About this session
Key stage 5 | Subject: History | Topics: Tudors, Elizabethans | Session type: Depth study Classroom-based / Route-based - Henry VIII’s Apartments
Does change always impede stability? Hampton Court Palace saw use by three mid-Tudor kings and queens over a decade, all with very different aims and agendas.
In this session students will evaluate the stability of the monarchy and the extent of the religious turbulence under King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I.
Exploring the palace buildings themselves, alongside contemporary sources, students will analyse elements of the Mid-Tudor Crisis through the uses of this key location during many significant challenges and victories for Tudor monarchs.
What to expect?
- This session begins in a classroom where the context and enquiry are set, before the group is led to different outdoor and indoor locations around the site.
- Teachers will be asked at the start of the session about students' previous knowledge and access requirements.
- Your students will be encouraged to take an active part in the session, through primary source-based activities, role-play and questioning.
- Teachers will be required to actively support the facilitator and engage with the session.
Exam board links
This session has been designed to complement the study of the mid-Tudor period, and particularly the following exam boards:
- AQA, 1C: The Tudors: England, 1485–1603, Part Two.
- Edexcel,1B: England, 1509–1603: authority, nation and religion.
- Edexcel, Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485-1603.
- OCR A, Y106: England, 1485–1558: the Early Tudors (Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558).
- OCR A, Y107: England 1547–1603: The Later Tudors (Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558).
- WJEC Unit 1, period study (AS): Government, rebellion and society in Wales and England, c.1485-1603.
- WJEC, Unit 2, depth study (AS): The Mid Tudor Crisis in Wales and England c.1529-1570. Part 1: Problems, threats and challenges c.1529-1553.
- WJEC, Unit 3, breadth study (A2): Poverty, protest and rebellion in Wales and England, c.1485-1603.
- WJEC, Unit 4, depth study (A2): The Mid Tudor Crisis in Wales and England c.1529-1570, Part 2: Challenges facing Mary and Elizabeth c.1553-1570.
Booking information
Availability
Wednesday - Friday
10.30, 13.00
This session is also available on our Schools only Tuesdays.
Duration
90 minutes
Capacity
Up to 25 students
Price
£115 per session plus admission
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