Students study how much authority Queen Elizabeth I had towards the end of her reign. LESSON 5

A 17 slide fully resourced lesson containing warm up & learning review activities, a choice of tasks, printable resources and a printable knowledge organiser with all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm Up - A discussion based on the advantages and disadvantages of a monarch who is older with many years of experience. Challenge question included which links to the modern day.
• Slide 3-4: Recap - A link back to Elizabeth’s relationship with her Parliament. Students decide which of the nine statements relates to an opinion of Elizabeth or an opinion of her Parliament. Answers given.
• Slide 5: Starter Source Analysis - A study of a portrait of Elizabeth when she was older. Includes increasingly challenging prompt questions about the portrait and its purpose.
• Slide 6: Background information outlining Elizabeth’s main strengths by the 1590s. Includes challenge questions.
• Slide 7: An outline of the choice of two main tasks.
• Slide 8: Task 1 - A printable table for students to outline and explain how Elizabeth’s authority was in decline after 1590.
• Slide 9-10: Task 2 - An alternative printable worksheet. Students decide if the statements suggest Elizabeth’s authority was in decline or if it remained. Includes challenge and answers.
• Slide 11: Challenge questions with links to AQA exam question stems.
• Slide 12: Interpretation analysis
• Slide 13-15: Learning Review - A 10 question quiz based on the lesson. Includes answers and printable student question sheet.
• Slide 16: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 17: More from RA Resources

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