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History // 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 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Medieval Food & FeastsWhat people ate in medieval times: bread and pottage for ordinary people, grand feasts for the rich; no forks, eating with hands; the great hall as the centre…
Ages 5 to 7ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Battle of Hastings and 1066The events of 1066: the death of Edward the Confessor, three claimants to the throne, the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror, and the Bayeux Tapestry as…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Medieval Pyramid of PowerHow medieval society was organised: king at the top, then lords, then knights, then peasants/serfs; who owed what to whom; the pyramid of power and mutual…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
The Medieval ChurchThe enormous power of the medieval Church: monasteries and the daily life of monks and nuns; building great cathedrals; pilgrimage as a religious journey; the…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
The CrusadesA simplified account of the Crusades: why Europeans travelled to the Holy Land, what they found there, the cultural exchange between Christian Europe and the…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Castle Design Through the AgesHow castles were built and evolved: from wooden motte-and-bailey to stone keeps to concentric castles; rooms and their uses; how castle design responded to new…
Ages 7 to 9ConceptHistory // Medieval Times
Anglo-Saxon BritainWho the Anglo-Saxons were: Germanic peoples who settled in Britain after the Romans left; their kingdoms, villages, place names, art, and eventual conversion to…
Ages 7 to 9Concept