Biographies and Key Facts
About this learning resource
Format: Power Point Presentation
Download short editable biographies of Significant People at the Tower of London for Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5.
Use key facts, activities and historic sources to explore important people linked to the Tower of London.
- William the Conqueror
- Edward V
- John Blanke
- Anne Askew
- Elizabeth I
- Thomas More
- Guy Fawkes
- Issac Newton
- Colonel Blood
- Edward Francis
- Phillis Wheatley
- Leonora Cohen
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Resource Information
Key Stage
- KS2 (age 7-11)
- KS3 (age 11-14)
- KS4 (age 15-16)
- KS5 (age 16+)
- Home Educators
- International
Subjects
- History
- Archaeology
Topic
- Normans
- Medieval
- Tudors
- Elizabethans
- Stuarts
- 20th and 21st Century
Type
- For the classroom
Palace
- Tower of London
Editable PowerPoints for lessons
This resource includes an editable PowerPoint ready for educators to adapt, with background notes under each slide.
Classroom resources
This resource can be used in different ways:
- displayed on screens as a PowerPoint
- adapted to create printable worksheets
- click on the images within the files to explore the paintings in more detail.
Historic enquiry
This resource supports historic enquiry, using portraits as historical sources. It contains enquiry questions for students plus background notes for teachers.
National Curriculum Links
• Extend and deepen chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, to provide a well-informed context for wider learning.
• Identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time.
Diverse History
We aim to make resources that are inclusive of gender, ethnicity, disability and social background. We want to support teachers to challenge problematic narratives of people in the past.
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