At Home With
The Tudors
Teacher Resource Pack
KS2 History
At Home With The Tudors
Explore the lives of the Tudors at Nuneaton & Bedworth Museum & Art
Gallery! Your pupils will get the opportunity to handle Tudor archaeology,
dress up as Tudors, learn a Tudor dance and discover the life of a notable
Nuneaton Tudor using a fabulous history trail!
Please note that ONLY ONE of these activities will be led by Museum
staff. You will need to have two people prepared to lead the other
sessions.
All essential information is provided in your “At Home With The Tudors” pack.
PREPARING YOUR PUPILS
It would be useful if your pupils have some knowledge of the Tudors.
Please ensure that your pupils have photocopies of all relevant worksheets as
these cannot be supplied on the day of your visit.
Please ensure that all pupils have appropriate writing materials.
PREPARING ADULT HELPERS
Please ensure all adult helpers have a copies of worksheets, support material
and are aware of who is leading each session.
SESSION DETAILS
The maximum group size the Museum can accommodate is 45
After an introduction the group will be split into 3 and move around the
Museum to various bases
There must be AT LEAST 1 adult to assist every 15 pupils
“At Home With The Tudors” lasts for 2 hours and can be booked for a morning
or afternoon session
Morning session: 10am – 12pm Afternoon session:1pm – 3pm
Outline Of Activities
Upon arrival at the Museum & Art Gallery, pupils will be
split into three groups. They will remain in these groups
throughout the visit and attend each activity on rotation.
Each activity lasts approximately 35 minutes. You will be
told by a member of staff when it is time to move your
group to the next activity.
Activity 1
Tudor archaeology and food
Part 1 An overview of Tudoe England
Part 2 Explore and handle Tudor archaeology
Part 3 Find out about the food of the rich and poor Tudor
Activity 2
Learn to dress and dance as a Tudor
Part 1 Dress in replica Tudor clothing
Part 2 Learn a traditional Tudor dance
Part 3 Study a Tudor painting
Activity 3
Tudor History Trail
Part 1 Learn about Michael Drayton, a local Tudor
Part 2 Discover and handle replica Tudor objects
Part 3 Tudor word-search
Teacher Notes – Michael Drayton
Tudor Trail
Objective
The children can learn about the life of a prominent
local Tudor as well as gain an insight into the
everyday lives of Tudors, both rich and poor. They
can also handle replica Tudor objects which form
part of the trail.
Method
Use the sheets containing support material to help
the children complete the trail.
Use the Tudor Toys and discuss them with the
group.
Make sure the group handle and discuss the replica
Tudor objects. Discuss the following points:
What were the objects used for? How are they
different from things we use today? What are they
made of?
If there is time ask the children to complete the
word-search
Michael Drayton
Tudor Trail
My name is Michael Drayton.
I was born in the village of Hartshill near Nuneaton in 1563 during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
Look at what I am wearing around my neck. Do you know what it is
called? Write it in the box below
Can you find one to try on ?
I was born the son of a Tennant farmer. When I was 10 years old I
was sent to work for Sir Henry Goodeere at Polesworth Hall. I
worked as his page.
I was lucky because Sir Henry paid for me to go to school.
Normally only children of rich parents could afford to go to school.
Find out about the Tudor school day. How is it different to your
school day? Write down 5 differences below
Who’s school day do you prefer and why?
I became a famous poet. My first poem was published in 1591. I
wrote poems and plays for the rest of my life. My most famous
poem is called “Poly-Olbion”. It is 30,000 lines long and tells of the
history and geography of England and Wales!
Find the Horn Book and draw it.
What do you think it was used for? Write your answer below.
If I had not been able to go to school I might have had to start work
at just six years old. Find out what sort of jobs I might have
done and write them down
Which of these jobs would you liked to have done?
Which would you not liked to have done?
What sort of jobs do you do each day?
Just like children today, Tudor children loved to play with toys.
Find some Tudor toys on the table.
Draw a picture of your favourite in the space opposite.
