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  • Sarah Forbes Bonetta: Scheme of Work

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (unresourced)
    Children are introduced to the idea of significance, and how this might change over time. Sarah Forbes Bonetta – we don't even know her real name – was an African princess, a slave in West Africa, a god-daughter of Queen Victoria, a wife, mother and missionary teacher. Does that make her...
    Sarah Forbes Bonetta: Scheme of Work

  • Scheme of Work: Chronological Unit - Books Through Time

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    Through this unit, children can be introduced to the idea that books were extremely valuable in the past, the status symbol of the day. They will learn about how books were made in the past and that stories have been around long before there were books to put them in....
    Scheme of Work: Chronological Unit - Books Through Time

  • Scheme of Work: The Shang Dynasty

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    Children can be introduced to evidence of the Shang Dynasty in China from the tomb of Fu Hao, dated around 1250BC and discovered in 1976. They can use the evidence to find out about the Shang, but also to find out what we can’t tell about the Shang from one...
    Scheme of Work: The Shang Dynasty

  • Scheme of Work: Local History – transport

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    Children can be introduced to the idea that transport has changed considerably in the locality over time and that this has had a significant impact on the way that the community has changed and developed. They can also understand how and why these developments have occurred. This unit is structured...
    Scheme of Work: Local History – transport

  • Incorporating local history into a scheme of work

      Key Stages 1-3 (Years 1-9)
    This unit is not itself a scheme of work, but instead suggests ways local history might meaningfully be incorporated into a Scheme of Work. It is not meant to be prescriptive, but to suggest ideas, areas and tools that should help teachers make a study of local history meaningful. See...
    Incorporating local history into a scheme of work

  • Scheme of Work: How did the civilisation of Egypt wax and wane?

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This teaching toolkit takes a fresh new look at this much-taught topic and provides the basis for a rigorous enquiry led approach for children in key stage 2. Packed full of ideas and links to resources, this toolkit provides a step by step guide to teaching the Egyptians from why...
    Scheme of Work: How did the civilisation of Egypt wax and wane?

  • Scheme of Work: Significant Individuals at Key Stage 1: Ibn Battuta

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (unresourced)
    The history programme of study for Key Stage 1 requires pupils to be taught about: 'The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements, some of whom should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods.' In this unit, children are...
    Scheme of Work: Significant Individuals at Key Stage 1: Ibn Battuta

  • The Great Fire of London and the National Curriculum

      Primary History article including Scheme of Work for Key Stage 1 (unresourced)
    The Great Fire of London is a favourite National Curriculum teaching topic. This paper draws on the latest resources and teaching ideas to suggest how you can meet both the NC history requirements and the wider ones of the National Curriculum, particularly in integrated programmes that include teaching about the Great...
    The Great Fire of London and the National Curriculum

  • Film: Proto-feminism in Britain and Ireland – 1714 to 1785

      Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714–2010
    In Episode 11, Dr Mary Jo MacDonald of the University of Jyväskylä explores how the end of the Licensing Act, sweeping political change, and a revolution in intellectual culture opened unprecedented opportunities for women to shape political, social, and intellectual life in Britain and Ireland. The film highlights major proto‑feminist thinkers...
    Film: Proto-feminism in Britain and Ireland – 1714 to 1785

  • Film: Economic and social change – 1714 to 1785

      Power and Freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714–2010
    The 18th century represents a pivotal moment bridging early modern Britain with the social, economic and technological  transformations of the Industrial Revolution. In Episode 3, Professor Emma Griffin (Queen Mary University of London), explores this period of invention, innovation and entrepreneurialism, how it affected ordinary families, and its role in the...
    Film: Economic and social change – 1714 to 1785

  • Scheme of work: The Platinum Jubilee

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (unresourced)
    In this unit, children will learn about the significance of the 2022 Platinum Jubilee. They will look at the life of Queen Elizabeth II, from her role as Princess Elizabeth to her coronation and through to 2022, as a great-grandmother and the longest-reigning British monarch. The unit will help children...
    Scheme of work: The Platinum Jubilee

  • Scheme of work: Journeys - the story of migration to Britain

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This unit is designed as a thematic course looking at the big picture of migration to Britain over time. There are many ways that the course can be adapted to include different content which may be more relevant for the local community around your school. Most of the content described in...
    Scheme of work: Journeys - the story of migration to Britain

  • Scheme of Work: Grace O'Malley

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (resourced)
    This unit encourages pupils to explore the past by examining their ideas about pirates, with particular reference to Grace O’Malley. The key question leads children to consider what are the characteristics of a pirate and to challenge stereotypes in the light of historical enquiry. The key question also leads to...
    Scheme of Work: Grace O'Malley

