History
Intent
As Historians, children at Beacon View Primary Academy are inspired to want to know more about the past and understand how Britain has developed over time. Through carefully planned specific historical units, children have opportunities to investigate and interpret the past, understand chronology, build an overview of Britain’s past as well as that of the wider world and to be able to communicate historically.
By the end of KS2 all pupils leave Beacon View:
- Knowing and understanding the chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day
- Knowing and understanding how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
- Knowing and understanding significant aspects of the history of the wider world
- Having gained and deployed a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
- Understanding historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions
- Understanding the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
Whole School Overview
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Year 1
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Year 2
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Year 3
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Year 4
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Year 5
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Year 6
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Autumn
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Family History
Historical significance
What is my family history?
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Longitudinal study: community and family
Change & continuity
How has my community changed over time?
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Stone Age & Iron Age
Similarity & difference
How was life in a prehistoric settlement different to life today?
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Mayans
Similarity & difference
How was life similar for Mayans and Ancient Greeks?
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Roman Empire
Change & continuity
How did the Roman Empire change over time?
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Settlement by Anglo-Saxons
Similarity & difference
What can we learn about the Anglo-Saxons from what we see today?
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Spring
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Castles
Causation
How do castles keep people safe?
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Great Fire of London
Historical significance
Why do we call the Great Fire of London ‘great’?
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Ancient Egypt
Causation
Why were Pharaohs so powerful?
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Early Islamic Civilisation
Historical significance
What did the early Islamic civilisations do for us?
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Roman Empire in Britain
Causation
How did the Romans keep control of Britain?
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Viking invasions
Causation
Why do the Vikings have a violent reputation, and do they deserve it?
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Summer
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History of Transport
Change & continuity
How has transport changed over time?
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Comparison of explorers
Similarity & difference
Was Tim Peake a better astronaut than Neil Armstrong?
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Ancient Greece
Historical significance
How did the Ancient Greeks change the way we think today?
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Local History
Historical significance
Why is [X] famous today?
How has [location] changed since [date]?
How has [local feature] been important in our community?
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Longitudinal study: quest for knowledge
Change & continuity
When did Europe have a Golden Age in technology?
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Longitudinal study: power, empire and democracy
Change & continuity
How have people’s rights in Europe changed over time?
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