Gallavan, Nancy P., Kottler, Ellan. "Visualizing the Life and Legacy of Henry VIII: Guiding Students with Eight Types of Graphic Organizers". Social S

The first author of this publication, Nancy Collins, works as an educator at the Department of Teaching and Learning of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas, and the second author, Ellan Kottler is employed at the Department of Secondary Education at the California State University in Fullerton, California.

The authors use a group of eight graphic organizers that help students in their understanding of the complex and interesting life and times of King Henry VIII of England. Because the story of this influential and complicated individual in history is a difficult one to grasp in print alone, these educators have put together an expansive set of charts and other visual aids, including a timeline and a compare and contrast set of maps for that area from that time period till the present. Also available is a family tree styled chart for the parties involved, as well as a more detailed one for the wives and children of Henry. Flow charts and Venn diagrams help a student understand the influential people in Henry’s life as well as the influences Henry made in millions of lives to come. This is a good article because it is, in fact difficult for some to understand historical events as they happened, and the visual aids presented in this article are prime examples of knowledgeable and reliable sources for information.