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Tudor forts printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for ages 7 to 11, ages 11 to 14, families, history fans and visitors.
Tudor Forts Junior Topic Pack
Ages 7 to 11, schools and families
Meet Deal Castle, label a Tudor gun fort, three fort shapes, Tudor-times-or-after sorting cards, put-it-in-order date cards, a true-or-false quiz, a crossword where every answer is a real fact, a word search, a comic strip, a fort to colour, a certificate and a full answer key
Tudor Forts History Detective Pack
Ages 11 to 14
Why did Henry VIII build his coastal forts, and how real was the threat? Six short sources with their provenance, an evidence table, a dates task, questions the sources answer differently, and a judgement task, with full answers
Tudor Forts Family Activity Pack
Families, ages 5 and up
Colouring pages, a fort maze, spot-the-difference, design your own fort, Useless the Eraser’s fort jokes and a 20-question quiz to do together
Tudor Forts Spotter’s Field Guide
Adult history fans and travellers
How to read a Tudor gun fort, towers, bastions and gunports, round forts and angle bastions, 12 places with what English Heritage says about them, a timeline, open questions and a checklist
Tudor Forts Visit Journal
Visitors of all ages
Before-you-go checklist, what-to-spot tick lists for outside and inside the fort, six sketch pages, a log for up to 12 visits, and a visit stamps page
Tudor Forts Timeline & Poster Set
Classrooms and home
Six poster pages: a timeline from the 1490s to 1984, a Tudor gun fort, three fort shapes, crossfire across a harbour, the angle bastion, and the forts in numbers
Best valueThe Complete Tudor Forts Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.