Cheslyn Hay Primary School

5C Homework – Tudor Exploration

Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Dear Parents,

Children can choose their homework for this half term. The following are only suggestions, if their research takes them in another direction that is fine. Children will be awarded table points for their creativity. Any work completed will be displayed in school and on the website.

For 2 points:

  • Make a list things that we would use now that the Tudors used and one of things we don't use now
  • A biography of a historical figure.
  • Create a timeline and include 5 events on it from your studies of the Tudors.
  • Draw/paint a picture of something from Tudor times e.g. a portrait.
  • Create a timeline as a number line to work out the distance between certain events.

For 5 points:

  • Create a poster advertising a Tudor museum collection. (This can be done on the computer)
  • Write a short newspaper report announcing …
  • Write a diary entry from someone working in Henry VIIs.
  • Dress up as someone from Tudor times. Have your photo taken and write a caption to go with it.
  • Create a leaflet about an exhibit for the museum.
  • Find an interesting paragraph about Tudor life in a book. Make notes and write about it in your own words. Don’t forget to write title of book.

For 8 points:

  • Make a 3D model of an item from Tudor times.
  • Write a food diary for one day if you were member of the royal household/if you can try to do same for a poor person.
  • Find a Tudor recipe (ancient or modern). Create this recipe and take a photo to show your creation. (Write the recipe to go with your photo in case others would like to have a go).
  • Design a job advert for someone to work at a Tudor stately home.
  • Write your own Tudor poem.
  • Write a description of arriving at one of the Palaces to work for a new Queen. (It was dark as we arrived in the coach; I was tired from my long journey as I clambered down the steps. I looked up in awe at the building before me-what would my life bring...)
  • Imagine you are member Anne Boleyn’s household. Write a letter home to your family.
  • Create a collage.

For 10 points:

  • With permission, watch a film with a Tudor theme. Write a film review.
  • Write a story with an Tudor theme, maybe something linked to an object This could be present day set in museum or linked to an artefact in your home.
  • Learn a Tudor song and compose some music for a feast and create a dance for it.
  • Make some jumbles - Tudor biscuits - and show how you did it.