The Tudor World

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The Tudor World
So far we have learnt about Tudor monarchs such
as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, and important
events that happened in their reign, such as
Henrys break with the Catholic Church and the
defeat of Spanish Armada. But how were the lives
of ordinary people affected during the lives of
the Tudors? And what other changes happened in
the Tudor world?
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• The time of the Tudors in the 16th century was in
  fact an amazing time in the history of the world.
  
• It was a time of fantastic new scientific
  discoveries and inventions
• This in turn led to people going on dangerous
  voyages of discovery and discovering new
  countries in the world, such as America!
• It was a time when the worlds greatest ever
  playwright, William Shakespeare, wrote his plays
  which were performed in theatres for Queen
  Elizabeth.
• But it was a difficult time for poor people, and
  especially poor women, which led to the
  witchcraft craze in the Tudor times.

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• The Poor
• Punishment
• Beggars
• Witchcraft

• Entertainment
• Tudor Theatre (Shakespeare)
• Sport

Life in the Tudor World

• Exploration and Discovery
• European Voyages of Discovery
• Tudor Explorers and Pirates
• New scientific discoveries
• New inventions

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• Task
• In pairs, you will have an opportunity to find
  out more about the Tudor World.
• You need to pick one topic to research and
  present your findings to the class.
• You can give a short talk/presentation or do your
  presentation using Powerpoint.
• It is your job to decide why your topic is
  important. For example, you have to explain why
  your chosen event/person/topic deserves to be
  remembered. Why is it important that we learn
  about it? What can it tell us about life in the
  Tudor World?

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• List of topics
• Christopher Columbus and the discovery of America
• Tudor explorers and pirates
• New inventions
• New scientific discoveries
• William Shakespeare and Tudor theatre
• Tudor sport
• Tudor crime and punishment
• Beggars, rogues and vagabonds
• Witchcraft