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The story of Thomas Barnardo, who gave thousands of Victorian children a home.
Twenty stories from the past. Six ways to think like a historian.
A complete primary History scheme from Year 1 to Year 6. Every unit opens with a real person, a mystery or a box of sources, and builds historical thinking section by section.
20History units
1 to 6Every year group
120Sections to teach
6Pillars of Learning
The whole range, year by year.
Year 1
Jurassic Hunter
Uncovering the story of Mary Anning, the greatest fossil hunter.
Our Place, Our Past
Each class investigates a significant person, place or event from their own local area.
Years 1 & 2
Up the Attic Stairs
An old box of toys comes down from the attic, one wrapped surprise at a time, and every toy has a story.
Year 2
London’s Burning
Pupils learn all about the lasting impact of The Great Fire of London.
Medicine Woman
Investigating Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to become a doctor, and deciding whether she deserves a blue plaque.
Royal Patrons
The lives and legacies of two British monarchs: Queen Victoria and King Charles III.
Year 3
A Dose of History
A frightened town, a chronicle kept by candlelight, and six hundred years of people working out what really makes us ill.
Greece is the Word!
Two children, two city-states and a jar of broken pottery that decides who stays and who goes.
Lindow Man
The discovery at Lindow Moss opens an investigation stretching from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.
Year 4
Operation Pied Piper
One family, one wireless announcement and a postbag of letters that carries the class through the war.
Sutton Who?
One ship burial, an extraordinary helmet and a museum exhibition that needs an honest answer.
Norse Neighbours
Asking who the Vikings really were, and getting to the truth about horned helmets!
Year 5
Caesar’s World
A quiet night in Republic Rome opens an investigation into who Julius Caesar really was, and why nobody agreed about him.
Rome Around Britain
A birthday invitation written on wood, an empire that arrived twice, and where all of it actually sits in time.
The Rescuers
The class becomes a Board of Inquiry and investigates how an unsinkable ship came to sink.
Time Team
A box of real sources from your own record office, one local life placed against the wider world.
Year 6
Pharaoh Queen
The woman who ruled Egypt as king, and the argument about her that is still going on.
Speak Out!
Three fights for fairness, six hundred years apart. How have ordinary people fought for a fairer Britain, and did it work?
Vanishing Cities
The Maya cities that emptied, the ones that did not, and the way of life that outlasted them all.
Six ways to think like a historian.
Every unit has six sections, one for each of our History Pillars of Learning, so the same disciplinary thinking grows deeper every year.
Chronology
Understanding chronology is vital in helping children position their learning within a linear narrative.
Evidence
Evidence can take various forms, including printed sources, physical artefacts, oral accounts and testimony.
Cause and Consequence
Every event has a cause, and is itself the cause of subsequent events.
Continuity and Change
Historical change happens constantly, while continuity refers to the things that stay the same over time.
Similarities and Differences
Comparison helps children analyse events, societies and beliefs within and across different time periods.
Perspectives and Interpretations
Understanding the settings that shaped people’s lives and actions, and how explanations of the past are built.
Some stories start at your own front door.
Our Place, Our Past and Time Team are built around your own area.
A significant local person, place or event, and a box of real sources from your own record office, placed against the wider world.
Everything ready to teach.
Open a lesson and it is all there.
Learning objectives, resources, printables and setup instructions sit alongside the films, sources and scenes you share with the class, so pupils spend the lesson investigating rather than watching slides.
Mapped to the National Curriculum, with the Curriculum Mapper showing your coverage as you choose your units.