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Tower of London

Artefacts

About this learning resource

Format: PDF

Photographs with descriptions which enable students to understand and use primary sources in their history lessons and homework. These artefacts relate to key events in the history of the Tower of London from AD50 to 1952.

National Curriculum links

• Supports students to identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time.

Learning objectives

• Students will understand that evidence is used to interpret history.
• Students will apply primary evidence to question Tower history.
• Students will create their own hypotheses about the Tower's history using primary evidence.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)
  • Home Educators

Subjects

  • Archaeology
  • History

Topic

  • Historic Environment

Type

  • Historic sources

Palace

  • Tower of London
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  • Home Educators
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)

Subject

  • English
  • History
  • Citizenship

Topic

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  • World War II
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Key Stage

  • KS1 (age 5-7)

Subject

  • English
  • History

Topic

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Key Stage

  • KS1 (age 5-7)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • Home Educators

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • 20th & 21st Century
  • World War II
  • Rememberance