Humanities Curriculum
Autumn 1 / Autumn 2 / Spring 1 / Spring 2 / Summer 1 / Summer 2Year 1 / Rainforest Study-
Physical features;
Different environments/ habitats; maps / Sign. People & events: Guy Fawkes
Gunpowder Plot
Changes in living memory: History of toys/bears / Human & Physical: life-styles, seasons, weather, locations (hot/cold)
Africa & Arctic
Comparing Opposites
Sign. People: L S Lowry / Changes in living memory: Victorian school and homes
Our School / Place: Holidays & Locational: name the 5 Oceans (Under the Sea)
Travel & Transport
Year 2 / Place: Islands – Scotland & the Caribbean
Human & physical: Islands - features
Changes in living memory: Seaside/ Victorian holidays / Sign. People: Nurturing Nurses - Florence Nightingale; Mary Seacole
Remembrance;
Changes in memory: Victorian Christmas / Sign. Events: Great Fire of London
Local: Medieval Britain – Kings, knights & local Castles
The United Kingdom – countries, capitals & surrounding seas / Sign. People: Christopher Columbus
(link to: America; continents, oceans, maps & globes)
Phys: local features in habitats. Geographical: compasses / Bedworth:
Geographical: Fieldwork & landmarks
Human: features
History & industry
Year 3 / Locational: Europe& Russia, countries & capitals
(focus regions) / Sign. People: Thomas Edison;
The Christmas Tree
Germany / Ancient Greece
Globes: N&S, magnetic poles;
Weather & Clouds (UK) / Britain: Stone Age to Iron Age
UK Hills & Mountains; Volcanoes / Human: distribution of resources & fair-trade (global)
-types of settlements
Year 4 / Water cycle, coasts, oceans & UK rivers
Weather - Tsunamis / War & Remembrance; Tudors/Monarchs / Geographical: sketch maps, keys, Bedworth features.
Human: land use / Roman Britain
Place: Britain & Europe / Locational: Global Positions
Physical: climates / Local history/Sign events – 20th Century
(link to: UK cities/regions; countries)
Year 5 / Place/Location – Seven Wonders of the World / Early civilisations/ Non-British: Mexico
Mayan Civilisation / Place: China & Japan
Physical - Earthquakes / Moon landing/ Space Race
Russia & USA / Kingdom of England: Vikings & Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavia
Edward the Confessor / Place: Brazil
Physical – Amazon/ rivers/biomes
Trade & Economics
Year 6 / Physical:
Locational – globe, position/time zones
Human – settle/land
Enough for everyone / British: Victorians - East India Company; Industrial revolution & Railways / Scotland:
Anglo-Saxons & Scots
Rivers / Locational/Place: North America
Non-British: Wild West / Local History – World War II & Coventry
Beyond 1066 - Battle of Britain
Remembrance / Geographical: fieldwork, maps, globes, compasses, local area - Bedworth