Year 5/6 History

Autumn Term - Cycle A

Chronological Understanding

  • Can they say where a period of history fits on a timeline?

  • Can they place a specific event on a timeline by decade?

  • Can they place features of historical events and people from past societies and periods in a chronological framework?

  • Do they appreciate that some ancient civilizations showed greateradvancements than people who lived centuries after them?

Knowledge and Interpretation

  • Can they summarise the main events from a specific period in history,explaining the order in which key events happened?

  • Can they summarise what Britain may have learnt from other countries and civilizations through time gone by and more recently?

  • Can they describe features of historical events and people from past societies and periods they have studied?

  • Can they recognise and describe differences and similarities/ changes and continuity betweendifferent periods of history?

  • Can they suggest relationships between causes in history?

  • Can they trace the main events that define Britain’s journey from a mono to a multi-cultural society?

Historical Enquiry

  • Can they look at two different versions and say how the author may be attempting to persuade or give a specific viewpoint?

  • Can they identify and explain their understanding of propaganda?

  • Can they suggest why there may be different interpretations of events?

  • Can they suggest why certain events, people and changes might be seen as more significant than others?

  • Can they pose and answer their own historical questions?

Spring Term - Cycle A

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Summer Term - Cycle A

Chronological Understanding

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Autumn Term - Cycle B

Chronological Understanding

  • Can they use dates and historical language in their work?

  • Can they draw a timeline with different time periods outlined which show different information, such as, periods of history, when famous people lived, etc.?

  • Can they use their mathematical skills to work exact time scales and differences as need be?

  • Can they create timelines which outline the development of specific features, such as events in World War 2, etc?

Knowledge and Interpretation

  • Can they make comparisons between historical periods; explaining things that have changed and things which have stayed the same?

  • Do they appreciate that significant events in history have helped shape the country we have today?

  • Do they have a good understanding as to how crime and punishment has changed over the years?

  • Do they know the names of the major leaders in Europe and America during World War 2?

Historical Enquiry

  • Can they test out a hypothesis in order to answer a question?

  • Do they appreciate how historical artefacts have helped us understand more about British lives in the present and past?

  • Can they research the life of one person who has had an influence on the way the war ended?

Spring Term - Cycle B

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Summer Term - Cycle B

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