Primary History Medium Term Plans- Y1-6

Transform your history teaching with this complete collection of medium-term plans, covering the entire primary history curriculum from Year 1 to Year 6. Tailored for busy subject leads and teachers, each unit (typically three units per year of approximately 6 lessons) offers a clear, one-page overview, equipping teachers with the direction and knowledge needed to deliver engaging and impactful history lessons.

Key Features:

**Comprehensive Coverage: **Medium-term plans for approximately six units per year group, ensuring full alignment with the National Curriculum for history (the local history units focus on Nottinghamshire).

Empowering Teachers: Each plan includes:

Learning Outcomes: Defined objectives for each unit to guide lesson planning.
Key Facts & Vocabulary: Essential historical knowledge and terminology at your fingertips.
Retrieval Links: Reinforces long-term learning by highlighting key concepts to revisit and connecting them to prior knowledge.
Misconceptions: Identifies common misunderstandings in history to address proactively.
Suggested Lesson Sequence: A logical progression of historical to lessons to achieve the learning outcomes
Suggested Activities: Creative and hands-on tasks that bring history to life, such as role-playing, source analysis, and historical investigations.
Assessment Opportunities: Ideas for how to assess and showcase students’ progress indicated for each unit.

Why Choose This Resource?

Well Sequenced and Aligned with the National Curriculum: This resource saves valuable time by providing high-quality, standards-aligned history teaching materials.
Teacher-Friendly: Gives teachers the guidance and structure needed to plan history lessons that are engaging and meet the needs of all students.
Evidence-Informed: Designed to support teacher subject knowledge, with a focus on addressing common historical misconceptions to build a deeper understanding.
Flexible Use: Ideal for whole-school curriculum planning or individual teacher use. It can also be easily adapted for joint year group teaching.

This resource provides a robust, time-saving tool for delivering high-quality history education from Year 1 to Year 6, ensuring students are equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to understand, investigate and enquire about the past.