Periods studied

history

Overview of Periods Studied at Arnold House

  • Year 1 and Year 2

History is taught as part of the Topic allocation
Themes studied: Houses and homes, toys, transport

  • Year 3

Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece

  • Year 4

Romans
Saxons
Vikings

  • Year 5

Explorations and the New World
The History of the United States of America
Victorian Britain

  • Year 6

The Twentieth Century, concentrating on the two World Wars

  • Year 7

The Middle Ages (11th–14th centuries)

  • Year 8*

The Middle Ages (15th century)
Tudors and Stuarts
After Common Entrance:
Assassination of Kennedy or US civil rights movement


*Year 8 scholars pursue extra topic areas, such as the French Revolution, the American War of Independence, Spanish history or an area of their choice

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