These resources are for a GCSE lesson on the establishment of the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
Elizabethan Religious Settlement worksheet
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
Monthly Archives: June 2017
Protestants vs. Catholics – Religious division in early Elizabethan England
These resources are for a GCSE lesson on religious division in early Elizabethan England – before the Elizabethan Religious Settlement of 1559.
Proposals and war – Foreign threats at the dawn of the reign of Elizabeth I lesson resources
These resources looks at the foreign threats facing Elizabeth I at the beginning of her reign and asks students to prioritise, assess and evaluate these threats.
Foreign policy Elizabeth I – 1558
Foreign threats facing Elizabeth I in 1558 worksheet
Elizabeth I vulnerable? – personal challenges faced by Elizabeth I lesson resources
These resources looks at the personal challenges faced by Elizabeth I, such as marriage and succession, gender attitudes and illegitimacy. The resources are for a GCSE class.
Vulnerable Elizabeth I worksheet
Summary pyramid – Vulnerable Elizabeth
Nobility and patronage – key features of Elizabethan society and government lesson resources
These resources for a GCSE lesson are on the key features of Elizabethan society and government. They are designed for an early lesson in a scheme of work on any GCSE Elizabethan England course.
Key features of society and government in 1558 worksheet
Elizabethan society and government
The dawn of the Elizabethan era – England in 1558 lesson resources
These resources are designed for a GCSE introductory lesson on the reign of Elizabeth I focusing on what England was like in 1558 and the many challenges she faced.
What was England like in 1558 worksheet
100 Ideas for Secondary School Teachers – Outstanding History Lessons by Emily Thomas – a review
The latest book in the 100 Ideas series from Bloomsbury Publishing is on Outstanding History Lessons by Emily Thomas. In effect, this is a rewrite of the Julia Murphy title published by Continuum Press in 2004. However, this is a substantial improvement on the previous titile as this is a more thorough and detailed coverage of relevant history teaching techniques and gives many links (including from this blog) to further thinking and resources.
The book is logically structured, covering such areas as the role of evidence, teaching big concepts, revision, learning key information and setting creative tasks. Such a structure makes locating information and ideas simply and with ease. The material draws heavily on the work of cutting edge teachers, such as those found on Twitter, as well as Emily’s colleagues and people who she works closely with. Consequently, there are many great teachers referenced here which provides the reader an excellent list of people to research and draw further ideas from. Tweachers, further reading and blogs used to write the book are all listed and provides a superb reference point for further research.
The book is a mix of tried and tested Ideas which would be particularly useful to NQTs and trainee teachers, ideas which are developed and given a different twist as well as original ideas which can be applied to not only history topics but many other subjects as well. Particularly shining highlights include Idea 5 – Causal Equations, Idea 23 – The Selfie Portrait and Idea 9 – The Significance Tournament. All these ideas, I will adapt and try out in my lessons in the next few weeks.
This is a bumper time for History teachers in terms for subject specific teaching and learning books with Russel Tarr’s excellent A History Teacher’s Toolkit: Practical Classroom Strategies. Emily Thomas has produced an excellent title that compliments Tarr’s book and can add new ideas as well as revitalise more established ones to any history teacher’s armoury. Highly recommended!
