This Knowledge Organiser (KO) was designed with a mixed Year 5/6 class in mind when teaching the a history unit with a focus on the Second World War whilst also looking at 20th Century History more broadly. The accompanying 20th Century History Knowledge Organiser can be found here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/20th-century-history-knowledge-organiser-12047135 UPDATE: Now including retrieval quizzes. With special thanks to @TCafferky for inspiring this KO and providing his KO as a starting point! Disclaimer: this KO does have a British slant to it and focuses more on the war in Europe than elsewhere. Images were gained from a Google Image search - if I have inadvertently used one of your images without crediting you, please let me know so that I can attribute it (I made these KOs before I had any intentions of sharing them!).

I created this resources to gain a better understanding of overlap and sequence between historical periods across the world. It is intended to give an overview rather than give specific dates. Due to the broad range of time that I have tried to cover, the dates are only accurate to within a 50 year period. I do not pretend to be an expert in any of these periods, so the approximate dates are the result of research online. If you notice any major errors in these approximate dates please let me know and I will edit the resource. Similarly, If I’ve missed some key historic periods that you think would be useful to include, please let me know and I will update the resource accordingly.

This Knowledge Organiser (KO) was designed with a a Year 5 class in mind in the lead up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Also included is an excel file designed to help with retrieval practice and quizzing based on the KO. Images were gained from a Google Image search - if I have inadvertently used one of your images without crediting you, please let me know so that I can attribute it (I made these KOs before I had any intentions of sharing them!).