A complete KS3 History Tudors scheme of work with 20 fully resourced lessons covering Tudor England from Henry VII to Elizabeth I.

This Unit of Work is designed to save teachers valuable planning time while keeping students fully engaged through enquiry-based learning, historical investigation and a wide range of interactive activities.

Ideal preparation for GCSE History, the bundle introduces students to key historical concepts including continuity and change, cause and consequence, significance, interpretations, chronology and source analysis.

Students study Henry VII’s accession to the throne, the causes of Henry VIII’s Break with Rome, the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the reigns of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, the significance of the Black Tudors, the Spanish Armada, Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabethan exploration, poverty, the theatre and much more.

Throughout the course they develop an understanding of key historical vocabulary including Catholic, Protestant, Reformation, dissolution, vagrancy and propaganda.

Every lesson follows an enquiry approach and includes engaging activities, retrieval practice, differentiated tasks, source and interpretation analysis, literacy support and opportunities to develop the historical skills needed for success at GCSE.

Included in every lesson:

Fully editable PowerPoint
Retrieval practice
Enquiry question focus
Historical skills tasks
Source analysis
Literacy support and scaffolding
Suggested teaching strategies
Plenary and review tasks

The lessons are broken down into the following:

L1 An introduction to the Tudors
L2 Henry VII
L3 An introduction to Henry VIII
L4 Did Henry VIII break with Rome for love?
L5 Did Henry VIII break with Rome for faith?
L6 Did Henry VIII break with Rome for money?
L7 The dissolution of the monasteries
L8 The sinking of the Mary Rose
L9 Edward VI
L10 Bloody Mary
L11 Black Tudors
L12 The Young Elizabeth
L13 The Elizabethan Settlement (free resource)
L14 Elizabeth and the problem of marriage
L15 Elizabeth and her portraits
L16 How did Elizabeth deal with Mary, Queen of Scots?
L17 Famous explorers (Drake, Hawkins and Raleigh)
L18 The Spanish Armada
L19 Elizabeth, poverty and the Poor Law
L20 Elizabethan Theatre and the Globe

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