History Overview
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
| Year 1 | Travel and Trains
George Stephenson, Thomas Cook. Invention of the locomotive and development of the railway system |
Local area – Market Harborough | ||||
| Year 2 | Famous People and events
Christopher Columbus Neil Armstrong World War One - Remembrance |
The Great Fire of London.
How did the Great Fire of London start? Why did the fire spread so quickly? How did people try to put out the great fire? |
Castles
Where were they built? Parts of a castle? Why were they built? (Normans) Link to Warwick Castle |
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| Year 3 | Ancient Egypt
- Time line and geography - Physical features of Egypt - Climate and seasons - Religion - Mummification - Weighing of the Heart ceremony |
Anglo Saxons
- Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots - the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor -Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots -the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor |
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| Year 4 | Stone Age
Late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, for example, Skara Brae, Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, for example, Stonehenge, Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture |
The Romans | The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain | |||
| Year 5 | Mini – Unit
History of space flight and history of Neil Armstrong |
The Aztecs
Who were the Aztecs and when did they live? |
Local History Topic – Richard III
To investigate how archaeology can help us find out more about the past. . |
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| Year 6 | Mini Unit
Top twenty! A timeline of exploration through history – key people and events Mini Unit - Explorers · Study of an explorer from the past · Life on board the Endurance |
Ancient Greek life, culture, gods, conflict |