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Tudors for Teachers

This downloadable resource is intended to enhance your trip with pre- and post-visit activities but can also be used independently in the classroom.
 
You may wish to visit the museum to enjoy one of our free facilitated sessions, where students will have the opportunity to see a period Tudor Hall and touch artefacts from our handling collection of high-quality replicas.
 
The following themes have been chosen so that you and your students can use them to explore the Geffrye Museum’s collection further, following the visit.

  • Domestic life
  • Heating and lighting
  • Furniture and objects
  • Materials and style

 
Please download the pdf document Tudors for Teachers for activities, information and worksheets relating to the Tudor home.

Click the thumbnails below to access printable A4 images.

Image Resource Bank
Fig A - A Tudor Hall 1580-1630 Fig B - The Geffrye Museum Fig C - Cutaway drawing of a Tudor House
Fig D - Court cupboard, c.1630 Fig E - Andirons, 1600-1650 Fig F - Tinder Box (replica)
Fig G - Rushlight (replica) Fig H - Draw leaf table, c.1620 Fig I - Oak armchair, c.1620
Fig J - Water sprinkler (replica) Fig K - Maiolica plate, 1575-1625 Fig L - Horn beakers (replica)
Fig M - Pewter plate, pre-1735 Fig N - Herb burner (replica) Fig O - Pewter candle stick (replica) with tallow candle
Fig P - Pewter candle stick (replica) with beeswax candle Fig Q - Fireplace in Tudor Hall, 1580-1630 Fig R - Corner of Tudor Hall, 1580-1630, showing casement windows
Fig S - Pewter candle stick (replica) Fig T - Clay candle stick (replica) Fig U - Venetian glass (replica)