Download HistoryandGeography - Milton Ernest VC Lower School

War
The Kingdom of Benin
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Year 5 and 6 Cycle one
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Understand the chronology of WW1 and WW2
Investigate the events that led up to the declaration of
war, the people and countries involved
Explore how the RAF was formed
Using evidence to explore and investigate the life of a
soldier in WW1 in the trenches, rationing, weapons,
uniform and key battles
Explore the Christmas truce and the real horses of
WW1
Read and discuss WW1 poets, Sassoon, Owen, A.A
Milne and Rupert Brooke
Understand what treaties are and the significance of
the Treaty of Versailles
Recap briefly the beginning of WW2 - Hitler's
progress, the emotions of the countries involved.
Develop a deeper understanding of who Churchill was
and his significance as a leader
Investigate lives of the Jewish people during World
War 2, the terrible discrimination and oppression and
the concentration camps.
What was the Holocaust and who was Anne Frank?
Research Remembrance Day and how the War affects
people's everyday lives today.
Cross curricular geography
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Use maps, atlas and globes to locate countries
involved in the war
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To find out where the Kingdom of Benin was and about
time period we will be exploring.
To explore how we know about The Kingdom of Benin
from AD 900 to 1300.
To find out about the leaders of The Kingdom of Benin.
To find out about the lives of the people of the Kingdom
of Benin.
To find out about the trade network of the Benin
Empire.
To find out about the Benin Empire’s Golden Age
To find out about the decline of the Benin Empire
Cross curricular geography
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Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to
locate countries and describe features studied.
Identify the environment of the earliest Benin settlement as
rainforest
Use a scale to estimate distance on a map
Appreciate the logistics of long distance trade before
motorized vehicles and planes
Explain why Europe and Benin both benefitted from trading
with each other
Earth Matters
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Form an understanding of the water cycle,
creating simple models of it.
Explore and discuss coastal features and
processes and the impacts of coastal erosion
Describe and understand rivers and the water
cycle and the effect they have on the landscape.
To describe and understand the geology and
climates of mountain ranges. Look at famous
expeditions.
Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer
mapping to locate countries and describe
features studied.
Describe and understand volcanoes. Look at
their formation and how they are distributed
around the world.
Describe and understand earthquakes. Research
the movement of tectonic plates and seismic
waves. Explore life in an earthquake zone
Describe and understand key aspects of climate
zones, biomes and vegetation belts.
Cross curricular links
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Make a mature, meandering river and floodplain
out of Modroc and label features.
Draw on knowledge of the Earth’s layers to
construct a cross section of the Earth.
Create volcanic artwork inspired by the work of
artist Margaret Godfrey by layering tissue onto a
tile, to represent layers of a volcano
Make an earthquake-proof structure using
marshmallows and straws on a ‘ground’ of jelly.
North and South America
Ancient Greece
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Two
Year 5 and 6 Cycle Two
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Find out about the 4 main periods of the Greek
Empire. Place on a timeline.
To gain and deploy a historically-grounded
understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’ and
‘civilization’.
Understand Ancient Greece, Greek life, their
achievements and influence on the western world.
Explore different kinds of historical sources and
understand how our knowledge of the past is
constructed from a range of sources.
Know and understand significant aspects of the
history of the wider world: the nature of ancient
civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires.
Research the life of Alexander the Great
Understand trading and the economy in the Ancient
Greek world and
Explore the Ancient Greek lifestyle and clothing.
Investigate the significance of temples to the Ancient
Greeks.
Learn about the great art of the Ancient Greeks
through the details on the Parthenon Marbles
Research the historical background of Aesop, his
fables and the illustrations.
Explore about the roles and rights of free men,
women, children and slaves in Ancient Greece. Study
the different roles and rights of Helot slaves and
Athenian slaves.
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Locate UK on world map and identify main cities
Identify key topographical features of the UK
Locate local area on a national map using Google maps and
other mapping software.
Carry out a structured study of your local area
Compare satellite and map views of the local area and
discuss the similarities and differences using geographical
language.
Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on North
and South America, concentrating on its environmental
regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries
and major cities
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Locate the Grand Canyon, Mexico, Amazon Basin and
Peruvian Andes, concentrating on its environmental regions,
key physical and human characteristics, and major cities
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Understand geographical similarities and differences through
the study of human and physical geography in the above
places.
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Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography
including climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers,
mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes.
Describe and understand human geography including types
of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade
links, and the distribution of natural resources including
energy, food, minerals and water
Victorians (optional)
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Investigate the life and personality of
Queen Victoria
Find out what was the Industrial Revolution and
why it happened
Explore the positive and negative effects of
the Industrial Revolution on the public
Create a chronological timeline of
Victorian inventions - examine the bridges of
Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
Investigate how and why medical care
improved during the Victorian era
Discover why Victorians had more leisure
time than ever before
Investigate popular Victorian leisure
activities
Find out who Quakers are and what they
believe
Explore how Quaker beliefs affected the
lives of others and prompted social change
Find out how Quaker principles helped to
build successful Victorian businesses
Evaluate how the Cadbury Bournville
village affected the lives of its workers
Victorian era and Bedford
Cross Curricular Geography
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Locate which countries belonged to the
British Empire during the Victorian era
Local fieldwork - Victorian legacy in Bedford