History

INTENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT STATEMENT

HISTORY ROAD MAP

HISTORY PROGRESSION OF SKILLS

HISTORY THRESHOLD CONCEPTS COVERED

 

St Mary’s History Aims and Objectives

We want our children to have the knowledge and understanding of the past, to enable them to have a greater insight into the world and the community in which we live.

By gaining an understanding of past achievements and experiences, children will obtain their own sense of self and identity enabling them to become confident, knowledgeable, learners.

We want them to be learners who ask questions, think critically, listen to different opinions and make judgements based on evidence.

 

History Curriculum Planning

We use the New Curriculum for our planning in History supported by Chris Quigley’s Curriculum. We ensure that there are opportunities for children of all abilities to develop their skills and knowledge in each unit, and we plan progression into the schemes of work, so that the children are increasingly challenged as they move through the school. The key skills which are repeatedly explored and developed throughout St Mary’s are:

  • Settlements
  • Beliefs
  • Culture and pastimes
  • Location
  • Main events
  • Food and farming
  • Travel and exploration
  • Conflict
  • Society
  • Artefacts

 

Foundation Stage

We teach History in Reception and Nursery classes as an integral part of the topic work covered during the year. As the Reception and Nursery classes are part of the Foundation Stage we relate the History side of the children’s work to the objectives set out in the Early Learning Goals (ELGs), which underpin the curriculum planning for children aged three to five. History makes a significant contribution to developing a child’s knowledge and understanding of the world, through activities such as dressing up in historical costumes, looking at pictures of famous people in history, or discovering the meaning of vocabulary (‘new’ and ‘old’, for example) in relation to their own lives. 

 

Milestone 1 (Years 1 and 2)

By the end of year 2 children should be able to;

Investigate and interpret the past

Build an overview of world history

Understand chronology

Communicate historically

Observe or handle evidence to ask questions and find answers to questions about the past.

 

Ask questions such as: What was it like for people? What happened? How long ago?

 

Identify some of the different ways the past has been represented.

 

Use artefacts, pictures, stories, online sources and databases to find out about the past.

Describe historical events.

 

Describe significant people from the past.

 

Recognise that there are reasons why people in the past acted as they did.

Place events and artefacts in order on a timeline.

 

Label timelines with words or phrases such as past, present, older and newer.

 

Use dates where appropriate.

 

Recount changes that have occurred in their own lives.

Use words and phrases such as;

  • A long time ago
  • Recently
  • When my parents/carers were children
  • Years, decades and centuries to describe the passing of time.

 

Show an understanding of concepts such as:

  • Nation and a nation’s history
  • Civilisation
  • Monarchy
  • Parliament
  • Democracy
  • War and peace

 

Milestone 2 (Years 3 and 4)

By the end of year 4 children should be able to;

Investigate and interpret the past

Build an overview of world history

Understand chronology

Communicate historically

Use evidence to ask questions and find answers to questions about the past.

 

Suggest suitable sources of evidence for historical enquiries.

 

Use more than one source of evidence for historical enquiry in order to gain a more accurate understanding of history.

 

Describe different accounts of a historical events, explaining some of the reasons why the accounts may differ.

 

Suggest causes and consequences of some of the main events and changes in history.

Describe changes that have happened in the locality of the school throughout history.

 

Give a broad overview of life in Britain: from ancient to medieval times.

 

Compare some of the times studies with those of other areas of interest around the world.

 

Describe the social, ethnic, cultural or religious diversity of past society.

 

Describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.

Place events, artefacts and historical figures on a timeline using dates.

 

Understand the concept of change over time, representing this, along with evidence on a timeline.

 

Use dates and terms to describe events.

Use appropriate historical vocabulary to communicate including;

  • Dates
  • Time period
  • Era
  • Change
  • Chronology

 

Use literacy, numeracy and computing skills to a good standard in order to communicate information about the past.

 

Milestone 3 (Years 5 and 6)

By the end of year 6 children should be able to;

Investigate and interpret the past

Build an overview of world history

Understand chronology

Communicate historically

Use source of evidence to deduce information about the past.

Select suitable sources of evidence, giving reasons for their choices.

 

Use sources of information to form testable hypotheses about the past.

 

Seek out and analyse a wide range of evidence in order to justify claims about the past.

 

Show an awareness of the concept of propaganda and how historians must understand the social context of evidence studied.

 

Understand that no single source of evidence gives the full answer to questions about the past.

 

Refine lines of enquiry as appropriate.

Identify continuity and change in the history of the locality of the school.

Give a broad overview of life in Britain and some major events from the rest of the world.

Compare some of the times studied with those of other areas of interest around the world.

 

Describe the social, ethnic, cultural or religious diversity of past society.

 

Describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs attitudes and experiences of men, women and children.

Describe the main changes in a period of history (using terms such as: social, religious, political, technological and cultural).

 

Identify periods of rapid change in history and contrast them with times of relatively little change.

 

Understand the concepts of continuity and change over time, representing them, along with evidence on a timeline.

 

Use dates and terms accurately in describing events.

Use appropriate historical vocabulary to communicate including;

  • Dates
  • Time period
  • Era
  • Chronology
  • Continuity
  • Change
  • Century
  • Decade
  • Legacy

 

Use literacy, numeracy and computing skills to an exceptional standard in order to communicate information about the past.

 

Use original ways to present information and ideas.

 

Our Historical Topics

Milestone 1

Milestone 2

Milestone 3

Years 1 and 2

Years 3 and 4

Years 5 and 6

Queen Elizabeth II

Florence Nightingale

The Gunpowder Plot

 

Neil Armstrong and the Moon landings

The Great Fire of London

The First Flight 

The Egyptians

The Romans

The Vikings

The Stone Age

Explorers

The Tudors