History at Ark Kings
Nursery
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| Who am I? | What happens at night? |
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| Can you make it work? | Where do animals live? |
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| What can we do to help? | How do things change over time? |
Reception
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| Who am I? | What happens at night? |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Can you make it work? | Where do animals live? |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| What can we do to help? | How do things change over time? |
Year 1
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My Local Area (Geography focus) |
My Local Area (Geography focus) |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Changes over time (History focus) |
Changes over time (History focus) |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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The United Kingdom (Geography focus) |
Kings and Queens (History focus) |
Year 2
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Significant Individuals |
The Great Fire of London |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Planet Earth |
Planet Earth (Geography focus) |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Titanic |
Significant Individuals |
Year 3
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Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages |
Ancient Egyptians |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Climate Zones and Biomes |
Climate Zones and Biomes (Geography focus) |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Australia |
Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages |
Year 4
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| Roman Britain (History focus) |
Roman Britain |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Settlements and Land Use (incl. Rivers and European Case Study: Italy) |
Settlements and Land Use (incl. Rivers and European Case Study: Italy) (Geography focus) |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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Maya Civilization |
The USA |
Year 5
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| Anglo-Saxons and Scots (History focus) |
Vikings (History focus) |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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Asia: Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Geography focus) |
Asia: Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes (Geography focus) |
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Baghdad and the Middle East (History focus) |
Victorians and the Industrial Revolution (History focus) |
Year 6
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Rebellion |
Global Challenges |
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Conflict and Resolution (WWI and WWII) |
Conflict and Resolution (WWI and WWII) (History focus) |
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World Organisation |
Climate change/Civil rights |
Year 7
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| World Views C1000 | Contested Power, Contested Land C11th-12th |
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| Empires: Expansion and Collapse C13th | Stability and Instability C14th and C15th |
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| Religious Revolution and Resistance C16th | Silver and Gold: European Expansion and the New World |
Year 8
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| Expanding Empires and Connected Worlds – Mughal Empire and West African Kingdoms | Contested Power, Contested Ideas, Contested Land – Puritanism and the Stuarts |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Destroyed Communities, Created Communities – Transatlantic Slave Trade, The Virginia Colonies and the EIC | Worlds in Motion: Minds, Migrants and Machines – Changing rural technology, factories and the industrial revolution |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Revolution and Rebellion, Reaction and Reform – French Revolution, Change and Continuity in the Caribbean, Chartism and the 1832 Reform Act | The Elite Response – Reform from Above – Elite efforts to address the condition of Britain, India’s 1857 Rebellion and aftermath |
Year 9
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| The causes of World War One |
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| Opposition in the Third Reich |
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| Impact of the United Nations |
Year 10
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| Thematic Study: Medicine through Time, C1250-Present |
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| Medicine on the Western Front and Superpower Relations and the Cold War |
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| Period Study: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 |
Year 11
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| Modern Depth Study: Conflict at home and abroad, USA 1954-75. Civil Rights and the Vietnam War. |
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| British Depth Study: The Early Reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1588 |
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| Revision and Exams |