History Vocabulary

EYFS

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

• ago
• family tree
• new
• old
• past

• a long time ago
• after
• artefact
• before
• celebrate
• chronological
• difference
• event(s)
• explain
• famous
• historical event
• king
• object
• past
• photograph
• picture
• present
• queen
• recent history
• rule
• since I was born
• succeed
• succession
• used for
• very old

• after
• before
• before I was born
• Britain
• Briton
• chronological order
• democracy
• earlier
• eye-witness
• historical event
• later
• local area
• locality
• now
• older person
• parliament
• past
• present
• research
• sequence
• source
• then
• when grandparents were young
• when I was younger

• AD
• Ancient
• archaeologist
• BC
• Brits
• century
• combat
• conquer(ed)
• decade
• differences
• evidence
• excavate
• finding skills
• historian
• historical information
• information
• invaders
• invasion
• period
• settlement
• settlers
• similarities
• timeline

• accurate
• aspect
• advanced
• availability
• developments
• dictated
• historical argument
• impact
• inventions
• items
• picture of the past
• point of view
• poor
• recent history
• religious differences
• shape our lives
• time difference
• version
• way of life
• wealthy

• Christian Values
• comparison
• crime
• hypothesis
• influence
• medicine
• plague
• punishment
• role of Britain
• specific features
• time period
• transport
• weaponry

• advancements
• British Empire
• causes in history
• changes
• civilisations
• continuity
• interpretations
• major influence
• multi-cultural
• mono-cultural
• persuade
• propaganda
• significant
• societies
• summarise
• viewpoint
• world history