Key Stage 3 Lesson Plan

Learning intentions / Teaching activities / Resources / Notes
What was it like living at Parham in Tudor times? (10 hours total)
  • Find out what it was like living in a wealthy country house in Tudor times.
  • Use a range of research tools and sources to answer key questions.
  • Publish findings in an interesting and accessible format.
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  • Explain that they are going to find out what it was like living in a wealthy country house in Tudor times.
  • Explain that they are going to be identifying key questions and using a variety of sources to research them.
  • Explain that they will be presenting their findings so that they can be accessed by different audiences.
The end product could be in the form of an information leaflet, exhibition board, PowerPoint presentation, webpage, artwork or photo gallery.
To create a mind map to show prior learning.
To listen to others to share ideas. / Starter activity
Ask pupils to make a mind map showing their ideas and knowledge about a wealthy Tudor house and share these ideas with a partner or in a group.
Have they identified any key topics or themes? What would they like to find out more about?
  • Collate key themes in a class mind map using a IWB template.
/ Mind map template sheet.
Mind map template. / Geography of the South Downs – chalk, sheep grazing, proximity to coast.
Rural farming with Woodland meadows and good water supplies.
To use the Internet and maps to locate a given site.
To present ideas for an audience.
To interpret a variety or historical sources. / Spot light in ParhamPark – mystery location
Ask pupils to suggest sources to find out about ParhamPark.
  • Search Google Map reference RH20 4HS to find maps for ParhamPark.
  • How would you describe the environment around ParhamPark? ‘Eye in the Sky’ helicopter report.
  • Use a current OS map to identify local features.
  • Would the area have looked very different in Tudor times? Think about roads, rivers, bridges, buildings, power lines.
/ Google Earth, maps, tourist information, newspapers.
Where is ParhamPark? Map with aerial view.
Geography of the South Downs – chalk, sheep grazing, proximity to the coast.
Rural farming with woodland, meadows and good water supplies.
Image in Activity 2 of Key Stage 3 Activities. / Check mapping software and atlases are available.
Parham indenture
  • Read the indenture extract and use the glossary to answer the questions to build up a picture of the Parham Estate.
What different areas made up the estate?
Who would have worked on the estate?
How would the estate have provided for a wealthy lifestyle?
Find out about Tudor documents – parchment, quills, ink, seals. / Indenture worksheet and glossary. / See Teacher background notes.
Plan of Parham Estate (Undated)
*This document is post-Tudor but can still be used to help build a picture of the estate.
  • Discuss the problems associated with dating documents. Would the farming activities have changed much in a century?
  • Use the key to identify the areas of the estate.

What can you tell us about the farming activities on Parham estate?
What type of produce would these different areas provide for the household?
What labourers would be needed to manage these jobs?
  • Choose one of these farming topics to investigate further.
/ Image in Activity 4 of Key Stage 3 Activities.
Use Tudor Farming Keywords Sheet. / Links with Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries and The Great Seal
Key: Cow pastures Coppices Hay stacks Venison house Hovel Dog kennel Pigeon house Deer park Cistern.
Plenary
Share and record key themes for research.