Learning objective
- To order events from an explorer’s story on a timeline.
Success criteria
- I can place historical events in the correct
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum for history
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Cross-curricular links
Curriculum links
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Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Show the image on the Presentation: How did people travel in the past? and allow the children to point out what they can see.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support:
- Should use the Resource: Feelings faces to support their freeze frames in the Main event.
- Could pre-watch the Pupil video: Christopher Columbus.
Pupils working at greater depth:
- Should consider the impact of Columbus’s expedition on different people.
- Could explain the differences in feelings between the characters in each event.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding can:
- Select the most important events in a historical
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Vocabulary definitions
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achievement
Something done successfully with effort.
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beyond living memory
More than 100 years ago.
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In this unit
Assessment - History Y1: How have explorers changed the world?
Lesson 1: What is an explorer?
Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when?
Lesson 3: Who was Christopher Columbus and what did he do?
Lesson 4: Who was Matthew Henson and what did he do?
Lesson 5: How has exploration changed?
Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
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Last update: 17th March, 2026
Lesson 6: How can we remember them?
Understanding the significance of some explorers and events.
Lesson 1: What is an explorer?
Identifying explorers past and present, what they do and how they travel.
Assessment – History Y1: How have explorers changed the world?
Skills catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit to assess pupil...
Lesson 2: Where have explorers travelled and when?
Asking questions to find out about the achievements and discoveries of explorers past and present.