4th Grade History scheme of work from Focus Education. This scheme has been designed to help you create your own bespoke curriculum but take advantage of the numerous resources that have been produced to support you.The curriculum is built on sequencing knowledge and skills (to include substantive and disciplinary knowledge) and building on prior learning so that each subject creates a narrative. Focus Education have used an enquiry-approach methodology, where possible, so that questions are predominant in most of the units produced.

4th Grade History unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Anglo-Saxons and Vikings has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education

Long-term overview

Long-term overview - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who were the Anglo-Saxons and why did they invade Britain?'

1. Who were the Anglo-Saxons and why did they invade Britain?

Who were the Anglo-Saxons and why did they invade Britain?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who were the Vikings and why did they have a reputation of being fierce raiders?'

2. Who were the Vikings and why did they have a reputation of being fierce raiders?

Who were the Vikings and why did they have a reputation of being fierce raiders?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What was the long-term impact of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on our lives today?'

3. What was the long-term impact of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on our lives today?

What was the long-term impact of the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on our lives today?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who were the famous Anglo-Saxon kings?'

4. Who were the famous Anglo-Saxon kings?

Who were the famous Anglo-Saxon kings?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How important was the Norman conquest in 1066?'

5. How important was the Norman conquest in 1066?

How important was the Norman conquest in 1066?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education.

Check it!

Check it! - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Anglo-Saxons and Vikings from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation

Show it! Group presentation - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

'Know it! - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Know it!

Know it! - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings - 4th Grade

'Match up - Ancient British history timeline' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Match up - Ancient British history timeline

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the Anglo-Saxons?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Cops and robbers - What do you know about the Anglo-Saxons?

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the Vikings?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Cops and robbers - What do you know about the Vikings?

'Give me 5 - Facts about Anglo-Saxon settlements' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Give me 5 - Facts about Anglo-Saxon settlements

'Give me 7 - Kingdoms of England under the Anglo-Saxons' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Give me 7 - Kingdoms of England under the Anglo-Saxons

'Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans - On the timeline' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans - On the timeline

'Mini quiz - Vikings' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Mini quiz - Vikings

'Writing tasks - The Vikings' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Writing tasks - The Vikings

'Give me 3 - Vikings' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Give me 3 - Vikings

'Picture match - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Picture match - Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

'Roman or Viking?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Roman or Viking?

'Match up - Ancient Britain' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Match up - Ancient Britain

'Word sorts - Vikings' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Word sorts - Vikings

'True or False - Ancient Britain' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

True or False - Ancient Britain

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

4th Grade History unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Gunpowder, Treason and Plot has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Gunpowder treason and plot from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Gunpowder treason and plot - 4th Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Gunpowder treason and plot from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Gunpowder treason and plot - 4th Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Gunpowder treason and plot from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Gunpowder treason and plot - 4th Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Gunpowder treason and plot from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Gunpowder treason and plot - 4th Grade

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Gunpowder treason and plot. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we know about the Gunpowder plot?'

1. What do we know about the Gunpowder plot?

What do we know about the Gunpowder plot?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Gunpowder treason and plot. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How did Henry VIII change the way we worship?'

2. How did Henry VIII change the way we worship?

How did Henry VIII change the way we worship?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Gunpowder treason and plot. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why was Elizabeth I's reign known as a time of exploration and discovery?'

3. Why was Elizabeth I's reign known as a time of exploration and discovery?

Why was Elizabeth I's reign known as a time of exploration and discovery?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Gunpowder treason and plot. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Why did we have a civil war and who were the roundheads and cavaliers?'

4. Why did we have a civil war and who were the roundheads and cavaliers?

Why did we have a civil war and who were the roundheads and cavaliers?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Gunpowder treason and plot. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Could the Great Fire have been one of the best things that happened to London?'

5. Could the Great Fire have been one of the best things that happened to London?

Could the Great Fire have been one of the best things that happened to London?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Gunpowder treason and plot from Focus Education.

Check it! - Gunpowder treason and plot - 4th Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Gunpowder treason and plot from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Gunpowder treason and plot - 4th Grade

'Know it! - Gunpowder, treason and plot - 4th Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Know it! - Gunpowder, treason and plot - 4th Grade

'Cops and robbers - What I know about the civil war' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Cops and robbers - What I know about the civil war

'Word sorts - British civil war' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Word sorts - British civil war

'Give me 3 - Tudors' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Give me 3 - Tudors

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the gunpowder plot?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Cops and robbers - What do you know about the gunpowder plot?

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about Elizabeth I?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Cops and robbers - What do you know about Elizabeth I?

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about Henry VIII' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Cops and robbers - What do you know about Henry VIII

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

4th Grade History unit, Mayans from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Mayans has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Mayans from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Mayans - 4th Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Mayans from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Mayans - 4th Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Mayans from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Mayans - 4th Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Mayans from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Mayans - 4th Grade

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Mayans. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Who were the Mayans and when and where did they live?'

1. Who were the Mayans and when and where did they live?

Who were the Mayans and when and where did they live?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Mayans. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What evidence do we have that the Mayans were and advanced civilisation?'

2. What evidence do we have that the Mayans were and advanced civilisation?

What evidence do we have that the Mayans were and advanced civilisation?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Mayans. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How did the Maya become associated with the ball games pok-ta-pok?'

3. How did the Maya become associated with the ball games pok-ta-pok?

How did the Maya become associated with the ball games pok-ta-pok?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Mayans. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What do we know of the rituals carried out by the Mayan civilisation?'

4. What do we know of the rituals carried out by the Mayan civilisation?

What do we know of the rituals carried out by the Mayan civilisation?

4th Grade History lesson from the unit Mayans. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What causes the Maya civilisation to disappear?'

5. What causes the Maya civilisation to disappear?

What causes the Maya civilisation to disappear?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Mayans from Focus Education.

Check it! - Mayans - 4th Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Mayans from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Mayans - 4th Grade

'Know it! - The Maya - 4th Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Mayans

Know it! - The Maya - 4th Grade

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about the Maya?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Mayans

Cops and robbers - What do you know about the Maya?

'True or False - The Maya' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Mayans

True or False - The Maya

'Word sorts - The Maya' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Mayans

Word sorts - The Maya

'Give me 3 - The Maya' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 4th Grade unit, Mayans

Give me 3 - The Maya

Mayans

4th Grade

History

History - 4th Grade - Focus Education

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History - 4th Grade - Focus Education

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