History Key Stage One Objectives

1. changes within living memory. Where appropriate, these should be used to reveal aspects of change in national life
2. events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally 
3. 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 
4. significant historical events, people and places in their own locality

History Key Stage One Classes

History Key Stage Two Objectives

1. in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age;

2. the Roman changes Empire and its impact on Britain;

3. Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots;

4. the Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the Kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor;

5. a local history study;

6. a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066;

7. 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;

8. Ancient Greece – a study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the western world;

9. 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 c