Lesson Planning

Explore the Stuarts from the 17th Century and how the politics and religion of the period influenced their clothing and identified people.

Teaching Outcomes:

• To identify and understand changes in British clothing during the Stuart period.
• To carefully and accurately cut and fasten a card doll dressed in the style of the Stuart period.

Children will:

• Know what life was like in Britain at this time and what key social aspects had changed since the last era studied; including parliament, the monarchy and the civil war between the two.
• Understand what influenced the style, colour and clothing design choices during this period.
• Understand that clothing choices were a way of knowing a person’s political or religious beliefs.
• Create models to compare the extremes of fashion, from the puritans to the French court, seen in the 17th century.