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? What was Henry VIII really like? To use different types of evidence to interpret the character of Henry VIII.
Why was Anne Boleyn killed? To make deuctions about Anne Boleyn from a range of primary and secondary sources.
Why did Henry VIII have so many wives? - To understand why Henry VIII had many wives.
What was a Royal Progress? - To extract evidence from primary sources about the Royal Progresses of Elizabeth I.
What was a Royal Progress like? - To construct a Royal Progress using a range of primary sources.
What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times? (Part 1) - To make deductions about the people in Tudor England using inventories.
What can inventories tell us about life in Tudor times? (Part 2) - To create a realistic inventory for a person living in 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
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