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Story Shuffle: Tower of London

Game

About this learning resource

Format: Game

All of history has been jumbled up. Unscramble the stories and find out when in history they took place.

National Curriculum links

• Supports students to extend and deepen their chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, to provide a well-informed context for wider learning.

Learning objectives

• To identify and understand the similarities and differences between history and modern day.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)

Subjects

  • History
  • English

Topic

  • Normans
  • Medieval
  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans
  • Victorians
  • 20th & 21st Century

Type

  • Games & Quizzes

Palace

  • Tower of London
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In this episode, students learn to spot key Tudor building features such as timber framing, red Tudor bricks and wattle and daub. They’ll also discover how the Great Fire of London changed the way people built homes.

Key Stage

  • KS1 (age 5-7)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • Home Educators

Subject

  • History
  • Geography

Topic

  • Tudors
  • Medieval
  • Historic Environment

Explore religion, power, and conflict in Tudor England through this immersive 360° virtual tour of the Tower of London, focusing on the Beauchamp Tower, its prisoners, and their graffiti. Perfect for KS3.

Key Stage

  • Home Educators
  • KS3 (age 11-14)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Crime & Punishment
  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans

Download ready-to-use Henry VIII six wives resources, including fact sheets, biographies and timelines. These free, editable resources introduce each queen as a historical figure in her own right - going beyond the familiar rhyme of “divorced, beheaded, died”.

Key Stage

  • Home Educators
  • International Schools
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors