Activities from c.1500-1700
The activities don’t really need any introduction – simply, they cover the period from around 1500 to 1700 – and, at present, the list isn’t long enough to need sub-dividing. But that may happen, sometime in the future.
Activities
Create a living graph to show just how unlikely a king Henry Tudor really was |
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You play the part of Henry VII and your students are the nobles - how will they feel about bonds? |
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Turn your room into a map of Europe and chart Henry's road to glory – or failure |
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A timeline to develop a sense of duration |
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A map, a whiteboard, a camera – and enhanced understanding of Warbeck’s travels |
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Holy Box and the Altar Table – 16th century religious changes |
Create your own church interior – then change it, then change it again, then ... |
Hats, false beards and an introduction to causation! |
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A role play that focusses on people and the importance of monasteries to communities |
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You'll need to move the furniture for this one – but it clearly, simply and painlessly explains the power situation in Europe in 1558. On the SHP website |
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Tell the story of the Armada by turning your pupils into ships and develop their understanding of causation and interpretations |
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Report the big news of 1559; simulate the work of Pare and Vesalius as they struggle to save Henri II; identify key aspects of Renaissance Medicine |
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Explore the reasons why Pare made his surgical breakthrough by creating a mobile factors web. On the SHP website |
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Use a tin of tomatoes to help students understand Harvey's discovery |
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A role play for A Level students who take the roles of the leading villagers of Deerhurst, dealing with the pressures put on them by Royalists and Parliamentarians |
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A timeline to develop a sense of duration |
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Bring the accused to court to tell their stories. Can the rest of the class predict who will receive the death penalty? Why was the legal system so unpredictable? |
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What's it about? That would be telling! Better click here and find out! |
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Would you become a highwayman? Explaining the causes of crime |
Turn your students into causes and get the rest of the class to sort out the rise and fall of highway robbery. Sadly, no masks or horses required. |
Ideas
Have you used the 'King' Cromwell? book?
Not just a depth study but also an innovative outline of kings and parliament 1500 to 1900.
