How to succeed in the Elizabethan exam: After school revision in the VLC every Monday and Tuesday from 3.00 – 4.00 pm. You will have 1 hour to complete this exam. The exam uses different interpretations on the Elizabethan topic.  You will need to understand what an interpretation is and why people may have different […]

Read the document below about William Lambard and write down all of the information needed in Go DEEP.   Put the following Acts in time order: Act Against Priests Act of Supremacy Act of Restraining Recusants Act of Persuasions   Put the following into date order: Essex Rebellion  Margaret Clitherow Poor Laws Secret Priests Shakespeare Babington Plot […]

Please read the following documents, Dead but not Gone, make notes and answer the question at the end: Question: Why was Elizabeth transported in a chariot?   Study the source picture below and answer the questions at the end:     Question: What observations can you make from this painting about Elizabeth at this time? […]

  Read the documents below, The Voyage to Roanoke, 1585, and answer the questions at the end: Question: Create 10 questions that you would ask Ralph Lane in an interview about Roanoke, then write in his responses. Accelerated Task: What could be learnt in history from the events that occurred at the colony of Roanoke? […]

Please read the document below, Imperial Ambitions, and answer the question at the end: Question: Why was Dr John Dee significant? Read the document below on Francis Drake and complete the task at the end: Create a Fact Table like the one below and fill in the details about Sir Francis Drake: Drake was the […]

Please read the documents below, Going Global, and answer the questions at the end. Question: What did the Elizabethan adventurers achieve?     Please read the documents below, Trade with the East, and answer the questions at the end. Question: Why was trade with the East so important to Elizabethans?     Question: What does Source […]

Please read the documents below, Witchcraft Trials, and answer the questions at the end. Questions: 1- Why did the trials increase in the 1580s? 2- Why were prosecutions so high in Essex? 3- Which of the following interpretations were the most significant? Interpretation 1: Village Tensions Interpretation 2: An Attack on Women Interpretation 3: Puritan […]

Please read the following document and answer the questions at the end. Question: List the five concerns of the Puritans. Stretch and Challenge Explain why Morris dancing came to an end in the later part of Queen Elizabeth’s reign.   Please read the following document and answer the questions at the end. Question: Make detailed […]

  Please read the documents below, Popular Pastimes and Festivals, and answer the question at the end. Question: Create your own set of 8 questions, 2 on each of the following sections Parish Feasts Calendar Customs Sports The Alehouse Accelerated Task: Write an APE paragraph explaining the main reason why popular pastimes and festivals declined. […]

Please read the document below, The Golden Age of Culture, and make notes about Art, Music and Literature: Question: Write an APE paragraph explaining how far you agree that 1580-1605 was the Golden Age of Culture.     Question: In Source A above the writer portrays the disapproval of the puritans to the theatre. Identify and […]

What was life really like for the poor in the countryside of Elizabethan England? In the video below the historian, Ian Mortimer, journeys back in time to find out what life was really like for the rural poor in Elizabethan England. He discovers that for many Elizabethans living in the countryside life could be very […]

Question: What is the link between the ruins of  Rievaulx Abbey in Yorkshire (pictured above) and the Elizabethan poor?   Stretch and Challenge: Explain the Dissolution of the Monasteries.   Question: What can be inferred from this Source about the differences in the class structure in Elizabethan England?  Use the Source picture below and your […]

Please read the document below and answer the question at the end: Question: What interesting things do you notice about the portrait?   Please read the document below, Husbands and Wives, and answer the question at the end:Questions: Answer the following questions on Husbands and Wives in full sentences: How old were people when they […]

Read the document below, What Mattered to the Elizabethans and then answer the questions at the end. Questions: Answer the questions below after looking at the painting – artist unknown:                                             Stretch and Challenge […]

Please read the documents below and make notes on the reasons for the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 Question: Why was 1588 such a significant year for both England and Spain?   Stretch and Challenge: Read the document below, Myths about the Armada, and write down any misconception that you had.     Please read the […]

Please read the document below and answer the questions at the end. Questions: 1. Why was Mary Queen of Scots in England? 2. What did Elizabeth do with Mary? 3. How did Mary have a claim to the English throne? 4. How long was Mary held captive? 5. Whose spies watched Mary? 6. What was […]

Please read read the document below and make your own notes on The Pope and his Priests: Please read read the document below and answer the question at the end: Question: Read about all four of Walsingham’s Spies and decide which you think would have been the most valuable. Please read read the document below and answer the questions at […]

Please read read the document below and make notes on the 3 forms of suffering faced by the Catholics.   Please read read the document below and answer the questions at the end: Question: Write a detailed explanation, Go DEEP, about the difference between a Seminary Priest and a Jesuit Priest. Stretch and Challenge: How successful was the […]

  Please read the document below, ‘Faith and Enforcement’, and make notes about the two Acts created in 1559: Stretch and Challenge: Which of the two Acts do you think mattered more to Queen Elizabeth?   Please study the map below and make a list of the Countries that were Catholic:     Please read the […]

Question: Explain whether or not you think that different film versions about history are positive for the learning of students. Watch the modern documentary on Elizabeth I (below) and identify at least two similarities and two differences and write them in a table.   Question: Should historians destroy previous ideas and interpretations about Elizabeth if […]