History Year 2

Christopher Columbus Pupils will be taught about the lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements (NC) Key Facts  After 36 days, a sailor spotted an island. It was in the Bahamas.  was born in 1451 in Italy.  Columbus sailed onto Cuba and discovered new  At this time, many people were building new ships lands. They called it ‘The ’. to explore different parts of the world.  Columbus made four voyages to the ‘New World’  Christopher Columbus lived at a time when people  He died in 1506. in Europe did not know that the continents of  It is now believed that Vikings had landed in North or South America existed. America 500 years before Columbus!  He learnt to sail and to find the way at sea by using the stars and the sun. Key Facts:  He had a dream to travel west and go to China.  Earth has seven continents.  The King and Queen of Spain gave him money  Earth has five oceans. to buy ships. He set sail on 3rd August 1492

with three ships: The Nina, The Pinta and The Neil Armstrong: Christopher Columbus Santa Maria. Compare the lives of these two famous explorers.

How were their lives similar?

How were their lives different?

Chronology of Key Events

1492 1493 1498 1502 1506

Columbus’ first voyage His second voyage His third voyage His fourth and final voyage Columbus died s across the Atlantic across the Atlantic across the Atlantic across the Atlantic

Historical Key Significant

Skills Vocabulary People

  Christopher Columbus Ask questions such as: What was  Italian it like for people? What   Native peoples happened? How long ago? Spain  King Ferdinand of Spain  Place events and artefacts in  Navigate  Queen Isabella of Spain order on a time line.  Journey  Use dates where appropriate.   Bartholomew Columbus  Recognise that there are reasons Caribbean   why people in the past acted as  Ship

they did.  Explorer  Describe significant people from  the past. Atlantic Ocean

 Use maps, atlases and globes to  New World

name and locate the world’s  Voyage continents and oceans.

When in History?

15000 BC 3000 BC – 800 BC – AD 43 – AD 449 – AD 793 – AD 1066 – AD 1485 – AD 1666 AD 1837 – – 2500 BC 800 BC AD 43 AD 410 AD 1066 AD 1066 AD 1154 AD 1603 THE GREAT AD 1901 STONE AGE BRONZE IRON AGE ROMANS IN ANGLO- VIKINGS NORMANS TUDORS FIRE OF VICTORIANS AGE BRITAIN SAXONS LONDON

7500 BC – 1100 BC – 776 BC – AD 0 AD 1492 AD 1914 – AD 1939 – AD 1969 AD 2000 AD 30 AD 1502 146 BC BIRTH OF COLUMBUS AD 1918 AD 1945 THE MOON THE NEW ANCIENT ANCIENT ANCIENT JESUS DISCOVERS WORLD WORLD LANDING MILLENIUM EGYPT MAYA GREECE AMERICA WAR ONE WAR TWO