British History

This morning, we would like you to complete at least one crossword, quiz or wordsearch from the links below. Some of the topics we haven’t covered in a lot of detail so you might want to spend a bit of time finding out more about them once you have completed an activity.

12 July 2011

Tudor Life: Food

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Links about food in Tudor times.

A Tudor kitchen: A Tudor feast would consist of chicken, rabbit, pork, beef and lamb. A common way of cooking meat in Tudor times was on a spit over an open fire. As well as a spit many kitchens had charcoal burning stoves and special ovens for making bread. There were no electrical kitchen gadgets so everything had to be done by hand. The Tudors believed that raw fruit and vegetables made you ill, and this is why they were not popular. Puddings and sweets, however, were very popular.
Growing vegetables on a Tudor farm: Footage of a recreated Tudor garden, showing some vegetables grown and an explanation for why there are no potatoes.
Tudor food preservation: Recreation of a Tudor kitchen with mother and children at work, preparing ham and beating butter.
Woodlands Junior School – Tudor Food
The Tudors.org.uk – Tudor Food
MAPE – Food in Tudor Times
Birmingham Museums – Tudor Food
Birmingham Museums – Test your knowledge of Tudor food!

1 May 2011

The Tudors: A List Of Useful Web Sites

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General Tudor sites you might find useful during this topic:

The Tudors
Tudor Site
Henry VIII and The Tudors
Fascinating Tudor Facts
Tudor and Elizabethan Times
Tudor England
Tudor Portraits
Tudor Cyberhunt
Life for Tudor women
Hands on Tudors – tasks and activities to explore