2. Teaching Guidance

English National Curriculum Teaching Guidance

QCA Unit 16 "How can we find out about the Indus Valley civilisation?"

English National Curriculum KS2. Download the scheme of work here!

The KS2 Schemes of work were moved to the National Archives when the QCDA
was abolished. If you can't get Unit 16 pages to load, try the index page in the
first instance!

The next version of the National Curriculum may not include the Indus Valley or any other world history topic beyond Europe. There has been a formal consultation and we have every reason to think that the government is dead set on not taking any account of the overwhelming view from teachers and the UK Historical Association that they should be. So much for democracy.

However this scheme of work is still very useful and is still recommended as a basis for this topic, which can still be taught if schools wish to do. World history and other topics which the Secretary of State for Education thinks are of no import are not and cannot be actually forbidden.