Free teacher web sites for History topic ‘Tudors’

Light giving objects and mugs make up a few of the Tudor artefacts on this site.

External link: Artefacts

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A close encounter with Aston Hall.

External link: Aston Hall - a Tudor house

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A gloriously rich presentation which gives you a guided tour through this lavish Tudor house.

External link: Aston Hall presentation

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Use these worksheets to support work on Aston Hall.

External link: Aston Hall worksheets

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Tour a rich Tudor house. Includes a lovely animation showing how the house is put together.

External link: Blakesley Hall tour

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Search the web for answers to these questions.

External link: Cyberhunt

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Become a Tudor estate agent - describe the contents of the house! A pleasing apect of this lesson is the editable Word document based worksheets.

External link: Describing a Tudor house

A lovely clickable plate of Tudor food. And worksheets - tuck right in.

External link: Food

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This site links to some excellent pictures of Tudor Kings and Queens.

External link: High quality pictures

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This is a real site for upper KS2 pupils. There is a fantastic section on Tudor entertainment.

External link: History on the net

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Beautiful images of buildings from this Faversham gallery.

External link: Images of Tudor buildings from Faversham

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Based on stamps there is an image and text summary of the royal.

External link: Images of Tudor Kings and Queens

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Dress, manners, music and architecture are all covered in this wonderful wbsite. View in Internet Eplorer.

External link: Introduction to Tudors

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Curious game where you play the part of a Tudor doctor. You are presented with some patients and you must use your knowledge of Tudor medicine to know how to treat their ailments. Check it out first.

External link: Kill or Cure - Game

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Find out about each of the objects in this Tudor kitchen.

External link: Kitchen

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This website fits into Tudor warfare. A great site for images and to discuss archeology.

External link: Mary Rose

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Mainly for KS2 pupils. We love this site as it has examples of primary evidence and gives some excellent questions as examples. Featuring crime/punishment Henry VIII and Elizabeth. The Great fire of London and Guy Fawkes are also given a section.

External link: National Archives

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A cracking Tudors quiz.

External link: Quiz

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Shakespeare's will, costumes and trades and crafts are some of the worksheets which feature on this site.

External link: Rich and poor

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A rich Tudor lady's dress. Clickable picture.

External link: Rich Tudor - clothes

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Click on the windows of this house to design a Tudor room.
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External link: Room Design

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Challenging text - but the images are spot on. This deals with topics such as religion, court and family life, education and city jobs.

External link: Target the Tudors

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An interactive build of a Medieval 'cruck design' Great Hall. Drag the slider to see the hall taking shape. Perfectly simple.

External link: Timber-framed hall

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These pictures include; outside of Selly Manor, a rich Tudor's manor house, parlour, hall, kitchen, bedchamber.

External link: Tours of Selly Manor

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Images and information about London when the port was used in Tudor and Stuart times.

External link: Tudor and Stuart ports

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Religion, trade, jousting, life and the court of Henry feature in this little cracker.

External link: Tudor Britain

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Drag and drop the correct clothes on this Tudor lady. Comparisons are made with Victorians.

External link: Tudor dress

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A great powerpoint presentation.

External link: Tudor houses

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What a fantastic selection, including..... Tudor Monarchs, Henry VII, Henry VIII (2 pages total), Edward VI, Jane Grey, Mary I, Elizabeth I (3 pages total), Six Wives of Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Kathryn Howard, Katherine Parr, Architecture inckludes Greenwich, Hampton Court Palace, Hatfield (House and Old Palace), Hever Castle, Kenilworth Castle, Nonsuch Palace, Richmond Palace, Sudeley Castle, The Tower of London (2 pages total), Warwick Castle and Town, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, Miscellaneous, Letters, Maps.

External link: Tudor images

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A great site to find useful snippets to read with the children on just about every topic thinkable. The text may well need to be simplified. Includes; The Tudor Monarchs, The Kings and Queens, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (great images!), Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard and Parr Who's Who in Tudor History, Short to full-length biographies, Topics in Tudor History (coinage, music and food), Daily life, entertainment and more, Chronologies of People and Events, Battles, title holders, important dates and more, Architecture, Towns and Cities, History and pictures, Electronic Texts, Primary and secondary sources, poetry and drama, Genealogical Trees, Charts of descent of monarchs, Glossaries of Words and Terms, Topical and general glossaries of words and phrases, Reference Maps, Historical and modern maps of Tudor History.

External link: Tudor information

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A lesson plan and associated differentiated activities to address QCA Unit 8 'What were the differences between the lives of the rich and poor in Tudor times?'

External link: Tudor inventories

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Learn more by clicking on the images.

External link: Tudor times

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A great site with an example of Tudor musical instruments playing sweetly.

External link: Tudor Times

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Christmas and medicine feature on this site. There is also a section on war.

External link: Tudor web

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Includes an image and simple text for Ks2 and confident Ks1 children. Includes: Food & Cooking, Explorers, Houses & Furniture, .Clothing & Health, Games & Entertainment, Work & School, Crime & Punishment

External link: Tudors at Selly Manor

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There are some super freebies on this site, lovely Tudor Kitchen images here, along with great images of Tudor buildings in the Hampton Court section.

External link: Tudors images and activites

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Snaith primary's magnificent Tudors offering.

External link: Tudors overview

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What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times? A lesson and powerpoint presentation.

External link: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?

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