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History // Ancient Greece & Rome
Roman Law, Latin, and ChristianityUnderstand that Roman law became the basis for legal systems across Europe and beyond, that Latin is the root of French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, and…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Roman Republic and EmpireExplain how Rome was first governed as a republic — with elected consuls, a powerful Senate, and a distinction between patricians and plebeians — before…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Greek and Roman ArchitectureIdentify Greek column styles — Doric (plain and sturdy), Ionic (scroll-shaped capitals), and Corinthian (ornate leafy capitals) — and Roman architectural…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Alexander the Great's EmpireDescribe how Alexander the Great of Macedon conquered a vast empire stretching from Greece to Egypt to India, spreading Greek language, culture, and ideas…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Fall of the Western Roman EmpireDescribe how the Western Roman Empire gradually declined due to a combination of factors — military pressure from invading peoples, political instability…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Greek Philosophers and MedicineKnow that Greek thinkers called philosophers developed ways of understanding the world that still influence us today — Socrates asked challenging questions to…
Ages 9 to 11ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Hidden Voices of Greece and RomeExamine the lives of people usually left out of the Greek and Roman story — enslaved people who made up roughly 30% of Athens and powered Rome's economy, women…
Ages 11 to 13Thinking skillHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Troy: Myth or History?Explore how Heinrich Schliemann's excavation at Hisarlik in modern Turkey raised questions about whether the Trojan War described in Homer's Iliad was…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Inclusion and Exclusion in AthensAnalyse who was included and excluded from Athenian democracy — only free adult male citizens (roughly 30% of adults) could participate, while women, enslaved…
Ages 11 to 13ConceptHistory // Ancient Greece & Rome
Fall of the Roman RepublicTrace how Roman political violence — the murder of the Gracchi brothers, civil wars between Marius and Sulla, Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon and assassination…
Ages 12 to 14ConceptHistory // Historical Thinking
Evidence from the PastUnderstand that everything we know about the past comes from evidence — objects, buildings, pictures, documents, and stories that have survived
Ages 6 to 7Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Vocabulary: historical thinkingKnow and use the vocabulary of historical thinking — source, evidence, primary source, secondary source, artefact, chronology, chronological order, BC/BCE…
Ages 6 to 10LanguageHistory // Historical Thinking
Different Accounts of the Same EventRecognise that different people can give different accounts of the same event — and that both can be genuine while still disagreeing
Ages 6 to 8Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Checking Sources Against Each OtherCorroborate: check whether multiple sources agree on the same facts — and investigate why they might not
Ages 8 to 10Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Questioning Historical SourcesBefore trusting a historical source, ask: who made this, when, and why? — the answers shape how much weight the source should carry
Ages 8 to 10Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Understanding People in Their Own TimeUnderstand that people in the past saw the world very differently from us — judge their actions by the context they lived in, not only by today's values
Ages 8 to 10Thinking skillHistory // Historical Thinking
Evidence Versus InterpretationDistinguish between historical evidence and historical interpretation — evidence is what survived, interpretation is the argument a historian builds from it…
Ages 10 to 11Thinking skillHistory // Medieval Times
What Is a Castle?What a castle is: a fortified building used as both a home and a defence; key parts including towers, moat, drawbridge, and thick walls; why castles were built
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Village LifeDaily life for ordinary people in a medieval village: thatched houses, farming, baking bread, fetching water; how different life was from today
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Kings & QueensWhat medieval kings and queens did: ruling the land, making laws, collecting taxes; the crown and throne as symbols of power; the Tower of London
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Knights & ArmourWhat knights were: trained warriors who served a lord; armour, shields, swords, and lances; the code of chivalry as rules for how knights should behave
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
The VikingsWho the Vikings were: seafaring warriors and traders from Scandinavia; longships; Viking raids on Britain; that Vikings also settled and farmed
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Robin Hood & King ArthurThe legends of Robin Hood (Sherwood Forest, stealing from the rich, Merry Men) and King Arthur (Round Table, Excalibur, Camelot); that these are stories, not…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Medieval ClothingWhat people wore in medieval times: peasant clothes (wool, linen) vs noble clothes (silk, fur, bright colours); no zippers or buttons; how clothes showed your…
Ages 5 to 7Concept