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Hampton Court Palace

Timeline

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Format: Power Point Presentation

Download an editable timeline of Hampton Court Palace for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.

Use dates, key facts and activities to explore the history of this iconic Palace. Including events such as: 

  • Thomas Wolsey rents the Palace 
  • Jane Seymour’s death 
  • Shakespeare’s performance in the Great Hall.

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Resource Information

Key Stage

  • International Schools
  • Home Educators
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Normans
  • Medieval
  • Tudors
  • Stuarts
  • Georgians
  • Victorians
  • 20th & 21st Century

Type

  • Timelines
  • Printable activities

Palace

  • Hampton Court Palace
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Editable PowerPoints for lessons

This resource includes an editable PowerPoint ready for educators to adapt, with background notes under each slide. 

Classroom resources

This resource can be used in different ways:

  • displayed on screens as a PowerPoint  
  • adapted to create printable worksheets
  • click on the images within the files to explore the paintings in more detail.

National Curriculum Links

  • Identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time. 

This KS2 and KS3 source bank includes portraits, letters, books, carvings and eyewitness accounts, helping students investigate the six Tudor queens.

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Diverse Histories
  • Tudors

Cast members from SIX the Musical visit Hampton Court Palace and join Chief Historian Professor Tracy Borman to uncover the lives, achievements and influence of the six Tudor queens.

Key Stage

  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors

Hello school visitor - Welcome to Hampton Court Palace! Here's what you should know about this historic site ahead of your school visit. Come and take a look inside to get some helpful tips to have the best visit ever!

Key Stage

  • KS1 (age 5-7)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)
  • Home Educators
  • SEND

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans
  • Stuarts
  • Georgians
  • Victorians
  • 20th & 21st Century