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History at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3/4)

Unit 8: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?

QCA
About this unit

In this unit children learn about the lives of different types of people living in Tudor times. Children will find out about the characteristic features of society at a time in the distant past by asking and answering questions from a range of different sources of information. There are opportunities to develop this unit as a local study where there are examples of Tudor homes or museum collections in the locality.


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. What was different about rich and poor people in Tudor times?
2. How comfortable were the lives of rich Tudor people?
3. What can inventories tell us about the lives of people at this time?
4. What was life like for poor people in Tudor times?
5. How different were the lives of rich and poor people?