History at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 5/6)

Unit 19: What were the effects of Tudor exploration?
Section 4: Why did Drake circumnavigate the world?

Objectives

Children should learn:

about the main events in Drake's voyage around the world
to apply their understanding of chronology
to infer reasons why the voyage took place

Activities

Outcomes

Children:

Tell the story of Drake's voyage. Give the children a time line to note the main events of the voyage against the correct dates. These dates and events can then be added to the world map and linked together to show Drake's route around the world.

With the help of the children, retell the main events of the story. Ask the children to consider why the voyage was made. They might fill in individual matrices, each with a heading, eg Reasons to do with Drake's own wishes, Reasons to do with money, Reasons to do with England. Individuals could form groups to pool their ideas about one set of reasons and then make group lists. As a class, discuss all the reasons why the voyage was made.

match the dates and events of the voyage
plot the voyage on a world map
sort the reasons for the voyage into categories

Points to note

This activity could be adapted by providing statements describing each of the events of the voyages, for the children to place against the appropriate date.

The National Maritime Museum website (www.nmm.ac.uk) has detailed biographical information about Drake, which might be used to make inferences about his personal motives for undertaking the voyage.

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	1. How did knowledge of the world change during the Tudor period?
	2. Why did the Tudors explore outside Europe?
	3. How did people explore the world in Tudor times?
	4. Why did Drake circumnavigate the world?
	5. Why did the Roanoke settlement fail?
	6. What were the effects of the English settlement on the people living in America?
	7. What impact has Tudor exploration had on our lives today?