History
The aim of our History curriculum at Baden-Powell is to support each and every child’s understanding of their place in the diverse world in which they live; to learn about the links and direct impact that History has had and continues to have on their everyday lives; and to see the importance of our school values of Respect, Friendship, Compassion, Aspiration and Resilience within different, real-life historical contexts.
The knowledge and skills that we have chosen to include in our History curriculum derive directly from the objectives set out in the National Curriculum (2014) and are in line with CLP guidance for History.
To make our History curriculum as meaningful as possible, we have sequenced our History topics in chronological order (with one exception).
Lastly, we aim to highlight three substantive concepts which we consider to be integral to the subject of History – Leadership, Movement and Religion. We weave these ideas throughout our topics to further increase the relevance and real-world application of the learning the children encounter.
| History - Overview | |||||
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Year 3 | |||||
| Ancient Civilisations Ancient Egypt | British History The Celts | Ancient Civilisations Ancient Greece | |||
Substantive concepts: Leadership Religion | Substantive concepts: Leadership Religion | Substantive concepts: Leadership Religion | |||
| Key people: Howard Carter Tutankhamun | Key people: Boudicca | Key people: Alexander the Great Socatres Plato | |||
| Year 4 | |||||
| British History The Romans | British History The Anglo Saxons | British History The Vikings | |||
Substantive concepts: Leadership Movement | Substantive concepts: Religion Movement | Substantive concepts: Leadership Movement Religion | |||
| Key people: Caesar Augustus Julius Caesar Boudicca | Key people: King Vortigern Hengist & Horsa Bede the monk King Alfred The Great | Key people: The Great Heathen Army King Alfred The Great King Athelstan | |||
| Year 5 | |||||
| British History The Tudors | British History The Victorians | Local History Local Study | |||
Substantive concepts: Leadership Movement Religion | Substantive concepts: Leadership Movement | Substantive concepts: Movement | |||
| Key people: Henry VII 1485-1509 Henry VIII 1509-1547 Edward VI 1547-1553 Mary I 1553 -1558 Elizabeth I 1558-1603 Sir Francis Drake William Shakespeare | Key people: Charles Darwin Isambard Brunel Mary Seacole Florence Nightingale Queen Vicotria | Key people: Harry Paye Queen Victoria Alfred the Great | |||
| Year 6 | |||||
| World History World War 2 | Ancient Civilisations The Mayans | ||||
Substantive concepts: Leadership Movement Religion | Substantive concepts: Leadership Religion | ||||
| Key people: | Neville Chamberlain Winston Chruchill Adolf Hitler | Key people: | |||