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• 6.2: Literacy
• 6.3: Mathematics
• 6.4: Science
• 6.5: History
  • KS1 (age 5-7)
  • 6.5.2: Famous Men, Women and Children (age 5-7)
  • 6.5.3: Find Out About The Seaside (age 5-7)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • 6.5.5: Ancient Greece (age 7-11)
  • 6.5.6: Life in Tudor Times (age 7-11)
  • 6.5.7: Romans in Britain (age 7-11)
  • 6.5.8: Victorian Britain (age 7-11)
• 6.6: Geography
• 6.7: Religious Education
• 6.8: PSHE
• 6.9: Modern Foreign Language

History

Life in Tudor Times (age 7-11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key features:

• A captivating resource that allows children to imagine what it would be like to live in Tudor times.
• Includes the following units: introducing the Tudors; Henry VIII and his six wives; King Henry's children and their religions; famous Tudor people; life in Tudor towns; life in Tudor countryside; the world in Tudor times; what can we see of Tudor times today?
• Offers high quality BBC video clips along with wealth of real historical images, accounts, fiction and activities, giving children a picture of what life was like in Tudor times and allowing them to use and develop historical skills
• A comprehensive teacher's book offers suggestions for further activities, cross-curricular links and guidance for teachers to help teach the topic.

Contents:

Unit 1: Introducing the Tudors

• Who were the Tudors?
• Who were the Tudor Kings and Queens?
• What were the great events of the Tudor Period?

 

Unit 2: Henry VIII and his six wives

• Henry VIII
• Catherine Aragon
• Anne Boleyn
• Jane Seymour
• Anne of Cleves
• Katherine Howard
• Catherine Parr

Writing focus: How did Henry VIII's wives feel about him?

 

Unit 3: The next generation of Tudors

• The three children of Henry VIII
• Elizabeth in the Tower
• Introducing Lady Jane Grey
• Lady Jane Grey's story

Writing focus: Royal letters

 

Unit 4: Other important Tudors

• The Tudor Court
• Royal advisers
• Walter Raleigh
• John Blanke
• William Shakespeare

Writing focus: Royal correspondent

 

Unit 5: Exploring the World

• Ships and seafaring
• Christopher Columbus
• English explorers
• Tudor maps of the World
• Explorers quiz

Writing focus: A sailor's life

 

Unit 6: Town and Country

• Tudor Britain:
  - A map of Tudor Britain
  - Nowell's map
  
• Tudor York
• A Tudor farm
• Where did people live?
  - A Tudor palace
  - Poor people's houses
  - A Tudor farmhouse
  - Little Moreton Hall: a rich man's house
  
• How the Tudors lived

Writing focus: Visiting Little Moreton Hall

 

Unit 7: Daily Life

• What did the Tudors wear?
• What was life like for children?
  - What did children wear?
  - Did children go to school?
  
• What did the Tudors have in their houses?
  - The farmer's inventory
  - Joan Richars' will
  
• What did the Tudors eat?
• Comparing rich and poor

 

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