about this session
Key stage 3 | Subject: History | Topics: Elizabethans, Tudors | Session type: Route-based
How does Hampton Court Palace reflect England’s role in global discovery and colonialism during the Elizabethan Age?
Exploring themes including food, fashion and palace interiors, students will investigate global cultural influences on Hampton Court and the Elizabethan world, discovering evidence that the exchange of goods and even people went right to the heart of the Tudor court.
Learning objectives
Students will:
- Investigate Hampton Court Palace as a source of evidence of global cultural influences on the court of Queen Elizabeth I.
- Explore the Elizabethan world and its associations with historical slavery and colonialism.
National Curriculum links
This session supports:
- The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745.
- Understanding historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and using them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends and frame historically-valid questions.
- Understanding how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world.
Booking Information
Availability
Wednesday - Friday
10.30, 11.45, 13.15
This session is also available on our Schools only Tuesdays:
2024
Tuesday 24 September
Tuesday 22 October
Tuesday 26 November
2025
Tuesday 25 February
Tuesday 25 March
Tuesday 20 May
Tuesday 8 July
Duration
60 minutes
Capacity
Up to 35 students
Price
£104 plus admission
Hampton Court Palace Significant People Biographies and Key Facts
Download short editable biographies of significant people at Hampton Court Palace. Use key facts, activities and historic sources to explore who lived and worked at this historic palace.