A picture of a Tudor re-enactor at Hampton Court with the words Empire Exploration and Alchemy

Tudor and Elizabethan School Workshops

Immersive Tudor Workshops!

Inspire children with a Tudor WOW day from Marvellous History. Our “real” Tudor or Elizabethan character will bring artifacts to handle, drama and role play games, interactive activities and crafts so that your children can have a hands-on exploration of the age. We can give you a great starting point, a boost in the middle of the topic or a fantastic end and round up of the period. For a different focus on your topic, why not invite a real Tudor Alchemist into your classroom? At a time when magic and science were almost the same thing, children can discover how to make gold, or even a stone that will let you live forever!

The map on the right shows the area where we can offer Tudor and Elizabethan workshops at our standard rate. We can offer workshops outside this area at an additional cost.

Workshops can be run on specific topics or combined to cover the whole period. Topics covered could include:

Family Fortunes: Henry VIII, his wives and children
Mary and Elizabeth – sibling rivalry to the extreme!
Music and dancing
Religion and Reformation; the Dissolution of the Monasteries
Hunting and falconry
Artifact handling and hands-on activities
Warfare and weapons: from longbows to muskets
Medicine and surgery: kill or cure!
Shakespeare – “The Play’s The Thing…”
Potato! Exploration and trade from China to America
Courtesy and etiquette – could you survive in a Royal Palace?
Daily life of the rich and poor
Bonnets, flat caps and ruffs: Tudor and Elizabethan clothing
The British Empire Ltd – how to take over half the world’s trade in one easy lesson