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 series of 4 (could be 5 if the first lesson is split into two sessions) covering the Space Race. This covers history and geography elements. All resources and PowerPoints included. Lesson 1 - Children learn about the Space Race, why it started and the achievements of both the USA and Soviet Union. They will decide what the main conflicts are and then use sources to sort the information. The next part is to match the key information to the photographs and create a timeline of the Space Race. *This lesson can be delivered over two sessions Lesson 2 - Geography focus lesson looking at land use of rocket launch sites around the world. They will study aerial photographs to compare and contrast rocket launch sites around the world. Links to latitude and longitude too. Additional activity to give the children aerial photographs of your school buildings and ground for them to decide where the safest place would be to launch a rocket and explain why. Lesson 3 - Geography focus lesson comparing the human and physical features of Moscow and Washington DC. Children will use climate graphs, topographic maps and other resources to compare the two places before writing a comparison paragraph with their findings. Lesson 4 - The final lesson is to look at two British astronauts and what they have contributed to space exploration. They will be given time to research each astronaut to understand their achievements. Finally, children will learn about the future of space exploration and using sources, understand the pros and cons of space exploration as well as forming their own opinion on the matter.

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.