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Tower of London

SEND Visual Story

About this learning resource

Format: Power Point Presentation

This SEND suite is made up of three resources to support students prior to a visit to the Tower of London.

The first of these is a visual story. Teacher support notes and a Widgit symbol sheet are also included to explain this presentation and support all students to access the visual story content.

National Curriculum links

• New experiences, social and emotional development within P-Level.
• Speaking and listening, significant historical events, people, and places in their locality within KS1 History.
• Speaking and listening, extending chronological knowledge beyond 1066 and a local history study within KS2 History.

Learning objectives

• Introduce key people who lived at the Tower.
• Familiarise students with spaces and rooms.
• Highlight themes, busy spaces and who can help.

Preview of resource

Preview image for SEND visual story

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • SEND

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Normans
  • Castles

Type

  • Before you visit

Palace

  • Tower of London
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Sir Walter Raleigh was imprisoned at the Tower of London for 13 years. Under constant threat of execution, Raleigh struggled with poor mental health. Learn about Sir Walter Raleigh through the story of his imprisonment in the Tower of London and his medicinal garden.

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)
  • SEND
  • Home Educators

Subject

  • History
  • PSHE

Topic

  • Stuarts
  • Elizabethans
  • Crime & Punishment

Self-guided historical enquiry designed to support GCSE students studying the Normans, in particular the AQA historic environment of Norman England.

Key Stage

  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Normans

A selection of primary and secondary image and written sources

Key Stage

  • KS4 (age 15-16)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Historic Environment