History at Ark Kings
History Curriculum Overview
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History Curriculum Overview: Outline of taught and assessed content The table below outlines the whole curriculum overview for this subject area, and shows the journey that students take throughout Ark Kings. |
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Cause and consequence, Change and continuity, Similarity and difference, Significance, Using evidence and Interpretations |
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Nursery |
Who am I? |
What happens at night? |
Can you make it work? |
Where do animals live? |
What can we do to help? |
How do things change over time? |
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Reception |
Who am I? |
What happens at night? |
Can you make it work? |
Where do animals live? |
What can we do to help? |
How do things change over time? |
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Year 1 |
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Changes over time How and why have toys, travel and transport changed over time? |
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Kings and Queens How is life different for the monarchy? |
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Year 2 |
Significant Individuals (Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale) Why should we remember people? |
The Great Fire of London Why did London change after The Great Fire? |
Titanic Why should we remember events? |
Significant Individuals (Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale) Why should we remember people? |
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Year 3 |
Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages How do we know about life in prehistoric Britain? |
Ancient Egyptians Why was the Nile key to the success of Ancient Egypt? |
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Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages How do we know about life in prehistoric Britain? |
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Year 4 |
Roman Britain Aut 1: Why was the Roman Conquest of Britain successful? Aut 2: How did life change in Britain following the Roman Invasion? |
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Maya Civilization How do we know what life was like for Mayan people? |
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Year 5 |
Anglo-Saxons and Scots |
Vikings Why did the Vikings invade Britain? |
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Victorians and the Industrial Revolution How did the industrial revolution change our local area? (Kings Norton and Bournville?) |
British Empire How has the British Empire been remembered? |
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Year 6 |
Rebellion How does rebellion impact culture and society? |
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Conflict and Resolution (WW1 and WW2) Spr 1: How was World War 2 different to World War 1? Spr 2: What was life like for British people during World War 2? |
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Climate change/Civil rights |
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Year 7 |
World Views C1000 Why did Baghdad have a thirst for knowledge? What light can one saint’s story shed on western Christian worlds? |
Contested Power, Contested Land C11th-12th How did the Normans disrupt England? Why did Alexios’s empire survive? Why did the barons keep rebelling against their English rulers? |
Empires: Expansion and Collapse C13th How did the Mongols end up destroying Baghdad? How did one village respond to the Black Death? |
Stability and Instability C14th and C15th How did English nobles choose sides in the War of the Roses? |
Religious Revolution and Resistance C16th What changed in the village of Morebath? |
Silver and Gold: European Expansion and the New World How have historians overcome the challenges of studying the Inkas? |
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Year 8 |
Expanding Empires and Connected Worlds – Mughal Empire and West African Kingdoms How does Ruby Lal use sources to construct her story of Nur Jahan? |
Contested Power, Contested Ideas, Contested Land – Puritanism and the Stuarts How close did England come to a Puritan Revolution? How much did Pepys world change? |
Destroyed Communities, Created Communities – Transatlantic Slave Trade, The Virginia Colonies and the EIC How free were people in America in the 17th century? |
Worlds in Motion: Minds, Migrants and Machines – Changing rural technology, factories and the industrial revolution What can historians infer about the industrial revolution from working class voices? |
Revolution and Rebellion, Reaction and Reform – French Revolution, Change and Continuity in the Caribbean, Chartism and the 1832 Reform Act How did abolition change life for the people of Jamaica? What did the Chartists want? |
The Elite Response – Reform from Above – Elite efforts to address the condition of Britain, India’s 1857 Rebellion and aftermath How much did reform transform Britain and its colonies? |
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Year 9 |
The causes of World War One Why did Britain enter World War One? How was Birmingham affected by World War? What was the impact of the Treaty of Versailles? |
Opposition in the Third Reich Why was there limited opposition to the Nazis? |
Impact of the United Nations Did the UN make the world a safer place? Did nuclear weapons make the world a safer place? |
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Year 10 |
Thematic Study: Medicine through Time, C1250-Present |
Medicine on the Western Front and Superpower Relations and the Cold War |
Period Study: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 |
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Year 11 |
Modern Depth Study: Conflict at home and abroad, USA 1954-75. Civil Rights and the Vietnam War. |
British Depth Study: The Early Reign of Elizabeth I, 1558-1588 |
Revision and Exams |
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Enriching the History Curriculum
Pupils in the primary phase attend history workshops at the end of their unit of study, which supplement the work they do in lessons. They have the opportunity to ask questions to real-life historians to further their historical enquiries, as well as immerse themselves in role-play experiences and handle artefacts.
Year 5 Victorian Workshop
Pupil Work Gallery
Year 5 - Industrial Revolution
Year 5 - Industrial Revolution: using sources to gain an understanding of the period.
