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Year 6 history

Year 6 history runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 10 to 11 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes allies, treaty, imperial, globe, Triple Entente, front, trench, No Man's Land, morale, shell shock, memorial, conflict.

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 6 history lesson

In the order they are taught. 36 lessons.

The Great War: how did the Great War affect local people and their communities?

  1. The Great War
  2. Trench Warfare on the Western Front
  3. Remembering Those Who Gave Their Lives in WWI
  4. Captain Noel Chavasse: Medals and Bravery in WWI
  5. The Home Front in WWI
  6. Local Communities and the Great War

The Vikings: how do we know so much about Viking York?

  1. Discovery at Coppergate
  2. York's Importance to the Vikings
  3. A Journey Through Viking York: Houses, Halls and Craftspeople
  4. A Journey Through Viking York: Merchants and Traders
  5. The Artefacts of Viking York
  6. How We Know So Much About Viking York

The Vikings: how did Viking settlement change Britain?

  1. Aethelflaed and Aethelred: Defenders of Mercia
  2. Aethelflaed and Edward: Laying the Foundations for England
  3. Aethelflaed's Forgotten History
  4. Athelstan and the Making of England
  5. Changing rulers in the 11th century
  6. How the Vikings Changed Britain

Benin: Why have people argued about the Benin Bronzes?

  1. The Benin Bronzes
  2. Benin City: A Kingdom in the Rainforest
  3. The Oba of Benin
  4. Edo Religion: What the Benin Bronzes Reveal
  5. Benin and Europe
  6. Why arguments have broken out about the Benin Bronzes

Significant turning points: how did experiences differ during WWII?

  1. The Outbreak of the Second World War
  2. Women in the Armed Forces
  3. A Global War Fought by an Imperial Army
  4. Bombing and Evacuation: How World War II Changed Children's Lives
  5. The Experiences of Nurses During the Second World War
  6. How Experiences Differed During the Second World War

Significant turning points: in what ways did Britain change after WWII?

  1. The Condition of Britain at the End of the Second World War
  2. The Creation of the National Health Service
  3. The Windrush Generation
  4. The Impact of Rapidly Changing Technology After World War II
  5. Social and Cultural Change in the 1960s
  6. The Ways Britain Changed After the Second World War

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StudyDen puts the next history lesson on the screen each morning, marks what your child types and writes the record as they go. The first lesson needs no card, then it is £29.99 a month for every child in the family.

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Common questions

What does Year 6 history cover?
Year 6 history runs to 36 lessons across a 36 week year, covering allies, treaty, imperial, globe, Triple Entente, front and more.
How many history lessons are in Year 6?
36 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 6?
Children in Year 6 are 10 to 11 years old during the school year in England and Wales.