Year 1
1
Elizabeth II: what was her life like?
2
Photographs from history: what can they tell us about Britain's recent past?
3
Traditional stories: what do they tell us about the distant past?
5 unit options
4
Significant explorers: How has seafaring changed over time?
4 unit options
Year 2
1
Significant rulers from the past: what can their stories tell us?
2 unit options
2
Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?
3
Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?
Year 3
1
Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?
2
Bronze and Iron Age Britain: how did life change during this time?
3
Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?
4
Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?
5
The earliest civilisations: the Indus and the Shang
2 unit options
6
Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?
Year 4
1
Ancient Greek civilisation: what do we know about ancient Greece?
2
Ancient Greek civilisation: what is its most significant legacy?
3
Ancient Greek civilisation: why is Alexander called 'The Great'?
4
The Romans: what did it mean to be a Roman?
5
The Romans: what impact did the Romans have on Britain?
6
The Romans: what is the story of Christianity's rise?
Year 5
1
Britain after the Romans: how did Christianity survive in the British Isles?
2
Early Islamic civilisation: how did Baghdad become the ‘City of Peace'?
3
Early Islamic civilisation: what connected Baghdad to the wider world?
4
Britain's settlement by Anglo-Saxons: what changed after the Romans left?
5
The Anglo-Saxons: how do we know about life in Anglo-Saxon England?
6
The Vikings: why did they come to the British Isles?
Year 6
1
The Great War: how did the Great War affect local people and their communities?
2
The Vikings: how do we know so much about Viking York?
3
The Vikings: how did Viking settlement change Britain?
4
Non-European societies: Benin or the Maya
2 unit options
5
Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WWII?
6