History: KS2 National Curriculum revision notes

1 Changes in Britain from Stone Age to Iron Age
- 1.1 Introduction to Prehistory
  1.1.1 Prehistoric Ages & Timelines
  1.1.2 Archaeology & Artefacts
  1.1.3 Discovering Prehistory
- 1.2 Changes through the Prehistoric Ages
  1.2.1 Houses through the Prehistoric Ages
  1.2.2 Tool Use through the Prehistoric Ages
  1.2.3 Food through the Prehistoric Ages
- 1.3 Life in Prehistoric Times
  1.3.1 Early Farming & Skara Brae
  1.3.2 Rituals & Stonehenge
  1.3.3 Travel & the Beaker Culture
  1.3.4 Trade & the Amesbury Archer
  1.3.5 Tribal Kindoms & Danebury Hillfort
  1.3.6 Art, Culture & the Battersea Shield
2 The Roman Empire & its Impacts on Britain
- 2.1 The Roman Empire
  2.1.1 What was the Roman Empire?
  2.1.2 The Roman Army
  2.1.3 Roman Society
  2.1.4 Roman Life
  2.1.5 Gladiators & the Theatre
  2.1.6 Roman Engineering
  2.1.7 Roman Art
  2.1.8 Roman Mythology & Religion
- 2.2 Roman Britain
  2.2.1 Julius Caesar Invades Britain
  2.2.2 Emperor Claudius
  2.2.3 Claudius Invades Britain
  2.2.4 Client Rulers
  2.2.5 Queen Boudica's Rebellion
  2.2.6 Caledonia
  2.2.7 Hadrian's Wall
  2.2.8 ‘Romanisation’ of Britain: Town Life
  2.2.9 ‘Romanisation’ of Britain: Industry & Trade
  2.2.10 ‘Romanisation’ of Britain: Religion
3 Britain's Settlement by Anglo-saxons & Scots
- 3.1 Life After the Romans
  3.1.1 Roman Withdrawal from Britain
  3.1.2 Immediate Consequences
  3.1.3 Changes in Culture & Society
  3.1.4 Roman Legacy Today
  3.1.5 Scots & Picts
- 3.2 The Anglo-Saxons
  3.2.1 Anglo-Saxon Invasions
  3.2.2 Why did the Anglo-Saxons Invade?
  3.2.3 Anglo-Saxon Culture
  3.2.4 Sutton Hoo
  3.2.5 Beowulf
  3.2.6 Anglo-Saxon Tribes
  3.2.7 Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
  3.2.8 Christian Conversion
  3.2.9 Important People during Christian Conversion
4 The Vikings & Anglo-Saxon Struggle for England
- 4.1 Who were the Vikings?
  4.1.1 Where & When Lived the Vikings
  4.1.2 Culture & Beliefs of the Vikings
  4.1.3 Pirate Raids
- 4.2 Viking Raids in Britain
  4.2.1 Lindisfarne & The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  4.2.2 Danegeld & The Great Heathen Army
- 4.3 Vikings Settlements
  4.3.1 Resistance by Alfred the Great
  4.3.2 The Danelaw Boundary
  4.3.3 Vikings in the Danelaw
  4.3.4 Athelstan, the First King of England
- 4.4 Struggles in the 10th Century
  4.4.1 Kings after Athelstan
  4.4.2 Aethelred the Unready
  4.4.3 Viking Kings in England
  4.4.4 King Cnut & Emma of Normandy
  4.4.5 Kings after Cnut
  4.4.6 King Edward the Confessor
  4.4.7 The New King