Early Modern (KS3)

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Follow the complex manoeuvres, plots and double dealing of the Tudor and Stuart courts through our records in this period dominated by religious conflict and conspiracy.

Topics
- The Tudors
  Explore the 16th century with The National Archives and V&A
  
  Key stage 2 - 3
- Tudor Hackney
  Step into our recreation of 1601 Hackney
  
  Key stage 2 - 3
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- - British Empire
    Rise and decline of the first global empire
    
    Key stage 3 - 4
  - Crime and Punishment
    From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
    
    Key stage 2 - 5
  - Civil War
    King and subjects fight it out in the 1640s
    
    Key stage 3 - 5
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Lessons
- The Great Plague of 1665-6
  How did London respond to it?
  
  Key stage 3
- God Blew and They Were Scattered
  Did God really help the English defeat the Spanish Armada?
  
  Key stage 3
- Native North Americans
  What was early contact like between Europeans and Natives?
  
  Key stage 3
- - William Shakespeare
    What can we find out about his life?
    
    Key stage 3
  - The King, the Crown and the Colonel
    How did Thomas Blood try to steal the crown jewels in 1671?
    
    Key stage 3
  - Henry VIII Court Rules
    How did Henry VIII get up in the morning?
    
    Key stage 2 - 4
  - Fire of London
    What happened?
    
    Key stage 1 - 3
  - Gunpowder Plot
    Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
    
    Key stage 2 - 3
  - Elizabethan Propaganda
    How did England try to show Spain planned to invade in 1588?
    
    Key stage 2 - 3
  - The Royal Seal
    What can it tell us?
    
    Key stage 2 - 3
  - Kirk o' Field
    What happened in 1567?
    
    Key stage 2 - 3
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Workshops
- What is History? (KS 3)
  What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
  
  Key stage 3

Videoconferences
- What is History? (KS 3)
  What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
  
  Key stage 3

Virtual classroom
- What is History? (KS 3)
  What can different kinds of sources tell us about the past?
  
  Key stage 3
- Virtual Classroom Taster
  Introduction to our innovative interactive online sessions
  
  Key stage 1 - 5