The national curriculum for history aims to ensure that all pupils: 

• Know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind.

KS1

• The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Some should be used to compare aspects of life in different periods [for example, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong, William Caxton and Tim Berners-Lee, Pieter Bruegel the Elder and LS Lowry, Rosa Parks and Emily Davison, Mary Seacole and/or Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell]. 

KS2

• A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 
• A non-European society that provides contrasts with British history – one study chosen from: early Islamic civilization, including a study of Baghdad c. AD 900; Mayan civilization c. AD 900; Benin (West Africa) c. AD 900-1300. 

Year 1

Historical Study

Historical study of a significant person - Emily Davison

Explore the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements.

Year 2

Historical Study

Historical study of a significant person - Rosa Parks

Explore the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements

Year 3

Historical Study

Historical study of a significant person - Mother Theresa

Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

Year 4

Historical Study

Historical study of a significant person - Martin Luther King

Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

Year 5

Historical Study

Historical study of a non-European society - Mayan civilization

Study a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history

Year 6

Historical Study

Historical study of a non-European society - Benin (West Africa)

Study a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history