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About this learning resource
Format: PDF
Profiles of some of the notable historic figures at the Tower of London from 1066 to 2000.
National Curriculum links
• Extend and deepen chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, to provide a well-informed context for wider learning.
• Identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time.
Learning objectives
• Students will understand that sites can have different uses and importance over time.
• Students will apply chronological evidence to question Tower history.
Resource Information
Key Stage
- KS3 (age 11-14)
- KS4 (age 15-16)
Subjects
- History
- Archaeology
Topic
- Medieval
- Stuarts
- Tudors
Type
- For the classroom
Palace
- Tower of London
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