  • Virtual Branch recording: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom

      The Black Crown
    How did a man born enslaved on a plantation triumph over Napoleon's invading troops and become king of the first free black nation in the Americas? This is the forgotten, remarkable story of Henry Christophe. Christophe fought as a child soldier in the American War of Independence, before serving in...
    Virtual Branch recording: Henry Christophe, the Haitian Revolution and the Caribbean's Forgotten Kingdom

  • Scheme of Work: The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    This unit provides children with the opportunity to look at the Second World War as an aspect of British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066. This 8-part enquiry is useable in full or to use sections of as stand alone shorter enquiries. Pupils will be encouraged to examine different...
    Scheme of Work: The Blitz: all we need to know about World War II?

  • Scheme of Work: The Georgians

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This unit focuses on the Georgian period across the mid to late 18th century. It is during this period that Britain (rather than England) begins to consolidate the gains made by Tudor and Stuart explorers and traders. The seeds of the British Empire of the Victorian period are planted at this...
    Scheme of Work: The Georgians

  • Primary Scheme of Work: Remembrance

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 1 History (unresourced)
    In this unit pupils will be introduced to the concept of Remembrance Day and will learn why people in this country wear poppies in November. Through learning about Remembrance, pupils will understand that there are events beyond living memory that are significant nationally and globally, and that these are commemorated...
    Primary Scheme of Work: Remembrance

  • Scheme of Work: Early Islam, including Baghdad

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (resourced)
    Children can be introduced to the idea that people from other civilisations have contributed to many ideas that impact on us still. They can learn about some of the differences in way of life between citizens of Baghdad and London c. AD 900. Links can be made with other cultures...
    Scheme of Work: Early Islam, including Baghdad

  • Beliefs in Ancient Egypt: Scheme of Work

      Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    This unit on Ancient Egypt offers pupils the chance to look at another civilisation very different from their own. Students can be introduced to the key features of Ancient Egyptian civilisation through the beliefs and attitudes of these ancient people.  Students should examine the similarities and differences between their ancient...
    Beliefs in Ancient Egypt: Scheme of Work

  • A revolution in primary history teaching, quietly consolidated over the past 35 years

      Primary History article
    This article is free to everyone. For access to hundreds of other high-quality resources by primary history experts along with free or discounted CPD and membership of a thriving community of teachers and subject leaders, join the Historical Association today In my 38 years in history education, the most profound...
    A revolution in primary history teaching, quietly consolidated over the past 35 years

  • Filmed Lecture: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

      A Fistful of Shells
    In this Virtual Branch webinar we were joined in conversation with Dr Toby Green on his acclaimed book 'A Fistful of Shells'. Shortlisted for the 2020 Wolfson Prize and winner of the 2019 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, the book explores West Africa from the Rise of the...
    Filmed Lecture: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution

  • Film: Power and Protest in England – 1714 to 1785

      Film Series: Power and freedom in Britain and Ireland: 1714-2010
    In Episode 7, Professor Carl Griffin (University of Sussex) discusses the changing landscape of England as enclosure accelerates, transforming the social dynamics of the countryside as peasants become wage labourers and their rights to use the ‘common land’ is diminished. Professor Griffin reflects on this period of protest over enclosure,...
    Film: Power and Protest in England – 1714 to 1785

  • Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations

      Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    What do all the Ancient Civilisations have in common? This enquiry provides an overview of the Ancient Civilisations of Egypt, Sumer, Indus Valley and Shang, showing where and when they developed, the similarities between them and how they relate to a broadly based chronological understanding of the past. It provides a...
    Scheme of Work: Comparing Ancient Civilisations

  • Scheme of work: Queen Elizabeth II

      Primary Scheme of Work, Key Stage 2 History (unresourced)
    Prior to completing this unit of work, it would be useful for the children to have started to develop an understanding of the substantive concepts of monarchy and royalty through their prior learning. Direct links can be made between studies of specific monarchs and their roles, as well as stories...
    Scheme of work: Queen Elizabeth II

  • Scheme of work: George Stephenson and the development of railways

      Primary scheme of work, Key Stage 1 (resourced)
    This unit of work is intended to teach children about George Stephenson as a significant individual in history, his achievements and the impact that he had locally, nationally and internationally. It also includes some introductory lessons based around vocabulary for consolidation of terms relating to the passing of time, which...
    Scheme of work: George Stephenson and the development of railways