This Autumn, Year 3 will be asking, 'How can we get a picture of the past?' We will become history detectives, examining a range of historical sources from the Tudor period and exploring what they reveal about life at that time. We will re-enact the Battle of Bosworth to find out how and why the Tudor period began, look at Hans Holbein’s portraits and the effect they had on history, use Tudor maps to journey around the world with Sir Francis Drake and invent machines to attack castles.
To share what we have learnt, the children will be hosting a learning fayre to teach their friends and families all about the Tudors.
Children’s rights linked to our topic:
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Article 19: The right to protection from violence
Every child has the right to be protected from being hurt of badly treated. It is the government’s job to make sure children are protected from violence, abuse and neglect from all adults. In Tudor Times, corporal punishment was widely used and accepted for both adults and children. If children misbehaved at home or school (for those who went) they could face being whipped by a rod or birch. Pupils were sometimes too scared to go to school because of the beatings. Pupils from wealthy families could often afford a special friend called a ‘whipping boy’. When the rich child was naughty, it was the whipping-boy who received the punishment. This kind of punishment is illegal in the UK today.
Article 32: The right to protection from harmful work
Every child has the right to protection from work that harms them. The government should agree a minimum age for when children can work and say how many hours they are allowed to do. In Tudor times, many of the poorest children were exploited and made to work as young as 7 or 8. Often, children would be servants for wealthy people. They would also help their parents with jobs such as collecting grain and feeding animals. Often, their days would be long and tiring. This exploitation is no longer allowed in England, but child labour still exists in other countries.
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