QCA/DfES Schemes Of Work
Below is a list of the QCA/DfES schemes of work that Headline History can help you with listed with the part of the site that is most helpful to that particular scheme.
Details taken from http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ (February 2005)
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 2)
Unit 4: Why do we remember Florence Nightingale?
Sections 1- 6 are all covered in the Victorian issue: Our Florence Returns Home
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 6A: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past? A Roman case study
Section 1: covered in the Roman issue Sick Travellers Seek Cure
Section 2: covered in the Roman issue Romans Invade Britannia
Section 3: covered most closely in the Roman issue Boudicca's Deathly Defeat but also in the other five issues
Section 4: covered in the Roman issue Boudicca's Deathly Defeat
Section 5: covered in the Roman issue Boudicca's Deathly Defeat
Section 6: covered in the Roman issue Boudicca's Deathly Defeat
Section 7: covered in all six Roman issues
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 7: Why did Henry VIII marry six times?
Sections 1 - 8 are covered in the Tudor issue Will Henry Marry Again
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 8: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?
Sections 1 - 5 are covered in the Tudor issue Lifeline For Poor Families
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 3/4)
Unit 9: What was it like for children in the Second World War?
Section 1: covered in the World War Two issues We're Ready For You Hitler, The End Is In Sight and The Germans Are Defeated
Section 2: covered in the World War Two issue Blitzed But Not Beaten
Section 3: covered in the World War Two issues Children Flee Big Cities (evacuation), Blitzed But Not Beaten (the effects of bombing) and We're Ready For You Hitler (gas masks and air raid shelters)
Section 4: covered in the World War Two issue Children Flee Big Cities
Section 5: covered in the World War Two issue We're Ready For You Hitler
Section 6: covered in all six World War Two issues
Section 7: the World War Two issue The Germans Are Defeated is the most helpful here
Section 8: each World War Two issue features an audio recording of someone talking about their wartime experiences on page 4. Click on the central photograph to begin the audio.
Section 9: By choosing a different region as they enter the website and then choosing a newspaper, the children will be able to read stories from all around the country.
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)
Unit 11: What was it like for children living in Victorian Britain?
Section 1: the timeline could be useful here.
Section 2: covered in the Victorian issues Body Of Hero Pit Boy Found and Pupils Run Riot In Class
Section 3: covered in the Victorian issue Body Of Hero Pit Boy Found
Section 4: covered in the Victorian issue Pupils Run Riot In Class
Section 5: the advertisements in the top corner of each internal newspaper page make be helpful here
Section 6: All the newspapers and the Timeline will be useful here
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)
Unit 12: How did life change in our locality in Victorian times?
Each region of the country has its own local stories and the Events and Venues section offers details of local historical resources.
History at Key Stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)
Unit 19: What were the effects of Tudor exploration?
Sections 1 - 7 are covered in the Tudor issue Amazing New Land Found
History at Key Stage 3 (Year 7)
Unit 5: Elizabeth I how successfully did she tackle the problems of her reign?
The issues underpinning Sections 1 - 8 (Tudor religion & Queen Elizabeth) are covered in the issues Execution For Sir Thomas, Spanish Armada Defeated and Will Henry Marry Again?
Section 9: covered in the issue Lifeline For Poor Families
History at Key Stage 3 (Year 9)
Unit 18: Hot war, cold war why did the major twentieth-century conflicts affect so many people?
Section 1 - 6: some background material will be found in all six issues of the World War Two newspaper
History at Key Stage 3 (Year 9)
Unit 19: How and why did the Holocaust happen?
Section 1 -8: some background material will be found in all six issues of the World War Two newspaper
(If we haven't listed a scheme of work then that is because we believe the site doesn't cover it.)
