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HISTORY
How We Used to Live: Tudor Times
 
Introduction
Programme 1: Housing, Hygiene and Health
Programme 2: Work and Education
Programme 3: Food, Drink and Entertainment
Introduction
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Activities
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Programme 3: Food, Drink and Entertainment

Activities

Before viewing

  • Recap on the two previous programmes and discuss differences in lifestyle of the characters in programme 1 and programme 2. Discuss their clothes, furniture and food.

While viewing

  • Children look for clues that tell them this is a wealthy household.
  • How do the lives of the family members differ from the lives of their servants?

After viewing

  • Can the children guess when the programme was set?
  • Which monarch was on the throne then?