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 should we remember Walter Tull?

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 Walter Tull (1888-1918) - orphan, professional footballer and British Army officer
• Walter Tull as one of the first Black professional outfield footballers in the English top division (Tottenham Hotspur, 1909-1911)
• Walter Tull as the first mixed-heritage British Army officer to lead white troops in combat

What pupils will learn

• Pupils know Walter Tull was born in Folkestone, Kent on 28 April 1888
• Pupils know Walter and his brother Edward went to a children’s home in London after their parents died
• Pupils know Walter played football for Tottenham Hotspur (1909-1911) and then Northampton Town (1911-1914)
• Pupils know Walter joined the 17th (1st Football) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in December 1914
• Pupils know Walter was made an officer in May 1917 - the first mixed-heritage British Army officer to lead white troops
• Pupils know Walter was killed on 25 March 1918 at the Second Battle of Bapaume in France

What pupils will be able to do

• Pupils can use simple time words - born, lived, then, after, finally
• Pupils can analyse a real primary source (a sentence from a 1909 newspaper report or an officer’s letter) for what it tells us