A whole half term local area study on Selby. The unit looks at the industrial revolution, coal mining and land use with some local map work on grid references. Fully resourced. Lesson 1: lloks at Selby during the Anglo-Saxon era, who they were, why they settled in Britain and more specifically Selby. Look at maps for what land use is like in Selby. Lesson 2: Introduces the industrial revolution and what was happening at the time in Selby. Lesson 3: Goes into detail on coal mining in Selby and Yorkshire. Looks specifically at the Selby Superpit. Lesson 4: looks at what happened to coal mining nationally and in Selby. Listen to interviews with past coal miners and learn about the impact of coal mine closures on the local area. Lesson 5: Geography focus on grid references looking at identifying features of local OS maps using either 4 or 6 figure grid references

A whole half term History unit for KS2/Year 5 on Charles Darwin and his impact on the Victorian Era. Uses a collection of historical sources throughout. Lesson 1: Understand how religion dictated Victorian society and behaviours. Analyse sources, Victorian books etc to understand religion, code of conduct and how this taught Victorians to think and behave. Lesson 2: Learn about Charles Darwin and who he was, what he was known for through independent research Lesson 3: Understand how Victorians first perceived Charles Darwin and what they thought to his theory. Children analyse a variety of historical sources to work out what the Victorians thought of him. Lesson 4: Looks at the changing beliefs of Victorian people and how their opinions of Charles Darwin and his theories started to change. Children will analyse a variety of sources and then consider how Charles Darwin is considered in modern society. Lesson 5: Final lesson bringing all their knowledge together to independently answer the key question to the topic; Who was Charles Darwin and what impact did he have on the Victorian Era? Additonal extras - collection of information from online on Charles Darwin and extra sessions on researching the Galapagos Islands and the journey of HMS Beagle All fully resourced with sources, detailed PowerPoints, activites and SEN worksheets.

A whole unit of 5 lessons covering the National Curriculum objective of the changing power of the monarchy. Lesson 1 - King John I and the Magna Carta. Children will learn what King John I was like as a king, why the Magna Carta was introduced and how it limited the power of the monarch. Lesson 2 - Henry VIII and what he was like as a ruler. Children will learn about his main achievements as king but will also analyse sources to understand more about him as well as bias in sources. Lesson 3 - Queen Mary I and whether she deserved her title of “Bloody Mary.” Children will learn about how she got her title, about her childhood experiences and draw on sources to decide whether she deserved her title or if she was just misunderstood. Lesson 4 - King Charles I and how how he caused the abolishment of the monarchy. Children will analyse sources to make predictions about what he was like as a ruler and what happened to him before completing independent research to find out accurate facts. Opportunities to discuss biased sources throughout. Lesson 5 - the modern monarchy and their power and influence. Children will learn about the current monarchy and how much power and influence they have in modern society. They will then go on to answer the key question of how the power of the monarchy has changed and whether they are still as influential today using all the knowledge they have gained throughout the whole topic.