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Knowledge and skills developed

  • Substantive concepts: exploring and understanding the key events, people, ideas and societies of the past.
  • Disciplinary concepts: understanding how historians find out about and interpret the past.
  • Historical enquiry: posing and answering historical questions using evidence.
  • Chronological awareness: developing and understanding the passage of time, using language related to chronology and building timelines to place events in chronological order.

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Introducing History

An overview of how our History scheme builds teacher confidence with subject knowledge, planning and delivery. Inspire your pupils with engaging lessons and rich historical enquiry.
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Learn more about our History scheme of work

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Unique interactive timeline

Used throughout the scheme, our unique timeline helps pupils sequence and understand the chronology of the periods of history they investigate.
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Introducing the Kapow Primary timeline

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Calling History subject leaders!

Seeking support as a History subject leader? Our toolkit offers essential, free resources for the effective management and improvement of planning, including pupil surveys, teacher audits and Ofsted preparation to enhance your teaching quality.

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History subject leader video

Find out about the aims and strands that make up the History curriculum. Learn how the subject documentation can support you in your subject leader role.

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