Timeline
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Format: Power Point Presentation
Download an editable timeline of the Tower of London for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. Use dates, key facts and activities to explore the history of the Tower. Including events such as:
- White Tower building
- Menagerie at the Tower
- Suffragette protests.
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Resource Information
Key Stage
- KS3 (age 11-14)
- KS4 (age 15-16)
- KS5 (age 16+)
- Home Educators
- International Schools
- KS2 (age 7-11)
Subjects
- History
Topic
- Historic Environment
- Castles
Type
- Timelines
- Printable activities
Palace
- Tower of London
Why was the Tower of London built?
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- displayed on screens as a PowerPoint
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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.
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