History Overview

Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Changes in Britain from the Stone Age Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons & Ancient Greece Britain during Word War II to the Iron Age Scots

1. Late hunter-gathers 1. The fall of the Western Roman Empire 1. How do we know about life in Ancient 1. When and why did WWII begin? Reading Greece? lesson 2. Early farming 2. Scots invasions from Ireland 2. Evidence of life in Ancient Greece 2. The Home Front 3. Skara Brae Reading lesson 3. Anglo Saxon settlements 3. Why was Athens so important? Reading 3. The impact of the Blitz lesson

Autumn Autumn 4. Bronze Age religion, technology, travel & 4. Anglo-Saxon village life 4. Victory over Persia 4. Evacuees Stonehenge 5. Life in the Iron Age 5. Anglo-Saxon art & culture 5. Theatre, festivals and the Olympics 5. The impact of war on 6. Hill Forts and Maiden Castle 6. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms Reading lesson 6. How have our lives been influenced 6. Rationing today? 7. Iron Age tribal kingdoms, art & culture 7. Anglo-Saxons & the growth of Christianity 7. Links between The Greek alphabet and 7. How the war was won our own The Roman Empire & its impact on The Viking & Anglo-Saxon struggle for Local History study – The Hat Factories Ancient Egypt Britain the Kingdom of to the time of and beyond Edward the Confessor

1. 1. Why did the Romans invade? 1. 1. Anglo-Saxon life before Viking invasion 1. What was Luton like in the past? 1. Introduction to Ancient Egypt 2. The Roman Army 2. Where did the Vikings come from? 2. The hat industry 2. Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Reading lesson

Spring Spring 3. Invasion by Claudius, Hadrian’s Wall 3. Resistance by Alfred the Great and 3. Hat factories and straw plaiting Reading 3. Hieroglyphics Athelstan lesson 4. Resistance to invasion - Boudicca 4. Viking invasions & Danegeld 4. The arrival of the railway 4. Why were pyramids built? 5. 5. How did the Romans live? Reading lesson5. 5. Viking daily life in Britain 5. The impact of Vauxhall 5. Beliefs about life after death 6. Impact of Roman life – technology, culture6. 6. Anglo-Saxon laws & justice 6. The importance of 6. Tutankhamun’s tomb and the role of & beliefs Howard Carter Reading lesson 7. Early Christianity & impact of the Romans 7. Edward the Confessor, 1066 & the end of 7. Changes in Luton from 1800 to 1900 7. The process of mummification today the Viking era

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