Tudor Celebration (KS2)

Your pupils will be able to participate in fun, educational activities, which will encourage them to examine both rich and poor people from Tudor times.

Venue:

• Smithills Hall.

Aim:

• To provide pupils with a greater understanding of Tudor life through a range
  of enjoyable, exciting and inspirational activities, including the opportunity to dress up in costume and become a real Tudor character.

Objectives:

• Be transformed into Tudors and re-enact a traditional Tudor feast.
• Participate in an exciting tour of the Great Hall, Bower, and Solar.
• Discover the difference between rich and poor people in a Tudor household. 
• Investigate Tudor entertainment and participate in traditional Tudor dancing
  

Extend your Tudor experience into the afternoon with these optional activities:

• Explore the patterns on the amazing stained glass windows in the Tudor chapel.
  Design your own family crest.
  

National Curriculum links:

This interactive workshop links to the Key Stage 2 Scheme of Work for:

• History Unit 8: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?

• N.C. History programme of study:
  
• 1: Chronological understanding.
• 2: Knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past.
• 4: Historical enquiry.
• 10: Britain and the wider world in Tudor Times.