HISTORY CURRICULUM MAP 2016/2017
Autumn Term
Subject
Topic
Geography
History
Year 1
Comparing
locations:
Country versus
city
History of
Windmills
Year 2
7 continents and
5 seas
Comparison of a
setting in a
different country
Year 3
Scavengers and
Settlers – Stone
Age to Iron Age
Britain
Year 4
Geography
(Belonging to
Our Local Area)
Ancient Egypt
Year 5
Anglo Saxons
 Roman
withdrawal
 Saxon settlers
 Art and culture
 Christian
conversion
 Anglo-Saxon
laws and
justice
Vikings
 Viking raids
and invasion
 Resistance by
Alfred the
Great and
Athelstan, first
king of England
 Further Viking
invasions and
Danegeld
Year 6
What A
Wonderful World

Key features
within each
country volcanoes,
mountains
and also
extreme
weather.

Map reading

Independent
project on a
chosen
country.

Children to
explore how
different
countries
respond to
natural
disasters
(linking to
UNCRC)
Exploring eco
power and
sustainable
energy in different
parts of the world
Spring term
Subject
Topic Question
Geography
History
Year 1
Orienteering
Atlas work
Travelling back in time
to look at key events
Plan a time capsule
Map work skills
Year 2
Look at the
history of
bridges
Map work
Year 3
Map Work –
Locating continents
Locating the
equator.
Areas of the
UK –
Locating Main cities
(Position and
Direction)
Year 4
Geography (Uk)
 Study a region of
the UK (not local
area)
 Describe &
understand
climate, rivers,
mountains,
volcanoes,
earthquakes,
water cycle,
settlements
Geography (Uk)
•
Study a
region of the UK
(not local area)
•
Describe &
understand climate,
rivers, mountains,
volcanoes,
earthquakes, water
cycle, settlements
Year 5
British
Geography
 Map skills
 Ordnance Survey
British
Geography
 Map skills
 Ordnance Survey
Year 6
World War 2
 Timeline of
events leading
up to WW2
 Evacuation and
the impact on
children
 The Blitz
 Rationing
 Exploring
different
propaganda
images from a
range of
countries
 Research into
Janusz Korczak as
part of English
project on
‘Once’.
 Rights project
around WW2
Local Study
•Map studies
•Blackheath’s own
history
Summer term
Subject
Year 1
Compass points
Year 2
Mapwork
United Kingdom
Name & locate the
four countries and
capital cities of the
United Kingdom
using atlases &
globes
Researching
people from the
past
Year 3
Seasons &
climate
Why do we have
seasons – how does
this affect different
parts of the world climate.
Literacy - Victorians
Where is the
Caribbean?
 Locate world’s
countries,
focussing on
Europe &
Americas focus
on key physical
& human
features
Year 4
Roman Empire &
impact on Britain
•Julius Caesar’s
attempted invasion
•Roman Empire &
successful invasion
•British resistance
e.g. Boudicca
Year 5
Ancient Greece
 Who were the
Ancient Greeks?
 How they lived
 Athens and Sparta
 Theatre
 Democracy
Year 6
Local Study –
continued
Focus on Wales as
a contracting
location in
preparation for
school journey.
History of
London
History of
the Theatre
Research based
project
Historical and
country
comparisons