Week 3: What challenges did the ‘religious settlement’ face? To explain the threat foreign powers posed towards Elizabeth’s religious policy To assess the nature and extent of the Catholic and Puritan challenges to Elizabeth’s ‘religious settlement’ To evaluate what Elizabeth was trying to achieve during the Revolt Create a map showing Europe during Elizabeth’s Produce a line graph of the Catholic threat to Elizabeth from 1562-1569 Explain the details surrounding the Dutch Revolt through a newspaper report Source analysis on the Catholic threat to England, written and picture Map of Europe during late 1500s Source material Key terms Source analysis Map work Line Graph In detail, explain why Elizabeth chose to help Protestants in France but not within the Netherlands Week 4: How should Elizabeth deal with Mary, Queen of scots? To understand and describe why Mary had a claim to the English throne To analyse and explain the choices Elizabeth had in dealing with Mary Storyboard detailing Mary’s life leading to her arriving in England Advise Elizabeth on the pros and cons of the options concerning what to do with Mary Debate whether Mary should be allowed to remain in England or not – link to options A3 illustrated spider diagram on how successful Elizabeth was regarding: The Settlement of Religion Religious Challenges The problem of Mary BBC The Last Days of Mary: Execution of Mary: Key Terms Extended writing Debate Why did Elizabeth not just make Mary and heir to the throne? Week 5: How serious were threats from domestic plots and revolts? To understand and describe Walsingham’s spy network To explain the Revolt of the Northern Earls, 1569 Rank the separate causes for the Northern Revolt Annotated map of the Revolt of the Northern Earls, 1569 Plan for the Northern Earls Code Breaking the Babington Plot Source material on the revolts Revolt of the Northern Earls: Key Terms Extended writing Map work Reading Sources What was the most serious threat to Elizabeth between 1571-86?
To assess the significance of the Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington plots Produce a (Walsingham) spy report on the plots against Elizabeth: Ridolfi, Throckmorton and Babington Code break the Babington Plot Why was Mary executed in 1587 and not earlier? Week 6: Why did relations decline between To understand Elizabeth’s foreign policy aims and the importance of Drake To explain why 1584 was a turning point for Anglo-Spanish relations To evaluate the causes of why Anglo-Spanish relations declined Line graph on the deteriorating Anglo-Spanish relations between 1570 and 1584 Create an illustrated timeline of events for 1570-80 Advise Elizabeth on what to do about the Netherlands Dutch poster on the Spanish Fury with demands included. Spectrum activity focused on reasons for Spain’s improving position in the Netherlands in 1579: was Elizabeth to blame or not Graph paper Visual Resources Reading Sources Key terms Map work What was the most important turning point in the deterioration of Anglo-Spanish relations in the 1570s? Week 7: Why did England and go to War? To understand the Treaty of Berwick, 1586 To explain why English involvement in the Netherlands was not successful To explain the importance of the Battle of Cadiz Harbour Table distinguishing between the different factors that led to the decline of Anglo-Spanish relations: Politics Religion Role of the Individual Newspaper report on the failure of the Earl of Leicester in the Netherlands, detailing the reasons Source analysis of the ‘singeing of the Kings Beard’ Treaty of Berwick sheet Keywords Written work What was the most important reason for the outbreak of war between England and Spain? What were the conseqeunces of Drake’s actions against the Spanish?
Week 8: How were the Spanish Armada defeated? To describe the reasons why Phillip II launched the Armada To explain the route of the Armada and assess the reasons for its defeat To evaluate the consequences of the English victory Timeline the key events of the Armada from 31 July to 8 August 1588 Data collecting exercise on how the English defeated the Armada Battlefield Britain: The Armada: Source information for around the room activity Reading sources Sourcework Keywords To what extent was Philip II to blame for the defeat of the Armada? Week 9: How were Elizabethans educated? And what they do for leisure? To explain the structure of the education system and the school day To evaluate the impact education had on Elizabethans To explain what Elizabethans did for leisure Write a letter home explaining what an average day at an Elizabethan school is like Data collecting activity of the different ‘sports’ enjoyed during the Elizabethan era Poster advertising various sports and leisure activities and who they appealed to (men/women/nobility/working people) Short clip on Elizabethan education: Reading Extended writing Debate How significant were differences in what people did for leisure between rich/ poor/ male and female? Week 10: How were the poor treated in Elizabethan England? To analyse the causes of poverty during Elizabeth’s reign To explain the effect of enclosures To evaluate the changing attitudes and policies towards the poor To assess the impact of Elizabethan poor laws Source analysis on attitudes towards the poor Illustrate diagram on the impact of enclosure on a village Create a flow diagram showing how an increase in pop, led to rising prices, enclosure, unemployment, vagabondage Table explaining the differences between the different Government Acts Graph showing the increasing population Village template (before and after enclosure task) Source material showing attitudes to the poor Map Work Reading Extended writing work Flow Chart What was the key turning point in the treatment of the poor and why was it important? Week 11: To assess the reason why Elizabethans wanted to explore Label a 16th Century galleon ship and annotate with strengths and weaknesses Template of a 16th Century Galleon Reading Writing Discussion Which technological development do
How successful was Elizabethan exploration? To explain the impact of new technology on Elizabethan exploration To analyse the significance of Drake’s circumnavigation around the globe Write a diary entry on board The Golden Hind about your experiences of the voyage you consider most important to encouraging voyages of exploration and why? Week 12: Why did the colonisation of Virginia fail? To explain the organisation and preparation behind the voyage To evaluate the significance of the colonisation of Virginia and why it failed To compare and contrast the expectations and reality of living in the colony Create an advert/ brochure to advertise the new colony of Virginia Complete a table that compares and contrasts the two voyages to Virginia during the late 1580s Spider diagram the separate factors on voyages of exploration: Economics Politics Ship design Printing Rank in terms of importance Jamestown Colony song: Extended Writing Debate Reading Sources How significant was poor luck and judgment in the failures of the 1585 and 1587 colonies? Explain the most significant reason for the failures of each colony Week 13: Recap and overview Was Elizabeth a successful Queen? To evaluate how successful Elizabeth was in regards to religious challenges, foreign challenges, and social challenges Group activity designing presentations on each of the topics: Religious Challenges Foreign Challenges Social challenges Spectrum on how successful was Elizabeth as a monarch, followed by debate Create a revision booklet for each of the three challenges Elizabeth faced Sugar paper/ A3 paper Extended Writing Debate What were Elizabeth’s greatest achievements? What were Elizabeth’s greatest failures?