Black Tudors: Resources for Schools
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These resources are intended for teachers and home educators to use. They are designed for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3. They can be used to support a Tudor topic or Black History topic.
In 2023 Selly Manor Museum commissioned four young black artists (18 – 25) to create artworks representing black figures from the Tudor period. These artworks were displayed within the Tudor house and feature in these resources. The young artists were Nina-Simone Brown, Annie Pearson, Jade Eynon, and Nompumelelo Ncube.
The Black Tudors project was inspired by the only known image of a Black Tudor – John Blanke, a royal trumpeter for Henry VIII, and Miranda Kaufmann’s book ‘Black Tudors: The Untold Story’.
Key Stage 2:
A study of history or a site from a period beyond 1066 and a study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends a pupil’s knowledge beyond 1066.
- Download this Powerpoint for assemblies: black-tudors-present...
- The Powerpoint is also intended to be printed for classroom use in conjunction with these lesson plans: black-tudors-ks2-les....
Key Stage 3:
- Download these Fact Sheets: were-there-black-tud...
- Listen to the artists talk about their creative process.
- Download this poem by Amanda Hemmings: meeting-the-black-tu...
- The Fact sheets can be used to discuss why the stories of the Black Tudors is important. They can be used to create lesson plans which support these areas of the curriculum:
English/English Literature
Art
Society, economy and culture across a period.
PSHE
Further information
Books:
Black Tudors: The Untold Story by Miranda Kaufmann
England’s Other Countrymen by Onyeka Nubia
How to be a Tudor by Ruth Goodman
Online:
www.futurelearn.com/courses/black-tudors
Podcasts:
History Extra (episode Black Tudors)
Not Just the Tudors (episode Black Tudors)
Dan Snow’s History Hit (episode Black Tudors: England’s Other Countrymen)
Gresham College Lectures (episode Black Tudors: Three Untold Stories)
