History
At Corporation Road Community Primary School, we want our pupils to have an understanding of the past and how history will shape their future. We stimulate the children’s interest and understanding about the life of people who lived in the past, the key events that took place and how this has contributed to our lives today. We teach children a sense of chronology, and through this, they develop a sense of identity and a cultural understanding based on their historical heritage.
History helps pupils understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.
Intent
Children to know that history is a subject – focussing on learning about the past Understand that ‘evidence’ is at the heart of history – and what kinds of evidence we can use
Understand that versions of history can be different – because people have different opinions
Know their place in history – what has gone before is all history (e.g. prehistoric, BC / AD, living memory, recent)
Understand that history is divided in to periods – often linked to Monarchs Understand that symbolism is key theme that runs through all aspects of history Know the key knowledge identified in each unit so they have a sound knowledge base as they move in to secondary school.
National Curriculum
Key stage 1
Pupils should be taught about:
- Changes within living memory – where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life
- Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally [for example, the Great Fire of London, the first aeroplane flight or events commemorated through festivals or anniversaries]
- 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.
- Significant historical events, people and places in their own locality.
Key stage 2
Pupils should be taught about:
- changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
- The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.
- Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots.
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor.
- A local history study.
- A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
- The achievements of the earliest civilizations – an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared and a depth study of one of the following: Ancient Sumer, The Indus Valley, Ancient Egypt, The Shang Dynasty of Ancient China
- Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world
- a non-European society that provides contrasts with British history
