*New* British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England?

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This new unit for 2024/25 gives greater opportunities for the children to explore sources and includes new teaching resources designed to enrich their learning and deepen their understanding of the topic. The Archived unit: British history 5: What was life like in Tudor England? will no longer be updated.

Unit overview: What was life like in Tudor England?

Lessons

Lesson 1: Henry VIII – fair ruler or tyrant?

  • To interpret the character of Henry VIII using portraits and written sources.

Lesson 2: Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?

  • To explore why Henry VIII had many wives using secondary sources.

Lesson 3: Why was Anne Boleyn executed?

  • To make deductions about power and punishment using a range of sources.

Lesson 4: How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress?

  • To explore the use of propaganda by a Tudor monarch.

Lesson 5: What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times?

  • To make deductions about people in Tudor England using inventories.

Lesson 6: What did John Blanke have in his inventory?

  • To create an inventory for a person from the Tudor times.

Key skills

  • Sequencing events on a
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Key knowledge

  • To know relevant dates
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