Ideas for using the Tudor source pack for teachers
Literacy
New and old words and what they mean. Have the meanings changed?Think about and make a list of words and phrases that we use now that have come from ancient industries.
Think about how people and places may get their names. Has anyone in the class got a name from a job? eg. Shepherd, Cook, Butler, Tailor, etc. What about street names in the area. Are they a clue to past industry?
Stories, poems and fairy tales from the woollen industry:
Little Bo Peep or Sleeping Beauty
History
Learning how people lived, how much or how little they might have owned.Look at what was in the kitchen. Write down or draw what was there in the inventory.
Now make a list of some of the things in your kitchen at home.
There are at least two things missing that children in Surrey in 21st century take for granted [water and electricity].
Discuss where water would come from in 16th or 17th century.
How did John Peto and his family cook and heat the house?
What did they do when they needed light at night?
The Woollen Industry in Surrey
John Peto had a spinning wheel in his house. Find out more about spinning and weaving in early Surrey.Art and Craft
The source pack could be used for a classroom display.The class could draw their own pictures and try spinning and weaving for themselves. (Instructions can be found on the internet and materials bought through education suppliers. Fibrecrafts, near Guildford, stock fleece for spinning).
Science
Wool has to go through many processes to get it from the sheep to the jumper.Exploring these processes is a scientific enquiry.
Why are sheep's fleeces greasy?
Why are special cleaners needed to remove the grease?
Why must the grease be taken out before dyeing?
John Peto, or his family, would have used dyes made from plants
Can the class find out what local native plants could be used for dyeing?
What colours do they make?
What else do you need to make dyes last?
Could they try dyeing wool they have spun or woven (possibly not with natural dyes but education catalogues have dyes suitable for classroom use)
The class could discuss what else plants might have been used for:
cooking, medicines (beware poisonous plants), perfumes, protecting textiles from insects, feeding animals.
The class could grow 'safe' plants like herbs.
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