TERM 1: AUTUMN TERM

TERM 2: SPRING TERM

TERM 3: SUMMER TERM

YEAR GROUP

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T1b

T2a

T2b

T3a

T3b

Year 5

What does the tomb of Kha and Merit reveal about ancient Egypt?

• The Egyptian civilization's place in world history
• Location of the Egyptians
• Comparing the lives and lifestyle of different Egyptian classes
• Egyptian gods and afterlife
• Egyptian inventions

What made the kingdom of Benin a “powerful and sophisticated civilisation”? c.900-c1600

• Introduction to African continent
• Life in Benin
• Golden age of Benin
• Benin bronzes
• Comparing life in Benin to life in Britain at the same time

What can Brinkburn Priory tell us about national history?
C.1135-c.1850

• Brinkburn as a priory (religion in medieval England)
• Brinkburn dissolved (the Dissolution of the monasteries and the Reformation)
• Brinkburn rebuilt (money from the Caribbean slave trade)

Why do we have a King and a PM? 1215- present day

• Magna Carta
• First meeting of the HOC
• English Civil War and Parliament
• Glorious Revolution
• Fight for voting rights (Peterloo, Suffragettes)

Why was WWI a significant event in local and national history?

• The origins of WWI
• Motivations of soldiers to join the army including empire troops
• Experiences of soldiers in the trenches
• Experience of women in WWI
• The impact of WWI on Britain including the North East

Year 6

What do all ancient civilisations have in common?

An overview of Ancient Civilisations

• Timeline and chronological overview of ancient civilisations
• Locating ancient civilisations and explaining what they have in common
• The key features of ancient civilisations
• The achievements of ancient civilisations

What is Leila Rasheed telling us about the Roman Empire?

• What was the Roman Empire?
• How was Roman society structured?
• Leptis Magna
• What was Britannia like?
• How diverse was the Roman Empire?
• Compare with ancient civilisations overview

How did the Viking invasion change England? c.793 AD-1000 AD

• Where did the Vikings come from?
• What did the Vikings do when they reached Britain?
• How was our local area affected by the Viking Invasion?
• What can we learn about the Vikings using artefacts?

What was the ‘Golden Age’ of Islam?

• The origins of Islam
• The growth of the Islamic Caliphate
• The importance of Baghdad
• Great inventors of the Islamic Golden Age
• Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age
• Comparing London in 900 and Baghdad in 900

Why was WW2 a significant turning point in local and  British history?

• Causes of WW2
• The effects of the war on British population
• Understand the term ‘rationing’ and why was it needed?
• Evacuation including Morpeth
• Who fought in WW2 and where did they come from?
• End of WW2, VE Day and long term impact

Year 7

Who were the English before 1066?

• Late iron age Britain
• Roman Britain
• Anglo-Saxon Britain
• Viking Britain

How much did the Norman invasion change Anglo-Saxon England?

• Contenders to the Throne in 1066
• How and why did the Nomans invade?
• Changes to the landscape
• Changes for the people

Who was the most successful medieval monarch?

• Brian Boru
• Eleanor of Aquitaine
• King John
• Genghis Khan
• Pachacuti

Why was the reign of Mansa Musa in Mali known as a “golden age”?

• Origins of Mali
• Mansa Musa’s Hajj
• Life in medieval Mali

What was life like in medieval England?

• Henry II and Thomas Becket
• Edward II
• Religion
• Everyday life
• Black Death

Why did people go on Crusade?

•  Research each Crusade in groups

Who was the most successful Tudor monarch?

• The Wars of the Roses and Henry VII
• Henry VIII and the Reformation
• Edward and Mary
• The Elizabethan “Golden Age”.

Year 8

How did the Reformation change Northumberland?

• The church in the 1520s
• Reactions to the Dissolution
• Edward and Mary
• Elizabeth’s religious settlement

Research homework: Was Elizabeth I the greatest Tudor monarch?

Who won the Wars of the Three Kingdoms?

• James I and Parliament
• Charles I and problems in Scotland
• Charles I and problems in England
• Experiences of people during the civil war
• Execution of Charles I
• Interpretations of Oliver Cromwell

Homework: Charles II and the Restoration

How do we know about the lives of ordinary people in Tudor and Stuart England?

• Entertainment in Tudor and Stuart Britain
• Black Tudors and Stuarts
• How do historians know about the lives of ordinary people?

Has history misjudged the Aztec empire?

• Aztec culture and beliefs
• Montezuma and the Spanish
• Interpretations of the Aztecs and how they have changed over time

How should we remember the Mughals?

• Establishment of the Mughal Empire under Babur and Humuyan
• Why Akbar has his name
• Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurganzeb

What was the impact of the British empire on its subjects?

• Early empire from Elizabeth
• Britain and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• India under British Rule

Why is Northern Ireland part of the United Kingdom?

• Britain and Ireland in the 19th century
• Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century
• The Troubles

How did revolutions change the world between 1700 and 1900?

• Industrial revolution
  
• How close was Britain to revolution in the 1800s?