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HistoryYears 7, 8About 3 sessions (estimate, no timer)
Tudor Costume Studio
Design a royal portrait whose objects send a message — just like Elizabeth I's painters did.
What you'll make
A labelled portrait design (drawing, collage or paper costume), designer captions and an explanation of what a portrait can and can't tell a historian.
What you'll learn
- The Tudor succession from Henry VII to Elizabeth I
- How the succession was tied to religious change
- How a portrait presents an intended image
- Separating observation from interpretation
You'll need
Paper, coloured pencils, or magazine scraps for collage · No dressing up needed
Curriculum links
- Understand the development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745, including the English Reformation and its impact
- Discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
- Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources, and how and why historians have interpreted the past in different ways
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