Learning objective
- To make deductions about power and punishment using a range of sources.
Success criteria
- I can extract information about Henry
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National curriculum
History
The National curriculum
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken language
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: The Tudor family tree showing the members of the Tudor family.
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Extended-mode explainer videos
How to extend your display to view the lesson page and preseantion mode simultaneously. Choose your operating system below to watch the video
Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Making deductions: support version which has some examples already completed; could, in the Main event, explore a reduced number of sources, including the letter.
Pupils working at greater depth
Could discuss the difference in power between a male monarch and a woman in the Tudor period; could consider the motives behind King Henry VIII’s love letter to Anne Boleyn before their marriage and whether their marriage was doomed; could explore what some of the sources do not show in the Main event.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: making deductions from sources
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Vocabulary definitions
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absolute power
A leader or monarch makes decisions without having to get agreement from others.
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Acts
Official laws or regulations passed by a government or other authority.
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In this unit
Assessment - History, Y5: What was life like in Tudor England?
Lesson 1: Henry VIII - fair ruler or tyrant?
Lesson 2: Why did Henry VIII have so many wives?
Lesson 3: Why was Anne Boleyn executed?
Lesson 4: How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress?
Lesson 5: What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times?
Lesson 6: What did John Blanke have in his inventory?