The Tudors 14851603

Lesson Objective
To understand the Tudor family tree
To explore the main features of the Tudor
period

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Tudor Family Tree Questions

Who was Henry VIIIs father?

When did Henry VIII become King of England?
How long was Henry VIII king of England?
What was the name of Henry VIIIs only son?
What year did Mary I die?
Who became Queen after Mary I?
How long was Elizabeth I Queen of England?
In which two centuries was Elizabeth I Queen?

Henry VIII
Lesson Objectives

To analyse sources to consider what kind

of a man Henry VIII was

This is Britney Spears

You have two minutes to jot down
what you think of her and explain
why.

You have just come up with INTERPRETATIONS of

Britney Spears.
An interpretation is somebodys opinion, explanation or
idea of an event, person or time.

Interpretations may not always agree, for example:

Some people feel that Britney Spears is an good singer and
musician. Other people think she is bad mother and a bad
role model
These different interpretations have been made by different
people about Britney spears, but does that make one of them
wrong?

Source A:
After dinner we were taken to see King Henry VIII. The king is very good
looking. Tall and strong with auburn hair. He speaks many languages and
plays sport as well as any man in England. He is a young man who will
soon be 25 years old.
A description of Henry VIII written by a Ambassador to Henrys court.

Source B:
By the time he died in 1547 he was massively overweight, trusted no one,
was easily annoyed and was a very dangerous man to fall out with.
Written by a modern historian.

What do these sources tell us about

interpretations?

Today we are going to look closer at Henry VIII

ourselves, and try to form our own interpretations of
him.

Henry VIII What type of King

was he?

Your Task

Using the sources in front of you draw a

comic book style picture of what you think
Henry VIII looked like.

Plenary

List 5 bad things about Henry VIII

List 5 good things about Henry VIII

You MUST use the sources