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  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Daily Life in a Roman Town

    Describe daily life in a Roman town — the forum (marketplace and meeting place), public baths, amphitheatre, and villas — and explain that the Romans were…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Athens Versus Sparta

    Compare Athens and Sparta as two very different Greek city-states: Athens focused on learning, arts, debate, and democracy, while Sparta focused on military…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Gods & the Parthenon

    Name the major Greek gods and their roles — Zeus (king, thunder), Hera (queen, marriage), Athena (wisdom, warfare), Poseidon (sea), Apollo (sun, music), Artemis…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Athenian Democracy

    Understand that Athens invented democracy — a system where free male citizens gathered in an Assembly to debate and vote on important decisions for the city…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Greek Gods with Roman Names

    Understand that the Romans adopted the Greek gods but gave them new names — Zeus became Jupiter, Hera became Juno, Ares became Mars, Athena became Minerva…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Greek theatre

    Know that the ancient Greeks invented theatre, performing tragedies and comedies in large open-air amphitheatres with actors wearing masks — and that plays were…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Gladiators & Pompeii

    Know that Romans watched gladiators fight in huge arenas like the Colosseum in Rome, that gladiators were usually enslaved people or prisoners trained to fight…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Marathon and Thermopylae

    Describe the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae as moments when Greek city-states united against the invading Persian Empire — the runner Pheidippides bringing…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Ancient Greece & Rome

    Boudicca's Revolt Against Rome

    Tell the story of Boudicca, queen of the Iceni tribe, who led a fierce revolt against Roman rule in Britain — burning Colchester, London, and St Albans — before…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Historical Thinking

    Evidence from the Past

    Understand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived

    Ages 6 to 7Thinking skill
  • History // Historical Thinking

    Vocabulary: historical thinking

    Know and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE…

    Ages 6 to 10Language
  • History // Historical Thinking

    Different Accounts of the Same Event

    Recognise that different people can give different accounts of the same event — and that both can be genuine while still disagreeing

    Ages 6 to 8Thinking skill
  • History // Medieval Times

    What Is a Castle?

    What a castle is: a fortified building used as both a home and a defence; key parts including towers, moat, drawbridge, and thick walls; why castles were built

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Village Life

    Daily life for ordinary people in a medieval village: thatched houses, farming, baking bread, fetching water; how different life was from today

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Kings & Queens

    What medieval kings and queens did: ruling the land, making laws, collecting taxes; the crown and throne as symbols of power; the Tower of London

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Knights & Armour

    What knights were: trained warriors who served a lord; armour, shields, swords, and lances; the code of chivalry as rules for how knights should behave

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    The Vikings

    Who the Vikings were: seafaring warriors and traders from Scandinavia; longships; Viking raids on Britain; that Vikings also settled and farmed

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Robin Hood & King Arthur

    The legends of Robin Hood (Sherwood Forest, stealing from the rich, Merry Men) and King Arthur (Round Table, Excalibur, Camelot); that these are stories, not…

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Medieval Clothing

    What people wore in medieval times: peasant clothes (wool, linen) vs noble clothes (silk, fur, bright colours); no zippers or buttons; how clothes showed your…

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Medieval Food & Feasts

    What people ate in medieval times: bread and pottage for ordinary people, grand feasts for the rich; no forks, eating with hands; the great hall as the centre…

    Ages 5 to 7Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Battle of Hastings and 1066

    The events of 1066: the death of Edward the Confessor, three claimants to the throne, the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror, and the Bayeux Tapestry as…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    Medieval Pyramid of Power

    How medieval society was organised: king at the top, then lords, then knights, then peasants/serfs; who owed what to whom; the pyramid of power and mutual…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    The Medieval Church

    The enormous power of the medieval Church: monasteries and the daily life of monks and nuns; building great cathedrals; pilgrimage as a religious journey; the…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept
  • History // Medieval Times

    The Crusades

    A simplified account of the Crusades: why Europeans travelled to the Holy Land, what they found there, the cultural exchange between Christian Europe and the…

    Ages 7 to 9Concept