An A4 poster of the Tudor family tree, illustrated by contemporary portraits.

This presentation is for use in the classroom before your visit to the Tower of London. It is an ideal way to find out more about the Tower’s use throughout time, and it helps to decode some of the myths surrounding the one thousand year old site.

This activity allows small groups of pupils to explore and research particular aspects of the Tower of London’s history, development and present use, and to record their observations using digital cameras.

A trail to use on a visit to the Tower of London. Discover how the Tower of London was used during the Tudor and Elizabethan periods. Learn about famous prisoners including Walter Ralegh and the two princes, and find primary evidence of many prisoners kept at the Tower under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. Look for clues, answer questions and imagine life in the past.

For use during a visit to Hampton Court Palace. Set your pupils the brief of being History detectives and challenge them to find out more about the wealth, wives and personality of Henry VIII. The trail is designed to be printed out back to back and folded into an A5 size booklet.

A teacher led trail to use during a visit to the Tower of London. Explore William the Conqueror’s White Tower, the best preserved example of a Norman fortress in Europe today. Discover what the medieval Tower of London would have looked like and how it was used by medieval kings. Look for clues, answer questions and imagine life in the past.

A colourful factsheet about the king, his six wives and their relationships. This illustrated one page summary - complete with cartoon portraits - gives the dates, order, fate and offspring of all of Henry VIII’s wives. Want more than just divorced, beheaded, died? Visit our website to download free editable biographies of Henry VIII’s six wives. Including key facts, activities and historic sources to help explore the achievements and struggles of these famous queens. [https://www.hrp.org.uk/schools/learning-resources/henry-viiis-six-wives-biographies-and-key-facts-ks2-ks3-ks4-ks5]

Make and decorate your own Tudor gentleman's hat, like the ones Henry VIII used to wear.

A manga style cartoon of the Great Watching Chamber at Hampton Court Palace, showing how this room was used. The colour really shows off the magnificence of Henry's palace. This cartoon can be used together with the blank version for your pupils to fill in themselves.

This presentation is for use in the classroom before your visit to the Tower of London. It is an ideal way of learning about the Tower through time, and how the buildings have been changed or added to by monarchs such as Edward I and Queen Victoria.

A cross curricular lesson teaching both science and history through Hampton Court Palace. This lesson explores micro organisms by investigating the best places to store food and by looking at Tudor ideas about hygiene.

Make and decorate a lady's English gable hood, like Katherine of Aragon used to wear.

A family tree showing where monarchs who lived at Kensington Palace fit in to the Stuary monarchy.

A poster showing the family tree of the Hanoverians and those who lived at Kensington Palace.

This presentation is for use in the classroom before your visit to the Tower of London. It is an ideal way of learning about how the Tower has been used in the past, from Norman fortress to Medieval and Tudor palace to prison and execution site.

Significant moments and events in the fortress's history from 1066-1554.

Information sheet on the more unusual 'residents' of Hampton Court Palace.

This trail, for use during a visit to Hampton Court Palace, guides you through the different areas of Henry VIII's kitchens. You will be introduced to the various methods of cooking, storing and flavouring food as well as the different types of food that was eaten. Designed to be printed back-to-back and folded into an A5 booklet.

The trail, for use during a visit to Hampton Court Palace, guides you through Henry VIII's Apartments and brings them alive for your pupils by encouraging them to imagine how the rooms were used in Henry's time. Designed to be printed back-to-back and then folded into an A5 booklet.

A teacher led guide to use during a visit to the Tower of London. Discover how the Tower of London was used during the reign of Henry VIII. Find primary evidence of Henry’s use of the Tower, including his suits of armour and weaponry. Look for clues, answer questions and imagine life in the past.