The 2014 NC includes prehistory, a period which may not be familiar to teachers.

One of the challenges will be to help children gain a sense of the chronology of the prehistoric period and where this fits in to the broader chronology of Romans, Tudors, Victorians etc. These notes provide an outline framework for introducing the chronology of prehistory which we hope history co-ordinators will read and think about in the context of their own schools and then adapt and build on them accordingly. It's important to have a strong sense of what constitute realistic objectives for this age range – for example, for many children beginning to develop a broad sense of the duration of this period in relation to the duration of other periods may well be far more important and achievable than trying to remember the dates of the Iron Age etc!

Ian Dawson suggests the following framework – but please remember that this gives outline ideas only – it’s impossible to provide a more detailed breakdown because classes and schools differ so much.

For more …

… of this resource, by Ian Dawson, visit Ian's own Thinking History website [ here ]