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Tudor & Elizabethan School Workshops – Marvellous History

A picture of a Tudor re-enactor at Hampton Court with the words Empire Exploration and Alchemy

Tudor and Elizabethan School Workshops

Immersive Tudor Workshops!

Inspire children with a Tudor WOW day from Marvellous History. Our “real” Tudor or Elizabethan character will bring artifacts to handle, drama and role play games, interactive activities and crafts so that your children can have a hands-on exploration of the age.  We can give you a great starting point, a boost in the middle of the topic or a fantastic end and round up of the period. For a different focus on your topic, why not invite a real Tudor Alchemist into your classroom? At a time when magic and science were almost the same thing, children can discover how to make gold, or even a stone that will let you live forever!

The map on the right shows the area where we can offer Tudor and Elizabethan workshops at our standard rate. We can offer workshops outside this area at an additional cost.

Workshops can be run on specific topics or combined to cover the whole period. Topics covered could include:

  • Family Fortunes: Henry VIII, his wives and children
  • Mary and Elizabeth – sibling rivalry to the extreme!
  • Music and dancing
  • Religion and Reformation; the Dissolution of the Monasteries
  • Hunting and falconry
  • Artifact handling and hands-on activities
  • Warfare and weapons: from longbows to muskets
  • Medicine and surgery: kill or cure!
  • Shakespeare – “The Play’s The Thing…”
  • Potato! Exploration and trade from China to America
  • Courtesy and etiquette – could you survive in a Royal Palace?
  • Daily life of the rich and poor
  • Bonnets, flat caps and ruffs: Tudor and Elizabethan clothing
  • The British Empire Ltd – how to take over half the world’s trade in one easy lesson

Make it a dressing up day! Download our dressing up sheet here:

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Map showing where we run Tudor workshops for primary schools in the UK - workshop areas - Marvellous History Ltd
Tudor man explaining navigation during a workshop

What we do:

  • Bring a wide range of accurate replica artifacts
  • Dress up as a historically accurate character for the day
  • Provide a bespoke timetable that fits with your particular learning objectives
  • Supply the equipment and specialist materials for our activities
An Alchemist explaining about a human skull during a Tudor workshop

Example day:

  • Introduction & Timeline
  • Weapons display

Break

  • Crime & punishment
  • Tudor Physician: medicine & alchemy

Lunch

  • The Food Game – What Did We Eat in Tudor times?
  • Tudor dancing
A primary school student playing a navigation game during a Tudor workshop

What we need:

  • A Hall
  • At least two staff members and a minimum of one for every 30 children
  • A couple of tables to display
  • A place to get changed
  • Suitable parking close to the hall

Make an impact with our Tudor and Elizabethan WOW days
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If you want to learn more about the Tudor & Elizabethan period, or for some useful teaching resources, check out our blog!