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Food In The Tudor Period
In this Tudor period worksheet, students read a detailed information sheet about the common foods and typical diet of the people in the Tudor era. There are no questions.
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Tudor Costume
In this Tudor clothing worksheet, 7th graders analyze pictures and read short passages about the costumes during the early and late Tudor period. Students also learn the 9 steps of putting on an Elizabethan gown.
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Tudor Entertainment
In this facts about Tudor entertainment worksheet, students read illustrated facts about Tudor sports, banquets, theatre, and public execution and create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting them with entertainment today. Students...
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Tudor Food Crossword
For this Tudor food crossword worksheet, students read 10 clues that pertain to the common foods eaten in the Tudor period. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle. There is no word bank.
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Tudor Religion
In this literacy and religion worksheet, students read a selection about the Tudor religion, including what life was like in a monastery. They answer 15 short answer questions based on the reading.
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The Tudor's True Story
Students take effective notes from a video documentary, create an oral report about an assigned aspect of the video, and express an understanding of the King's six wives' lives.
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Tudor Costume Crossword
In this crossword puzzle worksheet, learners read the clues related to the Tudor costumes. Students complete the puzzle with 9 words.
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Explore Elizabeth I: Using the Queen Elizabeth I "Ditchley Portrait"
Young scholars explore the history of England by creating digital images. In this Queen Elizabeth lesson plan, students discuss the politics of Tudor times and the large differences between wealthy and poor. Young scholars utilize image...
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Let's Trade! The Prince and the Pauper
Students read and analyze the novel, The Prince and the Pauper. They examine character development, discuss opinions using text, and develop and present a slide show demonstrating the development of a character from the beginning to the...
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Etc: Scotland During the Tudor Period, 1485 1558
Map of Scotland during the Tudor Period (1485 to 1558). This map shows major cities of the time, major river ways, topography, and political boundaries. Scale in English miles. There is an insert of the Shetland Isles and the Orkney Isles.
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Elizabethi.org: Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I
This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Elizabethan Theatre [Ppt]
A short slideshow prepared by two British students looking at why theater developed so much during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Provides information about playwrights who were prominent during this time period.
British Library
British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: 1500s Food
View a series of extracts from sixteenth-century cookbooks written in English and learn what people ate during Tudor times. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the English diet of the period, including the foods eaten when...
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National Portrait Gallery: Artists a to Z: Nicholas Hilliard
Access the museum's collection of portraits by the sixteenth-century goldsmith and painter Nicholas Hilliard. Find miniature portraits of many well-known figures from the Tudor and Stuart periods in British history, including Elizabeth,...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Portait Painting in England
Illustrated essay on British portraiture, 1600-1800. Encompasses the Tudor, Stuart, and Georgian periods.
Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare Library: Lesson Plan Archive: Hero vs. Claudio
What do you know about marriage customs during the English Renaissance? Students will have an opportunity to learn about weddings and marriages in Renaissance English using "Much Ado About Nothing" as source material.
Project Britain
Project Britain: History of Britain: Timeline and Facts
This colorful, easy-to-read timeline takes a visitor from prehistoric Britain, through the various invasions, the Middle Ages, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods, and finally through Modern Britain. It is easy to read, with...
Project Britain
Project Britain: History of Britain: Timeline and Facts
This colorful, easy-to-read timeline takes a visitor from prehistoric Britain, through the various invasions, the Middle Ages, Tudor, Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods, and finally through Modern Britain. It is asy to read, with...
The Newberry Library
Newberry Library: Library Exhibit: Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend
Full-featured online exhibition about Elizabeth I, her reign, and Elizabethan times.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ireland, 1494
A map of Ireland from the latter period of the English Pale (1492) to the time of Elizabeth and James I (1558-1625). The English "Pale" referred to the English controlled lands of Ireland, which by 1492 had been reduced, as shown on the...