Year Science Based Unit Significant Person from British History

Year ¾ Science based unit – ‘Significant person from British History’

Topic overview – Teachers choose a historical figure (must be from British History) who made a contribution to British society to do an in depth study on. They create a ‘wiki’ about the person and publish it online. The rest of the unit is focus on music and art from the same period in which the person lived. In PSHE the focus is citizenship linked to how the chosen person was a good citizen and what this means link to British Values.

History skills Milestone 3/4 • Use evidence to ask questions and find answers • Use dates and terms to describe events. including: to questions about the past. • Suggest suitable sources of evidence for • dates historical enquiries. • time period • Use more than one source of evidence for historical enquiry in order to gain a more • era accurate understanding of history. • Place events, artefacts and historical figures on a time line using dates. • Describe the characteristic features of the past, including ideas, beliefs, attitudes and experiences of men, women and children. (in context of chosen person’s time period)

Computing skills Music skills – choose a charanga free style unit to match the period • Identify the sources used in their research • Use the terms: duration, timbre, pitch, beat, tempo, texture • Work with others to plan a project and use of silence to describe music. • Evaluate an article for trustworthiness • Evaluate music using musical vocabulary to identify areas of • Edit others’ content likes and dislikes. • Edit content on wikipedia • Understand layers of sounds and discuss their effect on mood and feelings.

PSHE skills Art skills • How do we make democratic decisions at school • Replicate some of the techniques used by notable artists, and in the world? artisans and designers. • What is a representative and how do we elect • Create original pieces that are influenced by studies of others. them? • What do we mean by rights and responsibilities? • What are my rights as a child? • What are the rights of people who live in Britain and how can I uphold them?