The Tudors
Topic Overview
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Designing, making and evaluating a Tudor house
- Exploring the style and structure of traditional Tudor houses
- Thinking of different ways of creating a model of a Tudor
houses
- Designing, making and evaluating a model of a Tudor house
using a variety of materials, tools and techniques
2
Designing, making and evaluating a Tudor crown
- Generating ideas for a product, including what materials and
tools they would need
- Designing, making and evaluating a crown for a Tudor
monarch for a particular purpose
Art
1
Recreating Tudor Portraits
- Exploring why the Tudors had portraits painted
- Discovering the work of Hans Holbein
- Copying and/or recreating Tudor portraits
2
Creating a coat of arms
- Discovering what coats of arms are and how they are used
- Investigating the Tudor coat of arms
- Exploring what symbols and colours mean in coats of arms
- Designing and creating your own coat of arms
3
Clay Tudor Roses
- Finding out what the Tudor rose is and what it represents
- Creating a Tudor rose out of clay
Music
1
Singing familiar rounds relating to the Tudors
- Exploring what rounds are and how they work
- Practising singing familiar rounds
- Changing the words of familiar rounds to relate to the Tudors
2
Singing in unison
- Finding out about music in Tudor times
- Singing ‘Greensleeves’ with new lyrics relating to Henry VIII and
his six wives
Geography
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2
How does our town look different today to how it might have
looked in Tudor times?
- Where is our nearest town? Locating familiar places on a map
- Exploring the features of our town and identifying those that
would and would not have been present in Tudor times
Where did Tudor explorers travel to?
- Introducing some famous Tudor explorers, such as Francis
Drake and Walter Raleigh
- Locating the countries and oceans Tudor explorers discovered
ICT
1
Checking information for accuracy
- Thinking about why it is important to check information for
accuracy and why information may not be accurate
- Checking facts about the Tudors for accuracy online
2
Using ICT to create a display about the Tudors
- Thinking about elements that could be included in a Tudor
display, such as text, pictures, using graphics software, etc.
- Planning and creating a display on the Tudors using ICT
3
Using ICT to write a newspaper article about the Tudors
- Investigating features of a newspaper
- Organising text and images on the page to create a
newspaper article about the Tudors
Further suggestions:
Design & Technology
1
Create Tudor pop-up books, linked to ‘Storybooks’ module.
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History
Design & Technology
1
Who were the Tudors and when did they live?
- Placing the Tudors on a timeline
- Introducing the Tudor family and how they came to power
- Exploring the Tudor family tree
- Investigating important events in the Tudor period
2
What did people wear in Tudor times?
- Exploring Tudor fashion through pictures
- Identifying different pieces of Tudor clothing
- Evaluating Tudor fashion compared to modern fashion
3
What did people eat in Tudor times?
- Exploring why some of our favourite foods would not have
been available in Tudor times
- Exploring the foods eaten by the rich and the poor
- Investigating new foods that were being brought to England
due to exploration of the world
4
What punishments were given to criminals in Tudor times?
- Finding out who was in charge of law and order
- Investigating common crimes and their punishments
- Thinking about how fair tudor punishments were compared to
the crime
5
What diseases were common in Tudor times and how were they
cured?
- Exploring common illnesses and diseases and ways in which
they were treated
- Finding out who doctors and apothecaries were and what
their role in society was
6
What was life like to Tudor children?
- Thinking about the differences between growing up today
and in Tudor times
- Investigating typical lives of rich and poor Tudor boys and girls,
including education, toys and mortality.
Science
PE
1
Tudor dancing.
2
Tennis (linked to Henry VIII’s love of the game).
1
Link with ‘Helping Plants Grow Well’ module. Children to create a
real Tudor knot garden using cress.
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Understanding English,
communication and language
- Using information texts to explain what a rich and
poor Tudor would have eaten in a day
- Using a variety of source of information to create
a mindmap about what Tudors ate
- Creating cartoon strips to show how Tudors were
punished for the crimes they committed
- Using role play or freeze frames to show how Tudor
criminals were punished
- Filling in the blanks to show which cures were used
for different illnesses
- Using a variety of sources to show how a Tudor
doctor or apothecary might have cured a patient
- Completing a picture of a Tudor doctor’s room to
show what tools and cures they would have used
- Organising statements into piles to show what life
was like for Tudor children
- Using the internet to check information for
accuracy
- Finding out why it is important to check
information found online
- Using ICT to find out facts about the Tudors
- Combining text and graphics to create a display
about the Tudors using ICT
- Investigating the main features of a newspaper
article
- Exploring headlines
- Planning and writing a newspaper article about
the Tudors using ICT
- Working as a group to be the editors of a Tudor
newspaper
Mathematical understanding
- Using Venn diagrams to identify foods rich
and poor Tudors would have eaten
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The Tudors
Topic Overview
Understanding the arts
- Exploring the portraits of Hans Holbein
- Recreating Tudor portraits
- Exploring the use of symbols and colours in
coats of arms
- Using symbols and colours to design and
create a coat of arms
- Working with clay to create a Tudor rose
- Designing outfits for Tudor men and women
using paper dolls
- Exploring songs sung as rounds
- Singing familiar rounds with lyrics relating to
the Tudors
- Creating new lyrics for familiar rounds to
relate to the Tudors
- Exploring music at the Tudor court and Henry
VIII’s musical accomplishments
- Investigating the original lyrics of
‘Greensleeves’
- Singing a version of ‘Greensleeves’ with lyrics
relating to Henry VIII and his six wives
- Working as a group to rehearse a
performance of ‘Greensleeves’
Historical, geographical and social
understanding
- Using maps to locate local towns
- Investigating the differences between our town
today and in Tudor times
- Using maps to locate where Tudor explorers
travelled to
- Identifying oceans and seas on a map
- Placing the Tudors on a timeline
- Using the Tudor family tree to answer questions
about the Tudor family
- Using timeline cards to order important events in
the Tudor family history
- Identifying items of clothing in Tudor fashion
- Exploring similarities and differences between
fashion today and Tudor fashion
- Identifying foods rich and poor Tudors would have
eaten
- Exploring punishments criminals were given in
Tudor times
- Thinking about the fairness of Tudor punishments
compared to the ‘crime’
- Exploring common illnesses in Tudor times and how
they were ‘cured’
- Investigating the differences between medical
care today and in Tudor times
- Thinking about differences between a modern
childhood and a Tudor childhood
- Exploring how rich and poor boys and girls spent
their time during the Tudor period
Scientific and technological
understanding
- Investigating how Tudor houses were made
- Designing, making and evaluating a model
of a Tudor house
- Exploring ways of joining and combining
materials to create a Tudor crown
- Evaluating finished products www.planbee.com