History: Mixed-age

History lessons tailored to the requirements of a mixed-age setting.

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The mixed-age units follow a Cycle A and Cycle B format to ensure progression of skills for children across the age range.

Year 1/2
Cycle A
Cycle B
History
Y1/2 (A): 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
Y1/2 (A): 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
Y1/2 (A): 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
Y1/2 (B): 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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History
Y1/2 (B): 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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History
Y1/2 (B): 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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Year 3/4
Cycle A
Cycle B
History
Y3/4 (A): British history 1: Would you prefer to have lived in the Stone, Bronze or Iron Age?
(6 lessons)
Looking at the chronology of mankind, children are introduced to Britain’s story. They use archaeological evidence to find…
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History
*New* Y3/4 (A): British history 2: Why did the Romans invade and settle in Britain?
(6 lessons)
Investigating why the Romans invaded Britain and the reaction of the Celts; learning how the Romans changed life…
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History
*New* Y3/4 (A): British history 3: How hard was it to invade and settle in Britain?
(6 lessons)
Developing an understanding of why people invaded and settled, learning about Anglo-Saxon beliefs and the spread of Christianity…
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History
New for 24/25: Y3/4 (B): How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond?
(6 lessons)
Through the observation and analysis of artefacts, children scrutinise Maya settlement strategies in rainforests, the cultural significance of…
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History
New for 24/25: Y3/4 (B): How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond?
(6 lessons)
Through the observation and analysis of artefacts, children scrutinise Maya settlement strategies in rainforests, the cultural significance of…
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History
New for 24/25: Y3/4 (B): How did the achievements of the ancient Maya impact their society and beyond?
(6 lessons)
Through the observation and analysis of artefacts, children scrutinise Maya settlement strategies in rainforests, the cultural significance of…
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Year 5/6
Cycle A
Cycle B
History
New for 24/25 Y5/6 (A): British history 4: Were the Vikings raiders, traders or something else?
(6 lessons)
Investigating what the Vikings were really like, creating a Viking trade route game, writing their version of a…
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History
*New* Y5/6 (A): British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England?
(6 lessons)
Discovering the Tudor dynasty; exploring the use of portraits, progresses and punishment; examining how monarchs exercised absolute power;…
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History
Y5/6 (A): *Updated* British History 6: What was the impact of World War 2 on the people of Britain?
(6 lessons)
Investigating the causes and causes of the events leading to WW2; learning from oral histories about the Battle…
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Multiple options
History
Option 1
Option 2
*New* Y5/6 (B): What was the Sikh Empire?
(6 lessons)
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Y5/6 (B): Unheard histories: Who should go on the £10.00 banknote?
(7 lessons)
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Multiple options
History
Option 1
Option 2
*New* Y5/6 (B): What was the Sikh Empire?
(6 lessons)
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Y5/6 (B): Unheard histories: Who should go on the £10.00 banknote?
(7 lessons)
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Multiple options
History
Option 1
Option 2
*New* Y5/6 (B): What was the Sikh Empire?
(6 lessons)
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Y5/6 (B): Unheard histories: Who should go on the £10.00 banknote?
(7 lessons)
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