A set of 5 information posters about Howard Carter and the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. Could be used as an information text or could be used as apart of an Ancient Egypt display. Colourful and informative. Posters include: Who was Howard Carter?, Finding the tomb, What happened next?, The death mask and The curse of the tomb! Word files (for editing) and PDF versions included.

A short play-script with dialogue between Henry VII (Henry Tudor) and Henry VIII (Henry Jr) Useful text to discuss the features of a play-script and differentiated questions to suit four ability groups included. Super Tudor resource.

Cloze procedure where the children will select the correct words to complete a text about the Battle of Bosworth. The children will learn about the battle that ended Richard III's reign and signaled the beggining of the Tudor period. Differentiated to suit 3 ability groups each task is a double page activity to challenge and ends with an extension task to add colour to a Tudor rose.

Tudor comprehension activity on 6 short diary entries 'written' by Katherine Howard Henry VIII's fifth wife. Differentiated questions to suit three ability groups. PDF and Word files included. Power point presentation of the text and PDF version included

Outstanding qualitynewspaper text about the musician Buddy Holly and the plane crash where Buddy Holly, Richie Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens unfortunately died. Many people refer to the event as the day that music died. Differentiated questions to suit three ability groups. Great cross curricular links for Britain Since 1948, The 1950s, Famous people and famous musicians. PowerPoint presentation and video clip included. PDF and Word version of files included.

Two activities to learn about why the marriage between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn ended. PowerPoint presentation to go through the main points of Anne's life and two engaging activities for the children to complete. Activity 1 is a cloze procedure where children fill in missing words to complete the information about Anne. This activity is differentiated to suit three ability groups. Activity 2 asks the children to write a letter (just as Anne actually did) begging Henry to reconsider and not execute her. Both PDF and Word files (for editing) included. A fun Horrible Histories clip included.

Comprehension activity. Newspaper text about Pickles, a border collie dog, who found the Jules Rimet trophy after it was stolen whilst on display in London. Super resource learning about this amazing, but true event from the sixties. Differentiated comprehension questions to suit 3 ability groups included. PDF and word files included. Video clip of Pickles the dog receiving his medal included.

Information text about Ancient Egypt. Differentiated questions to suit 3 ability groups. PDF and Word files included.

Challenging comprehension text about the foods that were and were not available in ancient Egypt. Two versions with questions and again with sentence starters. Both Word files and P.D.F. files included.

Comprehension text about ancient Egyptian houses. Colourful text and differentiated questions to suit 3 ability groups included. Word and PDF versions included.

Ancient Egypt themed lesson on using the prefixes prefixes ‘in’, ’im’, ’il’ and ‘ir’ accurately. 'Outstanding' quality resource suitable for 'observed' lessons. Children will sort root word cards and use spelling rules to use the correct prefixes to spell the words correctly. They will then complete a second activity completing sentences with correct spellings. An extension task of writing a glossary is also included. All activities are differentiated to suit 3 ability groups. A stunning thorough PowerPoint (with embedded fonts - hopefully) is included. An editable lesson plan is also included. All worksheets and activity cards are PDF files. Quality resource!

Short comprehension task about what the ancient Egyptians did for entertainment. Differentiated to suit 3 ability groups. Includes games for adults; children’s games and Egyptian parties. Questions with each paragraph to make them more achievable for the children. Word files and P.D.F versions included.

Two activities learning about the marriage between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves. PowerPoint presentation included to learn about the main points. Activity 1 asks the children to read and complete a Comprehension text about why the marriage between Henry VIII and Anne of Cleves ended. This activity is differentiated to suit three ability groups. Activity 2 asks the children to role play the discussion Henry and Anne would have had when Henry asks Anne for a divorce. The children then write what the characters said in the speech bubbles. Both PDF and Word files (for editing) included.

Both formal language and informal language versions have been included in this letter from Anne of Cleves writing to Henry VIII to accept his proposal of marriage. Children have to highlight which options are formal and then which option is informal. Then the chosen version can be written out in full. Good Tudor resource.

Comprehension task about the first Tudor monarch Henry VII. Differentiated questions to suit 3 ability groups. Word files and PDF files included.

Comprehension activity to identify and discuss features of a letter. Includes an example text where Henry VIII writes to Anne of Cleves to 'ask' for her hand in marriage. Differentiated questions to suit 3 ability groups. Super Tudor Resource. PDF files and Word files included. Could lead to extended writing opportunity with children writing a reply.

A two page comprehension text summarizing the classic Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. 24 Comprehension questions with spaces to respond in full sentences on the questions sheets included. Quality Tudor resource. Would suit KS2 children well. Word files (for editing) and PDF files also included.