A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.
- Try to make as much use as you can of your existing Tudor, Victorian and Life in Britain since the 30s as you can. What’s to stop you re-working one of your favourite topics, after all the examples come from Victorians and WW2. Could you do the Tudors here?
- Try to focus on an issue of community interest. This might be, for example: They came to our shores: taking the story of invaders and settlers from Romans, Saxons and Vikings through to the present day. Great for helping pupils, understand contemporary discussions of immigration in a historical context. Makes history relevant to many pupils and offers them a chance to consider the cultural roots of their family. Again most appropriate for Y5 and Y6.
- As well as giving pupils a strong chronological narrative,
