History in KS1

National Curriculum

In KS1, children should learn to:

• develop an awareness of the past, using words such as past, present, before, after, old and new

• sequence events in chronological order

• learn about significant people and events beyond living memory

• identify similarities and differences between life in the past and today

• ask and answer questions about the past

• use stories, pictures and simple sources to find out about the past