Tudors
Henry' Six Wives l Rich and Poor Tudors
Why did Henry VIII marry six times?
Be able to place the Tudors within the context of Britain's history; make inferences and deductions from portraits; know about the work of a Tudor monarch; know in outline the story of Henry VIII's life; identify different ways in which people have represented and interpreted it; be able to communicate their knowledge and understanding orally and in writing.
Teaching Activities
Henry the 8th Class Assembly Year 4 by Liam Benjamin Kemising Primary School
What do we know about the Tudors?
Quiz Game
Teacher Resource Exchange
Create a Branching Database ICT Link Unit 4C Branching database
Show the children how to create a branching database. For example, make a poster showing the branching structure, so that children can see how the computer version is constructed. Explain that they are going to create a branching database to identify each of Henry VIII’s wives.
Remind children of the need to construct yes/no questions, and discuss the sort of questions that might be asked, e.g. Was she beheaded? Did she have any children?
The children work in pairs to create a branching database that identifies Henry’s wives.
Ask each group to test the others’ databases.
Learning Outcomes
- create a branching database which identifies Henry VIII’s wives
Database
Children use a database to look at, sort and search basic information about prominent people from the Tudor age.
Powerpoint Presentation
Children create a powerpoint presentation of Henry VIII's wives. Include pictures and information about each wife.
Tudor News Report
Children use digital cameras and research the internet for information on one of the six wives of Henry. Children could dress up to be interviewed and record a short video clip of their news item.
Create a multimedia presentation titled 'King Henry and why he had six Wives'.
Timeline of British Kings and Queens
 A Powerpoint Presentation of Henry's six wives.A ready prepared PowerPoint which introduces the topic of Henry VIII's wives in a motivational presentation. The Oxfordshire ICT Team have created a lesson plan with resources including a powerpoint. www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/history.html |
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What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?
Know and understand the distinctive features of rich and poor people in Tudor times; use a range of sources to reconstruct aspects of life; summarise the main aspects of life for rich and poor people; compare and contrast aspects of Tudor life with today.
Teaching Activities
Tudor Pictures
Children find and import portraits of Tudor monarchs from CD Roms or from web sites. They then study each image carefully and answer the questions.
Tudor Banquet
Children create a menu for a Tudor banquet listing food and drink. They design a border for the menu using images associated with the Tudors e.g. rose
Create a multimedia presentation titled 'The Tudors'.
Create a multimedia presentation titled 'What I know about life in Tudor times'. In their presentations they answer the following key questions: What were the advantages of being rich in Tudor times? What were the advantages of being poor in Tudor times? Would you have liked to live at this time as a rich or poor person?
Powerpoint Resource - (Greenwich ICT)
Life in Tudor Times - Clicker Grids
Children write about life in Britain during the Tudor times. The Learning Grids website has grids for Clicker 5 and 4.
www.learninggrids.com/
Using pictures as a source of finding information. -ICT Link
Children make notes from studying pictures of rich and poor Tudors.
The Oxfordshire ICT Team have created a lesson plan with resources including a powerpoint.
www.ict.oxon-lea.gov.uk/history.html
Search the Internet to find out about the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times. Children record what they find out in a table or spreadsheet organised in two columns Rich and Poor with sections for different headings e.g. food, health, clothes, houses, belongings, leisure etc.
Teaching Resources including powerpoints
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General Websites
 The Tudors - for KS2-3Find out about the Tudors, see real documents and objects from Tudor times, and test your skills with our games and online activities. |
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