Year 4/5/6 - Tudor Explorers - resourced and differentiated

Tudor Explorers | Years 4/5/6 History - All fully editable

Set sail with John Cabot in a differentiated history lesson packed with source enquiry, practical activities and thought-provoking discussion.
Why did Tudor explorers travel into the unknown—and who benefited from their voyages? Pupils investigate trade, wealth, knowledge, competition and power, then explore the consequences for sailors, voyage supporters and people already living at the destinations.
Children work as historians, using evidence, evaluating sources and comparing viewpoints. They consider why the word “discovery” needs careful use and build balanced explanations of the gains, risks and harmful effects of exploration.

What’s included?
Editable 21-slide teaching PowerPoint with I do, We do, You do modelling.
Editable 13-slide pupil resource PowerPoint with printable activities.
John Cabot’s 1497 voyage fact file and enquiry questions.
Six Tudor ship views with observation, inference and source-limit questions.
Voyage map and cargo record enquiry.
Motive cards to rank and discuss.
Cause-and-consequence sorting activity.
Contrasting viewpoint cards and source usefulness grid.
Expected consequence diagram, SEND sentence stems and word bank, and Greater Depth balanced judgement task.
Assessment hinge question, printable exit tickets and suggested exit-ticket answers.

An engaging lesson that develops historical reasoning, evidence-based explanations and purposeful classroom talk. Use independently or within a wider Tudor or historical journeys unit.