*New* Y5/6 (B): What was the Sikh Empire?
Exploring how the Sikh Empire was founded and its legacy.
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This new unit for 2024/25 gives greater opportunities for the children to explore sources and includes new teaching resources designed to enrich their learning and deepen their understanding of the topic. The Archived unit: The Sikh Empire will no longer be updated.
Unit overview: What was the Sikh Empire?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Explain terms such as unification and absolute power.
- Identify the skills and behaviours of leaders that contributed to achieving a goal.
- Describe and assess the impact of beliefs on change.
- Identify the significance of a place.
- Make deductions and inferences from sources.
- Apply criteria to decide and explain historical significance.
- Describe how and why interpretations are different.
- Make observations and explain historical achievements.
This unit prepares the children for the challenges of Key stage 3 History.
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Lessons
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: How did the Sikh Empire begin?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: How do Sikh beliefs impact society?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: What made Lahore important to the Sikh Empire?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: Why is Ranjit Singh historically significant?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: How do different interpretations shape our understanding of the Sikh Empire?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 6: How do the achievements of Sophia Duleep Singh compare to Ranjit Singh?
Key skills
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Key knowledge
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Key vocabulary
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: What was the Sikh Empire?
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit 'What was the Sikh Empire?'.
Vocabulary display – History Y5/6 (B): What was the Sikh Empire?
A display version of key vocabulary from the 'What was the Sikh Empire?' unit.
Subject resources
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Reading comprehension, Spoken language.
British values: Mutual respect, Tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Religious Education
Geography: Human geography.
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