Discovery Pack 7-11yrs
This pack will help you find your way around the exhibition, and discover
more about the man who was King Richard III.
Be sure to look at all the exhibits as you go around.
Let’s get started…
These are the five people you meet in the film:
Can you match their names up to what relation they are to Richard? Draw a line between
them to join them up.
Cecily Neville
Richard’s guardian
Earl of Warwick
Richard’s brother
Vincent Tetulior
Richard’s wife
Anne Neville
Richard’s armourer
King Edward IV
Richard’s mother
Can you see Richard in any of the films?
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Look at the map on the wall ‘War of the Roses’
Find Bosworth Battlefield where Richard died, it’s near the middle of the map.
Now can you find these battles:
Which battle is furthest north on the map?
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Which battle is furthest south on the map?
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Go through the dark corridor…
Find the Princes in the Tower display
The ‘Princes in the Tower’ were King Edward IV’s sons, what were their names?
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KRIII Discovery Pack for 7-11yrs
Heraldry - open the doors to find the answers:
Who has fish on their badge?
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Who has white stars on their badge?
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Heraldic badges had different symbols on them, the symbols meant different things.
Draw your own badge here. Here are some
different shapes and banners you could include,
and you can also make up your own…
Watch the films to see what happened at the Battle of Bosworth
On the 22nd August 1485, King Richard III and Henry Tudor and their armies prepared to fight.
Watch the short films to see what happened on that day over 500 years ago.
Who won the Battle of Bosworth?
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Where was Richard taken after the battle? ………………………………………….………….
Weapons
Draw a picture of one of the long weapons in the red corner, you’ll find out what it is upstairs…
Continue upstairs to find out more…
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Find the display on Shakespeare’s play ‘Richard III’
Which actor looks like the scariest ‘Richard III’?
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Walk out onto the balcony and take a look…
Can you see the tall building with the clock?
Do you know what it is? ……………………..
Can you see the metal roses on the roof?
Draw it here:
Draw one here:
Watch the Greyfriars film
Can you find where you are standing now on the map?
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Find the DIG DIARY display
Look under Dig Diary August 2012
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Can you find what Richard Buckley is eating?
Archaeologists have to use lots of different tools. Look at all the Dig Diary photographs and
circle all the tools you can see people using:
Continue through the corridor…
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Find the BONE ANALYSIS display
Find out how tall King Richard was and then measure how tall you are.
How tall was King Richard?
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How tall are you?
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Find the suit of armour
A suit of medieval armour like this would have weighed about 25kg.
That’s about as heavy as an 8 year old child or a Collie dog.
King Richard’s armour at the Battle of Bosworth would have had
a crown on the helmet like this one.
Draw the helmet here
Find the CARBON DATING display
Richard III’s bones were sent away to be carbon dated. This is a way of telling how old
something is. Seafood contains more carbon 14 than other food and Richard was rich enough
to afford to eat lots of seafood. Scientists had to take this into account in their results.
Circle the foods that Richard ate a lot of?
Find the DNA & GENEALOGY display
DNA is inside all living things. The letters ‘DNA’ stand for deoxyribonucleic acid. Learn how
to pronounce this word and impress all your teachers!
“Dee - oxi - rye - bow - new - clay - ick
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Acid”
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Head wounds
The weapon from downstairs is a Halberd, and this was one of
the weapons used to kill King Richard at Bosworth.
Find the skeleton
Where was Richard’s head injured?
Can you draw the injuries on the skull below, and label which weapons made them:
Find the FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION display
The skull of the reconstructed head was made by 3-d printing, can you find another exhibit
made by 3-d printing?
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How closely do you think the reconstructed face matches the portrait of King Richard III?
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Looks nothing like him!
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They could be twins!
We hope you had fun finding the answers!
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