Summer 1 Week 4

The Two

Elizabeths

Session 1 LI: To know how a Tudor Palace (castle) was built to keep the monarch

safe

Although the Queen lives in Buckingham Palace now, this was

not where she lived when she was born as it was not yet built.

She lived in Greenwich Palace, but this building no longer exists.

This palace was located near the National Maritime museum,

which you visited earlier on this year.

We do still have a Tudor Palace where Elizabeth stayed.

This is called Hampton Court Palace.

Castles were built for important and wealthy people to live in. As so many wealthy

people lived in castles, there were usually lots of lovely things that people wanted to

steal. Sometimes enemies wanted the whole castle!

Because of this, it was very important that castles were protected against enemies.

The Keep The castle’s keep is the largest building standing in the heart of the castle.

It was built higher than the rest of the castle so people inside could see out.

Castles had thick, stone walls. Why do you think this was?.

Thick Walls

The moat of a castle is a large ditch, filled with water to keep the enemy from entering

the castle.

The Moat

The drawbridge was often made of wood and would swing up and down like a see-saw to let people in or

out of the castle entrance.

Drawbridge

The gatehouse guarded the entrance of the castle or its town.

Gatehouse

Tower

The tower was a circular or square building which was used for a lookout.

It made the castle stronger.

Palaces also had beautiful gardens where important visitors would be entertained.

Key words

Wall

Drawbridge

Moat

Tower

Keep

Gatehouse

Activity: Draw a Tudor Palace and include as many key features as

you can. You may also label each feature.

Session 2

LI: To know how the Great Hall and gardens showed the monarch’s power

What do you notice about these rooms?

Tudor Great Hall

The rooms inside Tudor Palaces usually included wooden features, paintings, tapestry and a fireplace.

Features like these showed the power and wealth of the people that lived in such palaces.

Tapestries

These were used to decorate rooms.

Wooden features

Wood was used because it was strong and easy to cut.

Paintings

Paintings were used to decorate the walls

Fireplace

A fireplace was used to keep the room warm

Activity: Draw a tudor great hall and decorate it with the features you learned about in this session.

Have a go at labelling each feature:

Fireplace

Tapestry

Wood

Paintings

Session 3

LI: To know the duties of a tudor monarch

Today we are going to compare the duties of Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II

Why do you think they had similar

duties?

Both Elizabeths travelled around the country to meet people. Elizabeth I usually met with rich people.

Why do you think it was harder for Elizabeth I to travel?

As there was no TV, internet, photographs in those days, Elizabeth I was more mysterious

to the people. There was a little chance of an ordinary person ever seeing her, unlike

Elizabeth II who often meets and shakes hands with the people.

They also both had an important role in welcoming important visitors, for example, by holding banquets for their guests.

Tudor Banquets: what food can you see being eaten in these paintings?

In the Tudor era, food was seen as a sign of status and wealth.

Meals in the Tudor Court were very lavish and rich.

If visiters were not served more than twenty different meat dishes, they would feel insulted.

Activity: Write a menu for a Tudor banquet

What food would you include?

How would you design the menu?