A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements. Written for Year 2 (ages 6-7). Pick it up at lunchtime, teach it that afternoon - every lesson has a full teacher script, projectable slides, a pupil worksheet, and an exit quiz.
Driving question: Why is Mary Seacole called the ‘Mother of the Army’?

What’s included

• 6 x Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 x Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 x Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, ~22 slides each)
• 6 x Exit quizzes (single-page printable, with answer key)
• 1 x Knowledge Organiser (Word, 2-page A4 landscape)
• 1 x End-of-unit assessment with baseline + mark scheme
• 50+ original illustrations included throughout
• Curated kid-appropriate YouTube videos linked from each lesson’s slide deck

Curriculum links

• UK National Curriculum - KS1 History: The lives of significant individuals in the past who have contributed to national and international achievements
• the life of Mary Seacole (1805-1881), a nurse from Jamaica who travelled to look after British soldiers in the Crimean War
• comparison with the life of Florence Nightingale (also a Crimean War nurse)

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1805 and that her mother was a healer
• Pupils know Mary travelled to the Crimean War (1853-1856) at her OWN expense to look after British soldiers
• Pupils know what the ‘British Hotel’ was that Mary built near the battlefield
• Pupils know that Mary was forgotten for a long time after her death but is remembered today
• Pupils can compare Mary Seacole with Florence Nightingale - both helped soldiers in Crimea, but in different ways

What pupils will be able to do

• Pupils can use simple time words - born, lived, died, then, after
• Pupils can analyse a real primary source (Mary’s 1857 autobiography, a few sentences) for what it tells us
• Pupils can compare two people (Mary and Florence) using shared categories
• Pupils can give a reasoned answer to ‘why should we remember Mary Seacole?’