Tudor Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan for Online UseObjectives
Describe the lifestyle of men, women and children from different sections of Tudor society.
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National Curriculum
Key Stage 2 History: 8a and 10
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Resources
Enlarged group copies and individual copies of What are They Thinking.
Large timeline, showing 1st century AD to present. Paper, crayons, scissors, glue. Range of information sources, eg books, CD roms, tapes, pictures, internet.
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Teaching Activities
Introduction:
- Locate Tudor period on timeline.
- Spot the differences between the Tudor street and the street of today within the
What are They Thinking picture. List differences in 2 columns.
- Ask who is the most powerful person in the picture and agree a social hierarchy. (Give marks out of 7 according to a person’s position in Tudor society.)
- Use the Timestrip activity to read biographies of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare. Consider where they would be placed in the hierarchy developed earlier.
Group Activities:
- Group 1: (Most Able) Children to imagine they are a Grade 4 and to use a range of information resources including the
What Came First activity to collect information about their daily life.
- Group 2: (Mid-ability) Children to use Odd One Out activity to find out about artefacts and people depicted. Children to extend the drawing, for example add a theatre, church or ale house to street.
- Group 3: (Least Able) Students to list the jobs they can see in the picture. (e.g. baker, groom, wheel-maker, builder, cloth-maker.)The What Came First activity gives information about food, costume and recreation and will provide them with suggestions for their list.
Individual Work
- Use Fill in the Background and ask children to use the Odd One Out activity to find objects that would be in the homes of their characters. Encourage children to add explanatory labels to their background drawing.
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Plenary
Bring class together to write a short scene, creating dialogue for each of the characters in
What are They Thinking. Use this to draw out information from groups/individuals about the tasks they have completed.
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Homework
Make Use Fill in the Background, ask students to write a story that links the 2 characters shown. (A letter is waiting for the master when he returns home. What does it say?)
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Lesson Plan for Off Line Use Objectives
Describe the lifestyle of men, women and children from different sections of Tudor society.
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National Curriculum
Key Stage 2 History: 8a and 10
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Resources
Enlarged group copies and individual copies of What are They Thinking.
Large timeline, showing 1st century AD to present. Paper, crayons, scissors, glue. Range of information sources, eg books, CD roms, tapes, pictures, internet.
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Teaching Activities
Introduction:
- Locate Tudor period on timeline.
- Use What are They Thinking to spot differences between the Tudor street and the one of today? Make a list in 2 columns.
- Who is the most powerful person in the picture? Agree a social grading, giving each person marks out of 7 according to their status. (most powerful = 1).
Group Activities:
- Group 1: (Most Able) Complete the What are They Thinking activity. Children to describe sounds and smells they would hear, the houses, the people and what is going on. Children to imagine they are a grade 4 in Tudor society and to use a range of resources to research their lifestyle.
- Group 2: (Mid-ability)Group to discuss the sensations of being in the street. In pairs, children to add speech/thought bubbles to characters pictured.· Using a variety of information sources, children to extend drawing to show other parts/trades in a Tudor street. Children should add explanatory labels to their drawing.
- Group 3: (Least Able)Children to list jobs pictured and to discuss what would need doing (e.g. baker, groom, wheel-maker, builder, and cloth-maker.)
Individual Work
- Use Fill in the Background or choose another character from What are They Thinking for the same treatment. Ask Children to add explanatory labels to their drawing.
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Plenary
Bring class together to write a short scene, creating dialogue for each of the characters in
What are They Thinking. Use this to draw out information from groups/individuals about the tasks they have completed.
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Homework
Use Fill in the Background . Write a story that links the 2 characters shown. A letter is waiting for the master when he returns home. What does it say?
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