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History // Ancient Egypt
Vocabulary: ancient egyptKnow and use the key vocabulary of ancient Egypt — pharaoh, pyramid, tomb, mummy/mummification, hieroglyphs, papyrus, sarcophagus, canopic jar, natron…
Ages 5 to 9LanguageHistory // Ancient Egypt
Building the PyramidsUnderstand how the pyramids were built: thousands of workers moved enormous stone blocks using ramps, rollers, and sledges, the work was organised by the…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt on the TimelinePlace ancient Egypt on a timeline spanning over 3,000 years — from around 3100 BCE (unification under the first pharaoh) to 30 BCE (Roman conquest)…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Upper and Lower EgyptUnderstand that ancient Egypt was divided into Upper Egypt (the narrow river valley in the south) and Lower Egypt (the wide delta in the north), that the two…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Tomb Paintings and ArtefactsUse tomb paintings, artefacts, and objects from ancient Egypt as evidence to find out about daily life: Nebamun's tomb paintings show hunting and feasting…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Gods and GoddessesName and describe key Egyptian gods and goddesses: Ra the sun god who sailed across the sky each day, Osiris the ruler of the afterlife, Isis the goddess of…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Scribes and the Rosetta StoneKnow that scribes were specially trained people who could read and write hieroglyphs, that the Rosetta Stone — a slab with the same text in three scripts — was…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Social HierarchyDescribe the social structure of ancient Egypt as a pyramid-shaped hierarchy: the pharaoh at the top, then priests and nobles, followed by scribes and soldiers…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Mummification Step by StepDescribe the step-by-step process of mummification: the body was washed, internal organs were removed and placed in canopic jars, the body was dried with natron…
Ages 7 to 9MethodHistory // Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt's Lasting LegacyEvaluate ancient Egypt's lasting legacy: the Egyptians developed early forms of medicine, mathematics (used to build pyramids and survey land after floods)…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra and the End of EgyptKnow that ancient Egypt eventually came to an end: the last pharaoh was Cleopatra VII, who allied with Rome but was defeated by Octavian (later Augustus) in 31…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Art and ArchitectureAnalyse Egyptian art and architecture: understand that Egyptian paintings followed strict conventions (people shown from the side with eyes from the front, size…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Timelines and MapsRead and construct historical timelines — place Ancient Egyptian periods, pharaohs, and key events on a timeline relative to each other and to the present day…
Ages 9 to 10RepresentationHistory // Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Trade and EconomyUnderstand that ancient Egypt had a thriving economy based on farming surplus, trade, and specialised labour: the Nile's fertile soil produced enough food to…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
Judgement of the DeadDescribe the Egyptian belief in the judgement of the dead: after death, the heart was weighed against the feather of Ma'at in the Hall of Judgement, with Anubis…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Egypt
The Pharaoh as Living GodUnderstand that the pharaoh was not just a ruler but was believed to be a living god — the intermediary between the gods and the people — and that the concept…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Roman Army and Conquest of BritainDescribe how the Roman army was organised into legions of highly trained soldiers, how Julius Caesar first raided Britain in 55 BC and Emperor Claudius later…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Daily Life in a Roman TownDescribe 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 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Athens Versus SpartaCompare 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 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Gods & the ParthenonName 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 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Athenian DemocracyUnderstand 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 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Greek Gods with Roman NamesUnderstand 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 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Greek theatreKnow 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 9ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Gladiators & PompeiiKnow 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