What was Life Like in Tudor England?
Year 5
Unit Overview
Comparing Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, children learn about the changing nature of monarchy. They learn how both monarchs tried to control the public perception of themselves using portraits and royal progresses. Using Tudor inventories to investigate whether people were rich or poor, children learn about what life was like for people living in Tudor times.
Unit Sequence: Learning Intentions
Fair ruler or tyrant? To interpret the character of Henry VIII using portraits and written sources.
Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? - To explore why Henry VIII had many wives using sources.
Why was Anne Boleyn executed? - To make deductions about power and punishment using a range of sources.
How did Queen Elizabeth I use a royal progress? - To explore the use of propaganda by a Tudor monarch.
What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times? - To make deductions about people in Tudor England using inventories.
What did John Blanke have in his inventory? - To create an inventory for a person from the Tudor times.
❇ SUBSTANTIVE CONCEPTS
Power (monarchy, government and empire)
Migration
Civilisation (social and cultural)
Tax and trade
Beliefs
❇ DISCIPLINARY CONCEPTS
Change and continuity
Similarities and differences
Sources of evidence
Historical interpretations
Historical significance
❇ HISTORICAL VOCABULARY
Tudor
Battle of Bosworth
Henry VII
Elizabeth of York
Henry VIII
tyrant
fair
ruler
monarch
portrait
interpretation
primary source
secondary source
bias
historical investigation
Anne Boleyn
Catherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour
Anne of Cleves
Katherine Howard
Katherine Parr
heir
evidence
Royal Progress
propaganda
image
litter
historical deductions
reliability
audience
purpose
accuracy
creator
reconstruction
inventory
valuation
merchant
pewter
John Blanke
Cattelena of Almondsbury
free
enslaved
tournament
❇ MEMORABLE MOMENT
Visit to Ordsall Hall
️✏️ WRITING OPPORTUNITIES
To make deductions using a range of sources
🌳 LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM
Visit to Ordsall Hall
🏁 BIG FINISH
Imagine you are a historian that specialises in Tudor history. You have been invited to give a short speech at a university about the Tudor period.
📖 FOCUS TEXT(S)
Horrible Histories: Henry VIII's Secret Diary - Terry Deary
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