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What is a Coronation?

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About this learning resource

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Explore the significance of the Coronation as an important historical and national event and find out about the key rituals and symbols which take centre stage in the Coronation ceremony.

National Curriculum links:

  • Answer simple questions about historical stories and artefacts.
  • Changes within living memory.
  • Events beyond living memory that are significant nationally or globally.
  • A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 (for example, the changing power of monarchs).

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn what happens at a coronation ceremony, with a focus on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, including the symbolism of the Coronation Regalia, part of the Crown Jewels.
  • Explore coronations in the past in order to develop an understanding of the historical significance of the Coronation of King Charles III.
  • Increase their understanding of the importance of the Coronation of King Charles III as an event of national significance and as the transition to a new era.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • SEND

Subjects

  • History
  • PSHE

Topic

  • 20th & 21st Century
  • Historic Environment

Type

  • Lessons Plans

Palace

  • Tower of London
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Download short editable biographies of Elizabeth I's Tower of London Significant People for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. Use key facts, activities and historic sources to explore various people connected to Queen Elizabeth. 

Key Stage

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

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans
  • Crime & Punishment

Contains a visual story, document and Widgit symbol sheet.

Key Stage

  • SEND

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Normans
  • Castles

Which Tudor monarch kept the most prisoners at the Tower of London?

Key Stage

  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • KS3 (age 11-14)
  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)

Subject

  • History

Topic

  • Crime & Punishment
  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans