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History Year 3 and Year 4

FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE: THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE
KINGDOM OF GOD

HISTORY

LOWER JUNIOR HISTORY

Y3/4 – 7-9 YEAR OLDS

History is introduced as ‘His Story’, God’s plan for the world through the ages.

God’s dealings through history show us more of his character and attributes. It
also reveals the response of individuals and nations to God’s will. We can learn
much from the study of people, episodes, developments and even mistakes from
the past. It is important to encourage a sense of gratitude in the children for

the people and the inventions which have enhanced their lives, but to train them
in being discerning so as to learn from the wrong doings in history. To
encourage the children to view history with a Christian worldview is vitally
important.

Truths to Teach

1. To appreciate that God is sovereign over the past, the present and the
future

Hebrews 13:8 ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for
ever.’

2. To compare the Roman Empire with the Kingdom of God.

3. To begin to develop knowledge of chronology, employing words/phrases
that are associated with the passage of time.

4. To teach the pupils how to discover about the past using a range of
information sources.

5. To learn to distinguish between fact and opinion but also to understand
that due to lack of evidence assumptions have to be made.

1 (Romans)