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

Unit 19: What were the effects of Tudor exploration?

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Resources

  • maps from before and after the Tudor voyages of exploration
  • a class time line
  • accounts of Drake's circumnavigation and attitudes to it
  • sources that illustrate aspects of life on-board ship during the period, eg navigation, food, sections of ships, sea monsters, superstitions, punishments, daily life and disease
  • accounts of the settlement of the Roanoke colony
  • pictorial sources from the settlement of Virginia showing indigenous lifestyles

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
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?