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Ideas and Resources to support a Primary Project about Tudors using the Internet. Ideas
The time of the Tudors is a fascinating period to study for children and adults alike. Archeological discoveries, artefacts and contemporary documents have meant that there is a wealth of evidence to tell us about the way people lived.
Children can find out about the Tudors from a range of resources, including stories, information books, television and film - and now, by using a computer to look at CD-ROMs and the World Wide Web.
The Resources section lists useful examples of books and software and the Links section points to valuable World Wide Web sites.
Society
- How was Tudor society organised?
- What was the place of the monarch, the church, the nobles, craftsmen and peasant?
- What laws did they live by?
Daily Life
- How did Tudors dress?
- What tools did artists, craftsmen and farmers use in their work?
- What did Tudors eat?
- How did they farm their land?
- What games and toys did Tudors have?
- What sort of entertainment did rich people enjoy?
- How did the Tudors travel on land and on water?
- What were Tudor houses like?
History
- How did the Tudors come to power?
- What was the effect of Henry VIII's desire for a son?
- Why was Mary, Queen of Scots, a threat to the English throne?
- How does Tudor policy in Ireland affect the situation in Northern Ireland today?
Geography
- Which great voyages of discovery were made by the Elizabethans?
- Where did the Elizabethans make settlements in the New World?
- What were sea-going ships like in Tudor times?
Education
- Which members of Tudor society would learn to read and write?
- Did Elizabethan children go to school?
- What were they taught?
- What materials were used for writing?
- What sort of things would an educated person be expected to know about?
Religion
- Which were the major religions in Tudor times?
- What caused the split between Henry VIII and the Pope?
- What was the role of the church in Tudor society?
- What was the effect on Tudor life of the Dissolution of the Monasteries?
- Why do British sovereigns hold the title 'Defender of the Faith'?
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