Author Archives: Mr Kydd

For those of you who like your Tudor enrichment a bit steamier

Posted on November 24, 2022 by Mr Kydd
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Enrichment – something to listen to. The significance of Elizabeth’s death in 1603

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will Melvin Bragg’s Radio 4 “In Our Time” programme on the significance of the death of Elizabeth I. It is well worth a listen. “Melvyn Bragg and guests John Guy, Clare Jackson and Helen Hackett discuss the … Continue reading →

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History in the News – Hidden inscriptions discovered in Anne Boleyn’s execution prayer books

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Mr Kydd

If you click here you will get to an article in today’s Independent. It explains how secret inscriptions hidden in Anne Boleyn’s prayer book have been discovered by a student. The concealed names, uncovered using ultraviolet light, reveal that the illustrated book … Continue reading →

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Y13 mock feedback

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, You did the 2017 Later Tudors Y107 paper for your mock. OCR were very thorough in this year with their marked examples for the sources and essays. It is really worth studying the attached documents, and comparing them to … Continue reading →

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Paragraph work – model example

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Mr Kydd
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Updated Elizabeth notes – Units 1- 3

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, Apologies for the animatronic Elizabeth above. It is the work of Mat Collishaw at the Royal Museums Greenwich – it sits opposite to the “Armada Portrait” – in every respect perhaps. It is, of course, as far from the … Continue reading →

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Materials

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Mr Kydd

As promised the materials that I will be using with you between now and the end of the summer term. Religion 1 Religion 2 Religion 3 Religion 4 Religion 5 Reb1 Reb2 Reb3 Reb4 Reb5 Reb6  

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Revision – Elizabethan finance, economics and social problems

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Mr Kydd

Possible question areas – a diagrammatic representation     Useful exam board materials Below is the chief examiner’s generic comments in 2019 for those students who did well in their Tudor essays. Discussed at least two issues in depth. Gave supporting … Continue reading →

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Revision – Elizabethan religion – decoding questions and useful exam reports

Posted on January 14, 2020 by Mr Kydd

All, Following on from today’s session please find the attached materials. Exam board Scheme of Work   Two useful board screen shots Elizabeth’s religious aims (remember that it is always easier to argue that Elizabeth was, as S.Doran suggested “a … Continue reading →

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Revision – assess the role of Elizabeth’s ministers in the government of England 1558 – 1603

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Mr Kydd
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