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History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Evidence for Greek and Roman LifeUnderstand that historians and archaeologists piece together ancient Greek and Roman life from evidence — pottery paintings, coins, inscriptions, ruins like…
Ages 9 to 11Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Roman Law, Latin, and ChristianityUnderstand that Roman law became the basis for legal systems across Europe and beyond, that Latin is the root of French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Roman Republic and EmpireExplain how Rome was first governed as a republic — with elected consuls, a powerful Senate, and a distinction between patricians and plebeians — before…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Greek and Roman ArchitectureIdentify Greek column styles — Doric (plain and sturdy), Ionic (scroll-shaped capitals), and Corinthian (ornate leafy capitals) — and Roman architectural…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Alexander the Great's EmpireDescribe how Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from Greece to Egypt to India, spreading Greek language, culture, and ideas…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Fall of the Western Roman EmpireDescribe how the Western Roman Empire gradually declined due to a combination of factors — military pressure from invading peoples, political instability…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Greek Philosophers and MedicineKnow that Greek thinkers called philosophers developed ways of understanding the world that still influence us today — Socrates asked challenging questions to…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Hidden Voices of Greece and RomeExamine the lives of people usually left out of the Greek and Roman story — enslaved people who made up roughly 30% of Athens and powered Rome's economy, women…
Ages 11 to 13Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Troy: Myth or History?Explore how Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Hisarlik in modern Turkey raised questions about whether the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad was…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Inclusion and Exclusion in AthensAnalyse who was included and excluded from Athenian democracy — only free adult male citizens (roughly 30% of adults) could participate, while women, enslaved…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Historical Thinking
Vocabulary: historical thinkingKnow and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE…
Ages 6 to 10LanguageHistory // Historical Thinking
Checking Sources Against Each OtherCorroborate: check whether multiple sources agree on the same facts — and investigate why they might not
Ages 8 to 10Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Questioning Historical SourcesBefore trusting a historical source, ask: who made this, when, and why? — the answers shape how much weight the source should carry
Ages 8 to 10Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Understanding People in Their Own TimeUnderstand that people in the past saw the world very differently from us — judge their actions by the context they lived in, not only by today's values
Ages 8 to 10Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Evidence Versus InterpretationDistinguish between historical evidence and historical interpretation — evidence is what survived, interpretation is the argument a historian builds from it…
Ages 10 to 11Thinking skillHistory // Medieval Times
Medieval Legacy in Modern LifeWhat the Middle Ages gave us: Parliament, universities, common law, Gothic architecture, the English language (Anglo-Saxon + Norman French), place names…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Medieval Worlds Beyond EuropeThe medieval world beyond Europe: the Islamic Golden Age (maths, medicine, architecture), the Mali Empire and Mansa Musa, Song Dynasty China; how the medieval…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Printing Press & RenaissanceThe invention of the printing press by Gutenberg and its arrival in England with William Caxton; how printed books changed everything; the transition from the…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Art & ArchitectureMedieval cultural achievements: illuminated manuscripts, Gothic cathedrals (flying buttresses, stained glass), Gregorian chant, the Bayeux Tapestry; art and…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Magna Carta and Limiting Royal PowerKing John, the barons' revolt, and the sealing of the Magna Carta in 1215; what the Magna Carta said about limiting the king's power; its lasting importance for…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Towns & TradeThe growth of medieval towns: markets, guilds, the merchant class; how towns won charters of self-governance; the shift from purely rural to partly urban life
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Crime & PunishmentHow justice worked in medieval times: trial by ordeal, trial by combat, the role of the sheriff; punishments including stocks, pillory, and dungeons; how…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Women in the Middle AgesThe lives of medieval women: noblewomen managing estates, peasant women's hard daily work, nuns and abbesses, notable figures like Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptComputing // Artificial Intelligence
The Future of AIWhat AI might do in 10 years; what we want it to do and what we're worried about; children as future designers and decision-makers about AI; hopeful, empowered…
Ages 9 to 11Concept