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Year 3 history

Year 3 history runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 7 to 8 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes Homo sapiens, archaeologist, prehistoric, Ice Age, Paleolithic Era, nomadic, hand axe, flint, hunter-gatherer, Mesolithic Era, campsite, settlement.

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 3 history lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

Stone Age Britain: what do archaeologists think they know about it?

  1. The Big Picture of the Earliest Humans in Britain
  2. The Evidence of the Paleolithic Era
  3. Life at the end of the last Ice Age
  4. Settlement during the Mesolithic Era
  5. Skara Brae and Life in the Neolithic Era
  6. Significant Stone Age Artefacts

Bronze and Iron Age Britain: how did life change during this time?

  1. The First Use of Bronze
  2. How Bronze Changed Life in Britain
  3. The Beginning of the Iron Age
  4. Changing Agriculture in Britain During the Iron Age
  5. Changing Settlements and Trade in Iron Age Britain
  6. Comparing and Contrasting Bronze Age and Iron Age Britain

Ancient Egypt: what stayed the same across 3,000 years?

  1. The River Nile: Lifeline of Ancient Egypt
  2. The Three Kingdoms of Egypt
  3. Howard Carter and the Valley of the Kings
  4. The Rosetta Stone and Egyptian Writing
  5. Death and the Ancient Egyptians
  6. Change and Continuity in Ancient Egypt

Sumer and other early civilisations: what made them similar?

  1. Mesopotamia, the Land 'Between Two Rivers'
  2. The Growth of Trade, Writing and Building in Mesopotamia
  3. Other 'Cradles of Civilisation'
  4. The Art and Artefacts of the Earliest Civilisations
  5. Similarities Between the Earliest Civilisations
  6. Comparing the Earliest Civilisations

The Shang: What have archaeologists found out about them?

  1. The Discovery of Fu Hao's Tomb
  2. Who Were the Shang?
  3. Bronze Dings: What Ancient Vessels Tell Us About the Shang Dynasty
  4. Jade Artefacts of the Shang Dynasty
  5. Oracle Bones and Writing: Secrets of the Shang Dynasty
  6. What Archaeologists Have Found Out About the Shang

Iron Age Britain: what have historians learnt about Iron Age Britain?

  1. The Discovery of Lindow Man
  2. Celtic Art, the Snettisham Great Torc and the Battersea Shield
  3. The Wetwang Chariot and Celtic Warfare
  4. The Women of Iron Age Britain
  5. Iron Age Britain's Connections to the Wider World
  6. What Historians Have Learnt About Iron Age Britain

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Common questions

What does Year 3 history cover?
Year 3 history runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering Homo sapiens, archaeologist, prehistoric, Ice Age, Paleolithic Era, nomadic and more.
How many history lessons are in Year 3?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 3?
Children in Year 3 are 7 to 8 years old during the school year in England and Wales.