How are they different from you toys?
Write the differences below your picture
The Tudors also enjoyed the theatre and poetry.
Can you think of a famous Tudor from Warwickshire who wrote
some famous plays? Unscramble his name below.
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Tudors used a special pen to write with. Can you spot one on the
table in front of you? Do you know its name? Draw it below.
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Sir Francis Drake sailed around the world, which took 3 years,
from 1577. His epic journey was mainly for greed. His task was to
attack Spanish treasure ships. What things do you think Drake
would have needed on board his ship?
You have 10 minutes to load Drakes ship The Golden Hind
with provisions to take with you and Sir Francis Drake on your
trip around the world.
There are 14 items to find in the word search above. Have
fun!
Tudor Painting Quiz
Can you find a painting in the gallery called ‘Before
The Deluge’? It was painted during the Tudor period
by a Dutch artist. What was his name?
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Can you spot 8 exotic animals in the painting
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Do you think many Tudors had actually seen all of
these animals? How might they know about animals
from other countries?
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Do you know what countries these 8 animals came
from? Write your answers below.
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Tudor Painting Quiz
Answers
Can you spot 8 exotic animals in this painting
‘Before the Deluge’ by Roelant Savery?
Boar
Camel
Ostrich
Parrots
Bison
Lions
Elephant
Peacock.
How did the Tudors know what these animals looked
like? Give some suggestions.
Explorers like Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh
would have encountered strange animals never seen
before by Europeans on their voyages overseas. The
animals would have been drawn or captured and brought
back to England.
Do you know what countries these 8 animals came
from? Write your answers below.
Boar - Europe
Parrots - Australia and South America.
Lions - from Africa and South Asia.
Camel - from Arabia
Ostrich - from Africa.
Bison - from N. America
Elephant - from Africa
Peacock - from East Indies.
Teachers notes for
Tudor Dressing up & Dance
Tudor Dress Up & Dance
There are 6 sets of costume, 3 for boys and 3 for girls.
Children will need to share sensibly. Boys can wear the
tunic, trousers, shirt and hat, girls can wear the bodice,
dress and head dress.
Clothes are to be worn over existing clothes.
Method
Ask the children what they think the clothes are made of?
How are they different from the clothes they wear today?
Are they comfortable or uncomfortable?
Do they think the clothes are for rich or poor Tudors?
Ask the children to identify their clothes using the
illustrations and the information sheet.
Tudor Dance
Turn on the CD player by pressing the PLAY button. Look
at the Tudor PAVANNE dance illustration. Choose 4
children and work with them to master the moves. As they
progress keep adding children until the whole group has
mastered the dance and can coordinate together!
If you have time please help the children complete the Tudor
Painting Quiz
What the Tudors wore
Clothes worn in early Tudor England.
Clothes worn later in Tudor England
What women wore
If you were poor you wore clothes made of rough woollen cloth,
linen and leather.
If you were rich you would wear full length dresses called gowns
with square cut necks and lots of jewellery embroidered around the
neckline. Your hair would have been kept off your face with a
French hood.
If you were rich in the later Elizabethan Tudor times you would
have worn a smock or petticoat, over which you wore a bodice
and skirt, over this you would wear a hoop padded at the hips
onto a bumrale. Over this was a gown, with a square cut neck.
On your feet you would wear wooden pattens over your shoes to
keep your velvet slippers and beautiful clothes off the muddy
streets. You would have worn a ruff around your neck.
What men wore
If you were poor you would wear woollen clothes or clothes made
of linen and leather. Those who worked wore loose fitting shirts
and tunics.
If you were rich you would wear a linen shirt ,a tight fitting jacket
called a doublet, over which was another jacket called a kersey
which flared out over your hips. You would have worn stockings
fixed to the doublet by laces. Most rich men wore a velvet or fur
hat.
Later in Elizabethan Tudor times, you would have worn breeches
(long shorts) and stockings, a Ruff around your neck and a jacket
which would have had padded shoulders to make you look broad
at your shoulders and narrow at your hips.