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Primary History KS2: The Tudors

History teaching resources for Key Stage 2 History - The Tudors - with lesson plans. Explores Henry 8th and Elizabeth 1st and the topics Tudor seafaring, medicine, rich and poor.

School Radio,10 episodes

Episodes

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1. Henry VIII
Barney Harwood presents a whistle-stop tour of Henry VIII's reign through comic sketches
04 May 2017,10 mins
2. Elizabeth I
Barney Harwood presents a brief guide to the action packed reign of Elizabeth I
04 May 2017,10 mins
3. Rich and Poor
A comic guide to the contrasting lives of the rich and poor during Tudor times.
11 May 2017,10 mins
4. Work and Play
Barney Harwood presents a comic guide to work and play in Tudor England.
11 May 2017,10 mins
5. A Poor Man's Medicine
Exploring some of the ways people dealt with illness in Tudor times.
18 May 2017,10 mins
6. Privy to the King
Sir Henry Norris talks about his work as the 'groom of the stool' to King Henry VIII
18 May 2017,10 mins
7. Westward Ho!
Exploring Elizabethan efforts to establish a permanent colony in the New World
25 May 2017,10 mins
8. The Spanish Armada
A young boy remembers joining the fight against the Spanish Armada in 1588
25 May 2017,10 mins
9. Martyrs
Religion, intolerance and martyrs in the reign of Queen Mary
08 Jun 2017,10 mins
10. The Playhouse
Exploring theatre and the role of women in Tudor times.
08 Jun 2017,10 mins