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The Queen's Favourite

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About this learning resource

Format: Video

This is the story of the Earl of Essex, who was one of the Queen's favoured courtiers. He fell out of favour and was imprisoned at the Tower of London in 1601.

National Curriculum Links

• The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745.
• The English Reformation and Counter Reformation (Henry VIII to Mary I).

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors

Type

  • For the classroom

Palace

  • Tower of London
Learning resources

Children depict the imprisonment of Guy Fawkes in the Tower of London for his role in the Gunpowder Plot, 1605.

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Stuarts
  • Crime & Punishment

Key facts about the Tudor King and each of his six wives.

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • Home Educators
  • International

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors

Will your students be able to piece together the story behind these intriguing historic artefacts?

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
  • English
  • Science
  • Art & Design

Topic

  • Wars