Early Modern (KS5)

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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
- Civil War
  King and subjects fight it out in the 1640s
  
  Key stage 3 - 5
- Focus on Film
  Investigate film as a historical source
  
  Key stage 2 - 5
- Crime and Punishment
  From heretics and poachers to car crime and walkie-talkies
  
  Key stage 2 - 5

Lessons

Workshops
- Elizabeth I in her own words
  Examine speeches and letters from the pen of Gloriana herself
  
  Key stage 5
- Tudor Rebellions
  How seriously did they challenge the authority of the crown?
  
  Key stage 5
- Mid-Tudor Crisis Study Day
  Debate Queen Mary I's reign at the Archives and Hampton Court
  
  Key stage 5
- - The English Civil War
    Why did England become a republic in 1649?
    
    Key stage 5
  - Dissolution of the Monasteries
    Henry VIII changes the face of England with the stroke of a pen
    
    Key stage 5
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