Here's a fun activity to get the kids thinking and using their persuasive writing skills. Can they imagine they are a sailor wishing to join Walter Raleigh's crew? How would they persuade him to let them join?
Kids can use this useful writing page to record what they have learned about Sir Walter Raleigh, the famous explorer. We have two versions, colour and black and white.
This simple worksheet aims to help younger children capture what they have learned about Walter Raleigh. What would they have talked about if they met him?
Walter Raleigh was convicted of treason when James I came to the throne and spent the next 13 years in the Tower of London with a death sentence hanging over him.