Aztecs.
Key Features
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Egypt |
Sumer |
Assyrian |
Indus |
Maya |
Benin |
Aztecs |
The society in relation to other contemporary societies. |
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Chronology. |
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The reasons for the rise and fall of the civilisation. |
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Significant places and individuals. |
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Distinctive contribution to history. |
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Aspects of everyday life
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Houses and cities. |
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Arts and architecture. |
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Technology, work and leisure. |
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Food, health and medicine. |
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Pictures, words and communication. |
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Rulers and ruled. |
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Beliefs, customs and legends, gods and goddesses. |
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Temples and tombs. |
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Wealth and economy. |
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Transport and exploration. |
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Wars and warfare. |
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