Terrible Tudors in Year 6 22.03.22

 

Year 6 have been taking on their very own history project this term based on the Tudors. This project is child led and allows the children to take complete ownership of their learning.

Each week, the children add to their project by exploring a new historical skill such as: historical enquiry, interpretation, comparison to other periods of time, chronological understanding, impact on Britain etc.

We began this project by having an immersion lesson - all things Tudors! The children particularly enjoyed the Henry VIII song (see link below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EGzHsye71c 

So far they have chosen a topic area within Tudor history, for example:

Crime and punchiment
Fashion
Weaponry
Battles
Family
Symbolism

They then had to come up with a question to base their project on which will hopefully be answered in the end, for example:
Crime and punchiment - Why were beheadings done publically?
Fashion - Did class status affect how Tudor's were dressed?
Weaponry - Were bow and arrows the most effective form of weapon?
Battles - How did enemies keep themselves safe from one another during battle, what were their tactics?
Family - Why was it an expectation to marry so young during Tudor times? Why were men perceived as superior?
Symbolism - What is the difference between the significance of the Tudor Rose and the Tudor Shield?

The children then spent a lesson exploring the validity of different primary and secondary sources of information to discover which pieces were likely to prove worthy of being included in their projects.

After that, we looked at comparison between the Tudor times and another period of history based on their question, eg, Tudor fashion verses Roman fashion or Tudor buildings verses Victorian buildings.

Here's to the next few weeks where we will uncover the answers to our historical enquiries - how exciting!