History and Geography Long Term Plan 16/17 Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Year Group Fire Food and Farming Journeys Giraffes, 1 and 2 Great fire of London significant event. Hot weather/seasonal/equat or Identify seasonal and daily weather patterns in the UK and location of hot areas of the world in relation to the equator. Geographical vocabulary valley, vegetation, seasons, farming, soil. Allotments. Use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, human features towns, villages, factories. Compass directions. Location and directional language e.g. near, far, left and right. Describe location of features and routes on a map aerial photos. Four countries and capital cities in the UK. Devise maps and symbols in a key. Exploring Carnival of animals Seas and Oceans In children s living memory e.g. tv, cars and internet. Timelines chronology. Compass directions/maps/explorers. Christopher Columbus and Neil Armstrong Comparison of significant individuals. Key human features town/village. African zoo animals. Compare a small area of the UK e.g. Suffolk with a non-european country e.g. Africa. Fieldwork CJS grounds/msi Port harbour; observational skills to study CJS and surrounding environment. Rivers, sea. Seven continents, five oceans and sea around the UK. Physical features of UK. Woodbridge river/beach/cliffs in Felixstowe. Local history Victorian seaside expansion. Railways. Bath hotel Fire suffragettes. Royal visit.
Robins Earthquakes/Europeans Stone Age to Iron Age Roman Empires See Year 4. See Year 3. See Year 3. Colchester Castle. 3 Rocks, regions and rivers Meet the ancestors Stone Age to Iron Age Region in Scotland. Mountains, rocks, coasts, rivers, hills, volcanoes. Region in UK. Identifying human/physical characteristics. Land use/patterns. Describe/understand key topographical issues. Locate countries/cities of UK. Timeline, chronology Museum of London Hunters and gatherers. Bronze age flint working Grimes graves. Stonehenge and stone circles. Hill forts and settlements post hole and other archaeological evidence. Prehistoric and Neolithic sites Burial mounds and barrows. Romans Empire and Impact on Britain Colchester Castle visit. Roman invasion. Celtic settlers. Boudicca and rebellion. Timeline, chronology Roman Empire. Celtic and Roman everyday life art, culture, learning, religion and legacy. End of Empire coming of the Saxons, Goths, Barbarians and Vandals.
4 My place in Europe Ancient Egypt Anglo Saxons in Britain - settlement UK, maps, oceans, countries and cities. Region in Europe. Islands. Focus on Europe key physical and human characteristics. Similarities and differences. Use maps, atlases and globes. 8 point compass. 4 figure ref ordnance survey maps. Longitude/latitude. Achievements of an earlier civilisation. Overview of where and when the first civilisations appeared then in depth study e.g. Ancient Egypt (other civilisations include Ancient Sumer, Indus Valley, Shang dynasty China. Visit to Ipswich Museum. Local study of Rendlesham and West Stow everyday life. In depth study linked to one of the British areas listed Anglo Saxons e.g. Sutton Hoo (local study) Royal burial site (most important National site in the country).
5 Rainforests Mayan Civilisation Vikings and Anglo Saxons struggle for the Kingdom of England 1066 North and South America. Water cycle. St Lucia, Amazon. Field work Foxburrow Farm. Study geographical similarities and differences. Human/physical Geography of a region within North and South America e.g. St Lucia. Mexico. South America. Non-European Society contrasting with Britain. Equator time zones. Arctic/Antarctic circles. Northern/Southern hemisphere. Use of maps/atlas, globes, computer, mapping to locate countries studied and describe features. Timeline, chronology Europe and England exploration by Vikings Greenland, North America. Human Geography. Types of settlement, land use and economic-trade links. Distribution of Nation resources including energy, food, minerals and water. Comparisons and differences between Saxons and Vikings.
6 WWII Ancient Greece Study a theme in British history that extends knowledge beyond 1066 Modern Greece as a comparison. Islands. Focus on Europe study. Region of Greece e.g. Athens or Island e.g. Crete/Rhodes. Ancient Greece a study of Greek life, achievements. Landguard local study.