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The Tudor period in English history, spanning from 1485 to 1603, was a time of significant political, social, and cultural change. The Cunning History Teacher’s Lesson Plans offer a comprehensive and nuanced look at this important period of history, providing students with a detailed understanding of the events, people, and forces that shaped the Tudor era.

One of the key themes in the Cunning History Teacher’s Lesson Plans is the examination of the reign of the Tudor monarchs, starting with Henry VII, the founder of the Tudor dynasty, to Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch. Students will learn about the political and economic policies of the Tudor monarchs, and the ways in which they shaped the country and its society. They will also learn about the significant events and conflicts that occurred during their reigns, such as the Wars of the Roses and the rise of the English Reformation.

Another important aspect of the Cunning History Teacher’s Lesson Plans is the examination of the cultural and artistic achievements of this period. Students will learn about the literature, music, and other cultural contributions of the time, including the works of Shakespeare and the influence of the Renaissance. They will also learn about the art and architecture of the time, including the construction of grand palaces and gardens.

The Cunning History Teacher’s Lesson Plans also include a focus on the impact of the Tudor period on the world. Students will learn about the ways in which the Tudor era shaped England and its place in Europe, as well as the legacy of the Tudors on the world today. They will also learn about the ongoing impact of the Tudors on British culture and history.

Overall, the Cunning History Teacher’s Lesson Plans offer a comprehensive and engaging look at the history of the Tudors. Through a combination of primary source analysis, critical thinking, and historical context, students will gain a deeper understanding of this complex and important period of English history. These lesson plans are perfect for any teacher looking to provide their students with a detailed and thoughtful look at the Tudor era and its impact on the world.

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Who were the Tudors?

Kings and queens in the Tudor family ruled England from 1485-1603 . Both King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I belonged to the Tudor family.

During the time that the Tudor kings and queens reigned, a lot was happening in England. People were discovering more about the world through exploration, the Church of England was founded, England got a good reputation for having a strong Navy, more people were able to go to school and learn lots of different things, and art and music became an important part of culture.

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• There were six Tudor monarchs (kings and queens).
• The first Tudor monarch was King Henry VII who was crowned in 1485, and the last was Queen Elizabeth I who ruled from 1558 to 1603.
• Because Elizabeth I didn’t have any children, when she died in 1603 her cousin James I became king, uniting England and Scotland and starting a new royal family – the Stuarts.
• Religion was very important in Tudor times . Everyone had to go to church, and it was best if you went to the same sorts of churches that the king or queen did.
• If you were a Catholic when Henry VIII was king, or a Protestant when Mary I was Queen, you might get arrested, thrown into the Tower of London, or even executed!
• Mary I had over 280 people put to death because of their religion (she was Catholic), so she got the nickname ‘Bloody Mary’.
• It wasn’t all bad in Tudor times, though. Music and dances were very popular, and people practised their instruments so they could become good enough to play in the royal court.
• Music was enjoyed by everyone, no matter which class they came from – gentlemen, citizens of the cities, yeomen of the countryside, and the poor.
• Theatres were also very popular in Tudor times, which is how William Shakespeare got to be so famous for the plays he wrote. Both rich and poor people went to the theatre.
• Executions and punishments were another form of entertainment in Tudor times. Lots of people would gather to see someone burned at the stake or beheaded, which doesn’t sound very fun today!
• 1455-1485 The War of the Roses took place between the houses of York and Lancaster
• 22 August 1485 Henry Tudor won the Battle of Bosworth Field, which ends the War of the Roses. He also declares himself king from this date
• 28 June 1491 Henry VIII was born at Greenwich Palace
• 21 April 1509 Henry VII died
• 24 June 1509 Henry VIII was crowned king
• 18 February 1516 Mary I was born in Greenwich
• 7 September 1533 Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich
• 12 October 1537 Edward VI was born at Hampton Court Palace
• 28 January 1547 Henry VIII died
• 20 February 1547 Edward VI was crowned king
• 6 July 1553 Edward VI died
• 10 July 1553 Lady Jane Grey became queen, as Edward VI wanted
• 19 July 1553 Mary I was proclaimed Queen instead of Lady Jane Grey
• 1 October 1553 Mary was officially crowned Queen
• 12 February 1554 Lady Jane Grey was executed
• 17 November 1558 Mary I died at St. James’s Palace
• 15 January 1559 Elizabeth I was crowned queen
• 24 March 1603 Elizabeth I died
• 29 July 1567 Elizabeth’s cousin, James VI of Scotland, was crowned king – he is also known as James I of England; this ended the Tudor family line, as James belonged to the House of Stuart

