A no-prep, 6-lesson history unit on A significant turning point in European history. Written for Year 5 (ages 9-10). 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: How did 300 years in Europe change the way we see the world?

What’s included

• 6 × Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 × Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 × Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, ~22 slides each)
• 6 × Exit quizzes (single-page printable, with answer key)
• 1 × Knowledge Organiser (Word, 2-page A4 landscape)
• 1 × 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

Lesson outline

1. What is a Renaissance? Florence and the Medici — I can describe what the Renaissance was and where it began.
2. The artists — Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael — I can describe what THREE great Renaissance artists changed in European art.
3. The printing press — Gutenberg and the Bible in your own language — I can describe how Gutenberg’s printing press changed Europe.
4. New science — Copernicus, Galileo and the telescope — I can describe how Renaissance science changed our understanding of the universe.
5. Exploration — Columbus, da Gama, Magellan, and the harder truths — I can describe the great Renaissance voyages — and the impact they had on indigenous peoples.
6. The English Renaissance — Tudor court, Shakespeare and the first theatres — I can describe how the Renaissance reached England under the Tudors.