History

During key stage 2, pupils learn about significant people, places and events from both the recent and more distant past. They learn about change and continuity in their own area, in Britain and in other parts of the world. They look at history in a variety of different viewpoints, such as political, social and religious and use a variety of sources of information to help them investigate the past.

Children are taught about:

• one of the following past societies:
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient Sumer
• the Assyrian Empire
• the Indus Valley
• the Maya
• Benin
• the Aztecs
• the way of life, beliefs and achievements of the ancient Greeks
• the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in Britain
• Britain and the wider world in Tudor times
• either Victorian Britain or Britain since 1930
• local history

At the end of Key Stage 2 (age 11), most children are able to:

• describe some of the most significant people from the periods they have studied
• describe the important features of the societies they have studied
• describe some of the main events, situations and changes, giving reasons and results
• choose and combine information from different sources to answer questions in history
• give detailed answers to questions, using dates and historical terms
• demonstrate they know that the past has been depicted and explained in different ways