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• People in Tudor times ate their main meal in the middle of the day – around when we’d eat lunch. Their main meal could last for three hours!
• People baked by putting food in an iron box, and placing it on an open fire.
• In Tudor times, meat was cooked on a spit – it could be turned around and around over the fire so the meat cooked on all sides.
• People used honey to sweeten food instead of sugar.
• Children who were naughty at school would be beaten with a cane – boys from rich families would sometimes pay for another boy to get beaten instead. Imagine having that job!
• If people felt sick, they wouldn’t take the medicines that we take today. Some of the cures they used sound funny to us now – for example, bald people thought they could grow hair if they used a shampoo made from crushed beetles!
• Tudor towns and villages weren’t very clean. People threw rubbish in the street, and even emptied the loo there! It was very smelly.
• People didn’t usually live to be older than age 35 in Tudor times.
• Ships built in Tudor times were called galleons.
• The Tudor monarch with the shortest rule was Lady Jane Grey – she was Queen for just nine days! She was in the Tower of London the whole time.

Can you find all the following in the gallery below?

• A model of an English galleon, and what it would have looked like inside:
• The Tudor rose
• Tudor houses that are still around today
• Lady Jane Grey
• Elizabeth I
• A Tudor room at Turton Tower
• Tudor interiors in Salford, Manchester
• Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire

The Tudors became royalty after winning the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, which ended the War of the Roses between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. Henry Tudor led the fight on the Lancaster side, and then married Elizabeth of York.

The civil war between the House of Lancaster and the House of York was called the War of the Roses because each side had a certain colour of rose to represent them – red for Lancaster and white for York. The Tudor rose is both red and white, symbolising that the two houses were joined together.

While Henry VIII  wanted his daughter Mary to become queen after his son Edward VI, Edward decided on his deathbed that he wanted Lady Jane Grey to rule instead because she was Protestant, like him. Mary was a Catholic. Jane Grey did become queen, but only for nine days, and she was never officially crowned – Mary became queen instead, and had Jane executed.

The kings and queens in Tudor times were very involved in religious matters. Everybody had to go to church, and whether you were Catholic or Protestant was very important. It sometimes meant the difference between life and death!

Henry VIII set up the Protestant Church of England , which meant England broke ties with the Catholic church. This also meant that Catholics weren’t very popular in England – some were even put to death. But, when Mary I became Queen it was the other way around – her mum, Catherine of Aragon, was Catholic and Mary was Catholic too. She had over 280 people put to death because of their religion, which gave her the nickname ‘Bloody Mary’.

After Mary, Elizabeth I (a Protestant) became Queen.

Some of the games played in Tudor times are games we still play today, such as bowls and tennis. The version of tennis played by Tudors was called ‘paume’.

A lot of what we know about what people would have had in their homes during Tudor times is from inventories, which are lists of possessions that people had when they died.

Music was very popular in Tudor times, and it was a large part of entertainment both in the royal court as well as for the peasants. It also meant that somebody from any class – rich or poor – who was good enough at an instrument could have the chance to play for the king or queen! Musical instruments played include the viol, hautboy, harpsichord, spinet and virginals.

According to someone who lived during Tudor times, William Harrison, there were four different classes in society:

• gentlemen (nobles and professionals)
• citizens of the cities (people who were free, not slaves, and who had special rights)
• yeomen of the countryside (people who were free, not slaves, and could run cities and farms in the country)
• poor (slaves, farm workers, and vagrants who didn’t have a home and lived on the streets)

School could be expensive, so only people who could pay for it would send their children. At grammar school, they’d learn maths, Latin and Greek, and about religion. Only boys went to school, though sometimes girls from rich families would have tutors. When Edward VI was king, some schools were set up that didn’t cost anything so more people were able to be educated.

Jobs that people would have had in Tudor times include being a butcher, baker, weaver, fishmonger (catching and selling fish), tailor, blacksmith, shoemaker and washerwoman. There were different kinds of jobs in the royal court that involved serving the king or queen, such as being a page or a lady in waiting.

If you did something wrong and broke the law in Tudor times, you could get a pretty harsh punishment . If any of these happened to you, you’d been let off easy: whipping, being branded with a hot iron, and being locked in between bits of wood in the centre of town for people to laugh at you. The worst punishments were executions, such as beheading, being hung, being burned at the stake, or being boiled alive. Executions were public events that lots of people would come to watch.

Names to know:

King Henry VII (1457-1509) – Henry VIII was the first Tudor king, and ruled from 1485-1509. He won the Battle of Bosworth Field, which ended the War of the Roses.

