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Functions of the Tower of London

Classroom Activity

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Format: PDF

Classroom activity sheet with guide to the different functions of the Tower including a sorting exercise to help students explore the key functions in more detail.

National Curriculum links

• Extend and deepen chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, to provide a well-informed context for wider learning.
• Identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time.

Learning objectives

• Students will understand that evidence is used to interpret history.
• Students will understand that historical importance is subjective and linked to time period and evidence.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS3 (age 11-14)

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Medieval
  • Tudors
  • Stuarts

Type

  • Lesson ideas
  • Printable activities

Palace

  • Tower of London
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Key Stage

  • Home Educators
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)

Subject

  • English
  • History
  • Citizenship

Topic

  • 20th & 21st Century
  • World War II
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Key Stage

  • KS1 (age 5-7)

Subject

  • English
  • History

Topic

  • Elizabethans
  • Tudors
  • Diverse Histories

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Key Stage

  • SEND

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Normans
  • Castles