History Key stage 1

Introducing and understanding of chronology and making comparisons between familiar items and experiences today and in the past

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In this key stage we suggest you teach the units in the order they appear below.

Year 1

History
How am I making history?
(6 lessons)
Looking at personal chronology and finding out about the past within living memory. By examining photographs and asking…
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History
How have toys changed?
(6 lessons)
Sequencing toys into a physical timeline, children investigate artefacts from the past and begin to pose questions. They…
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History
How have explorers changed the world?
(6 lessons)
Finding out about events and people beyond living memory, children particularly think about explorers and what makes them…
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Year 2

History
How was school different in the past?
(6 lessons)
Understanding that although schools have been in the local area for a long time, they have not always…
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History
How did we learn to fly?
(6 lessons)
Developing their knowledge of events beyond living memory and reinforcing their chronological understanding by looking at significant events…
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History
What is a monarch?
(6 lessons)
Finding out the role of a monarch, children compare the monarchy today with the monarchy in the past.…
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