King Henry VIII (1491-1547) – King Henry VIII ruled from 1509-1547. Find out more about him here.  //crosslink//

King Edward VI (1537-1553) – King Edward VI ruled from 1547-1553. He was only nine when he became king, and he died at age 15 from a disease in his lungs. He wanted Lady Jane Grey to become Queen next instead of his older sister, Mary, because Jane was a Protestant like Edward.

Lady Jane Grey (1536 or 1537-1554) – Lady Jane Grey was Queen from 10-19 July in 1553. Even though she was legally Queen because King Edward VI had made it so, Edward’s sister Mary took over the throne and eventually had Jane executed. In fact, Jane had been locked in the Tower of London during the nine days she was Queen.

Mary I (1516-1558) – Mary I was Queen from 1553-1558. She was a devout Catholic and was very strict about people following the same faith – so strict, that she’d have Protestants executed. She was called ‘Bloody Mary’ because of this. Mary married King Philip II from Spain, and they didn’t have any children.

Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) – Queen Elizabeth I ruled from 1558-1603. 

William Shakespeare – William Shakespeare was a famous playwright during Tudor times. 

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• Watch Horrible Histories clips about Tudors: King Henry VIII , Henry VIII's wives , Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I
• Make Tudor smartard , sweet cottage cheese fritters
• Listen to some Tudor music
• Try a Tudors Grid Club game
• Complete a Tudor trivia quiz
• Dowload colouring sheets of  Tudor rulers and everyday life
• 'Listen' to life in Tudor times with a collection of comic sketches, short dramas and music from BBC Schools Radio. Topics include rich and poor in Tudor times, ships and seafaring, medicine, the Elizabethan stage and life in the reigns of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
• Watch a step-by-step video on how to make a traditional Tudor Cheese Tart
• Make your own Tudor house , Tudor crown and Tudor rose with step-by-step instructions and videos from Hobbycraft

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• A children's guide to Tudor life from DKfindout!
• Read 10 fast facts about the Tudors
• Watch videos about life in the Tudor times, including Tudor merchants' lives , Tudor children's lives and Tudor housewives' lives
• A timeline of Tudor monarchs
• Read about  strange and gruesome cures in Tudor times
• Find out about Tudor buildings and houses in an architecture podcast from FunKids
• Read fictional stories for children set in Tudor times
• Discover more about Tudor health
• Learn amazing facts about  Tudor food
• Read all about Shakespeare's Globe
• Look at a portrait of Henry VIII's family
• Meet the crew of the Tudor ship the Mary Rose
• Examine Tudor objects including a sand shaker, a wooden trencher (plate) and a lantern
• Read a children's magazine about Tudor England

See for yourself

• Visit a replica of the Globe Theatre , where Shakespeare’s plays were performed – it’s very near the spot where the real Globe Theatre once stood
• See Hampton Court Palace , where Henry VIII lived
• Explore the Tower of London , and find out more about crime and punishment in Tudor times.
• Visit Framlingham Castle , where Mary I stayed before she became Queen.
• Henry VIII built Pendennis Castle as a fortress to ward off enemies from France and Spain.
• Lots of Tudors are buried in Westminster Abbey , with very ornate graves, but Henry VIII is buried at Windsor Castle

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The Tudors for kids KS2 learning at Primary School. Homework help on the history of the Tudors, Tudor Britain and Henry VIII.

Time: 1485AD - 1603AD

Who were the Tudors?

The Tudors are one of the most famous families ever to rule England. They were in power from 1485 when Henry Tudor was crowned King Henry VII, until the time Queen Elizabeth I died, without an heir, in 1603. The Tudors were some of the most colourful people in history.

Tudor Kings and Queens

There were six Tudor Kings and Queens.

• Henry VII - 1485-1509
• Henry VIII - 1509-1547
• Edward VI - 1547-1553
• Jane Grey - July 1553
• Mary I - 1553-1558
• Elizabeth I - 1558-1603

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He had six wives:

• Catherine of Aragon - Catherine had a daughter with Henry, but no son so Henry divorced her.
• Anne Boleyn - Anne had a daughter (who would be Queen Elizabeth I) with Henry, but Henry turned against his wife and had her head chopped off.
• Jane Seymour - They had a son, Edward (who was the next King) but she died two weeks after he was born.
• Anne of Cleves - Henry divorced Anne after only six months.
• Catherine Howard - Catherine was only 19 when they married. Henry had her head chopped off.
• Katherine Parr - She looked after Henry's children.

