A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on The life of a significant individual in the past who has contributed to national and international achievements. Written for Year 1 (ages 5-6). 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: Who was Queen Elizabeth II and how did Britain change in her 70 years?

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 life of a significant individual in the past who has contributed to national and international achievements
• the life of a significant individual in the past - in this unit, Queen Elizabeth II
• her early life as Princess Elizabeth (born 1926) and how she became heir to the throne
• her accession in 1952 and her coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1953
• what a king or queen actually does - opening Parliament, royal visits, meeting Prime Ministers
• how Britain changed during her 70-year reign
• her death in 2022 and how the country said thank you and goodbye

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know Princess Elizabeth was born in 1926 and had a little sister called Margaret
• Pupils know Elizabeth was NOT meant to be queen at first - her uncle Edward VIII gave up the throne in 1936
• Pupils know Elizabeth became queen on 6 February 1952 when she was 25, and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953
• Pupils know the Queen’s job - opening Parliament, royal visits, signing laws, meeting Prime Ministers (15 of them, Churchill to Truss)
• Pupils know Britain changed a great deal during her reign - from black-and-white telly and food rationing in 1952 to smartphones and a very different country in 2022