The Tower in context: reading the historic environment
Critically examine primary source material to test how far this site reflects the changes in local and national history.
Key Stage 4
Subject: History
Topics: Normans, Tudors, Historic Environment
Session Type: Depth study
The Normans
A Norman fist on Anglo-Saxon soil? Charting the arrival and influence of the Normans in England, this session focuses on analysing the Tower buildings, including William the Conqueror's mighty fortress: the White Tower.
Key Stage 4
Subject: History
Topics: Normans
Session Type: Depth study
Elizabeth I
Students will examine the Tower buildings and documentary evidence to reflect whether the Tower can be used as a barometer of national turmoil through crises, plots and religious unrest of this complex queen.
Key Stage 4
Subject: History
Topics: Elizabethans, Tudors
Session Type: Depth study