Elizabeth I

Elizabeth had a quick temper and liked to get her own way. She liked to live in fine palaces in London and it was an exciting time when she ruled. There were a lot of new discoveries during her time and many English explorers sailed off to find new lands.

Unlike Henry VIII, Elizabeth I never married and as she grew older people wondered who would be next Tudor to take over. So when she died on 24th March 1603, the Tudor period ended and the next in line to the throne was James VI of Scotland who became King and started the Stuarts period.

Tudor Britain

Although Elizabethan England was very rich, there were many poor people who had to beg for a living. In 1563 a Poor Law was passed so that money could be raised for the less fortunate ones.

Sir Walter Raleigh

He had many expeditions across the Atlantic to America. From one trip he brought back potatoes and tobacco to Europe, two things that were not known of at that time.

Sir Francis Drake

The Spanish Armada

How did the spanish armada start.

In 1588 King Philip II of Spain, angry that the English were raiding Spanish ships and stealing their treasures, sent a fleet of ships (The Spanish Armada), to invade England. They planned to sail to the Netherlands to join with an army, but while sailing through the English Channel, they were attacked by English warships. Fierce sea battles took place and during one night, while the Spanish ships were anchored near France, the English sent eight ships that had been set on fire, into the middle of the Spanish ships. The Spanish panicked and scattered all over the place.

The next day battle raged all day but the English, in the end, won.

What happened to the Spanish Armada?

Having been blown north around Scotland and Ireland, most of the Spanish ships were wrecked in terrible storms.

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Creative KS2 topic: the Tudors

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• Date Posted: 31 May 2011

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Dave Lewis shows you how to turn the sinking of the Mary Rose into a science experiment as part of his cross-curricular Tudor topic...

On July 19th 1545, King Henry VIII stood atop the keep at Southsea Castle ready to witness yet another battle in the long running Anglo-French conflict. His Royal Navy sailed before him, begun in the time of Henry V and brought to the forefront of Britain’s armed forces during his reign.

The pride of his fleet was the Mary Rose, a beautiful warship named after his favourite sister and the Tudor emblem.

As the French began the engagement, the Mary Rose turned to fire on the enemy, listed, took on water through its gun ports and sank.

Henry was distraught and courtiers were brought in to spin the bad news. The nation couldn’t be allowed to think the unthinkable: that the French had managed to sink its finest vessel.

For the next 300 years people believed the official story, that a freak wave had swamped and sank the ship. Then, in 1836, a group of fishermen tangled their nets around an underwater object. When divers were called in to release the nets, they inadvertently discovered the Mary Rose.

However, the site of the wreck soon became forgotten, that is until 1970 when an archaeologist searching the Solent for wrecks came upon a piece of her timber and a cannon. More pieces were brought up the next year and a study began to ascertain whether she could be raised to the surface.

In 1979 the dream came true, watched by millions on television, and now the Mary Rose has returned home to a museum in Portsmouth.

I visited the museum (maryrose.org) in the Historic Dockyard area of the city with my class and we discovered a huge amount about Henry VIII’s favourite ship, the time she was built, the life of the men on board and the day of her sinking. We were also given a fascinating insight into the work that has gone into restoring and preserving her.

Not all schools will be so lucky, so I’ve prepared some cross curricular activities that will help you make the most of the 500th anniversary of her launch.

1. Fire when ready!

The main challenge for the gun crews was to get the cannons loaded, fired, then reloaded quickly so that they could defeat the enemy. Try recreating this with your class. Use a piece of wide drainpipe, some sand to represent the gunpowder, an orange or grapefruit for the cannonball and a broomstick with a circle of wood or plastic on the end as the packer. Put the children into gun crews, each with a different job: firer, powder monkey, cannonball fetcher and packer. Now either time each crew to see how quickly they can fire their cannon or race crews against each other. Get them to follow commands from one person: ‘Powder’, ‘Pack’, ‘Cannonball’, ‘Pack’, ‘Clear space’ and ‘Fire’.

Show the children some x-ray pictures of broken bones. Tell them they were from sailors on the Mary Rose and ask them how you think the bones were broken.

Mock up the side of a ship with card strips over a thin wooden frame and throw (fire) an orange at it to look at the damage. Discuss how it would have been repaired whilst at sea.

2. Set sail

Marine archaeologists have been trying for years to discover why the Mary Rose sank so quickly. They have investigated the wreck itself as well as carrying out numerous experiments with models. Here, children will take on the role of marine archaeologists to find out for themselves what might have gone wrong.

A freak wave and a strong gust of wind have been blamed for the sinking and children should experiment with both to see which is the most likely cause.

• Standard card cereal packet about 30 cm x 20 cm x 5 cm, turned inside out • Child safe varnish (use wood glue if varnish is unavailable) • Colouring pens, safety craft knives, paper • Video camera • Paddling pool • Dowel • Predictions and results charts

Prior to the lesson, add a measured quantity of gravel to the inside of a cereal box. Now turn the box on its side, place it gently into water and mark the depth of displacement. Adjust the ballast as necessary so that a quarter of the box is underwater.

When the glue is dry, add a paper sail to a dowel that can be turned to the front or side of the ship and begin the tests.

Use a small inflatable paddling pool and fill it to a depth of about six inches. (Make sure risk assessments have been carried out. It may be worth setting this up in a room that can be locked to prevent unauthorised access.)

Ask the children to add the amount of ballast that you measured earlier to the base of their boats. Now the model ships can be placed in the pool, two or three at a time.

Tell the children you are going to use a plank of wood that’s the same width as the pool to push a wave towards the boats, meeting them nose on. Ask them to predict what will happen to their boats. How will they move? Will they stay afloat?

Repeat the experiment but this time ensure that the wave hits the boats side on. Ask the children if they can predict a different outcome. If possible, it’s useful to position a video camera to the side of the pool so the experiment can be played back later.

Now use more boats and repeat the experiment using the air from a fan to recreate a strong gust of wind. Try the experiment with the boats end on with the sails perpendicular to the wind, then in line with the wind. Repeat this experiment with the hulls perpendicular to the wind and ask the children to predict the outcomes.

The children can recreate the holes made by cannonballs by pushing a sharp pencil through the side of the box. If they look inside they’ll see how the damage might have looked from within the ship. (Stuff the boat with newspaper first to stop the sides collapsing and to prevent accidents.)

If their boat takes on water, ask children to make temporary repairs to save the boat.

3. Meals on keels

The crew would take plenty of fresh food for the start of their journey and eat this until it started to go off. Then they would survive on food that had been dried or pickled in brine or vinegar.

This next experiment challenges children to investigate how long different foods would have lasted on board ship. The idea is for children to decide on a suitable list of ship’s provisions based on their findings.

• Various food items • Plates • Plastic gloves • Camera • Results chart

With the children, discuss what types of food may have been available in Tudor times. Examples will include bread, plain biscuits, apples, pears, turnips, cabbage, cheese and milk. Don’t choose food that could become a health risk, such as meat or eggs.

The children should take photographs of the foodstuffs and place them somewhere out of reach of others where they can be left to age. The storage area should be ventilated to prevent the build up of airborne microbes.

Monitor the foodstuffs over the course of three weeks, photographing them at regular intervals. The foodstuffs can be touched (preferably through gloves) but not tasted. The children should notice a difference in appearance and texture over time. Differences should be recorded on paper too and the children should decide at which point they consider the food to be inedible.

Using this information and the fact that the crew of a warship was probably around 250 men, they should work out a ship’s supply list to last them until the food would become inedible.

Have a discussion about what dried foods might have been available and whether any foods could have been made on board. Ideas might include grain, dried fruit, dried fish and meat. As homework you can ask the children to add to their information by checking the expiry dates of similar foodstuffs at home or in the supermarket. Suggest that they look at organic produce where possible as it is unlikely to have preservatives in it.

Eventually, the children should gain a picture of how a mix of dried, preserved and fresh foods kept sailors alive on long voyages. A further extension could be to look at the history of food preservation, which is closely linked with the armed forces.

Useful websites

maryrose.org woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk historicdockyard.co.uk

Use a microscope to look more closely at the decay. Anything over 200x should give a good image of the decay to add to your display.

Try your own pickling. Many veg are pickled, including onions, gherkins and beetroot. Spend a session pickling onions or similar. Give it a couple of months and see which looks best.

Have a tasting session when you reconstitute dried foods such as potato, milk, rice,dried peas, dried onions etc. Discuss how closely they taste like the fresh article.

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Quick activities for your Mary Rose topic…

• Debate why you think the Mary Rose sank • Find out more about the Battle in the Solent • How much wood was used to make a warship? • Create a fact file about the Mary Rose • Write a diary about your life on board as a sailor or even the ship’s cook! • Produce a timeline for the story of the Mary Rose

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The Tudors Homework task project

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Age range: 7-11

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27 October 2018

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A creative homework sheet for the topic of The Tudors ! Ideal for project based and the children loved the presentation show and tell style I used with it ! Great for all year groups really although better for years 3/4 and 5 !

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