Tudor Family Life (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:

• Hall i' th Wood Museum.

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:

• Meet Master or Mistress Brownlow and re-live life in a Tudor merchant household from the late16th Century.
• Be transformed into characters from the past, including servants and members of the Brownlow family; the Elizabethan owners of Hall i’ th’ Wood.
• Participate in an exciting tour of the Great Hall, Bedroom, Kitchen and Dairy.
• Discover the difference between rich and poor people in a Tudor household.
• Investigate Tudor household artefacts.

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

• Create a traditional pomander and write with quill pens.
• Participate in Tudor dancing.

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.