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Year 2 history

Year 2 history runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 6 to 7 in Key Stage 1. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes Ancient Romans, tribe, loyal, government, rebel, Iceni, rebellion, legend, statue, Alba, exile, revenge.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 2 history lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

Conflict, conquest and empires

  1. Boudica and Prasutagus
  2. Boudica the Warrior
  3. Boudica meets her end
  4. Constantine's Early Life and Exile in Ireland
  5. Constantine, the Vikings and St Columba's Bones
  6. How Constantine II Made Alba Stronger
  7. John and the 'Lionheart'
  8. King John and His Barons
  9. King John and Magna Carta
  10. Suleiman the General
  11. Suleiman the Lawgiver
  12. Suleiman and the Ottoman Golden Age

Queen Victoria: how did Britain change during her lifetime?

  1. Victoria's 'Melancholy' Childhood
  2. Victoria's Accession to the Throne
  3. Victoria's Proposal and Marriage to Albert
  4. Victoria's Children
  5. Victorian Society: What Ford Madox Brown's Painting Tells Us
  6. Factories in Britain During Victorian Times
  7. The Great Exhibition
  8. Victoria, Scotland and John Brown
  9. Victorian Childhood: Children Who Had to Work
  10. Alice Kinloch and the Victorian British Empire
  11. Victoria, Empress of India
  12. Britain at the Time of Victoria's Death

Significant individuals who changed Britain: how did they fight for change?

  1. Emily Davison and the Tragedy at Epsom Racecourse
  2. Emily Davison's Early Life and Education
  3. Emily Davison and the Suffragettes
  4. Stories from Emily Davison's Activism
  5. Emily Davison's Funeral
  6. Changes for Women After Emily Davison
  7. Paul Stephenson and The Bay Horse Pub
  8. Paul Stephenson's Early Life and Evacuation
  9. Paul Stephenson Arrives in Bristol
  10. Paul Stephenson and the Bristol Bus Boycott
  11. Paul Stephenson's Legacy in Bristol and Britain
  12. Two Brave People: Emily Davison and Paul Stephenson

Each of the 3 units has a free printable Year 2 history worksheet, with the answers on a separate page.

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Common questions

What does Year 2 history cover?
Year 2 history runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering Ancient Romans, tribe, loyal, government, rebel, Iceni and more.
How many history lessons are in Year 2?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 2?
Children in Year 2 are 6 to 7 years old during the school year in England and Wales.