Lesson 10: Students examine the threat of the Jesuit missionaries after 1580 with a focus on Edmund Campion. Students then examine Queen Elizabeth’s harsher anti-Catholic laws and the work of Francis Walsingham in capturing suspected Catholic threats.

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 2-4: Recap Gap Fill - Students complete a sentence gap fill activity which recaps the Catholic threats to Elizabeth studied so far. Includes answers and printable worksheet.
• Slide 5: Starter 1 - Discussion - If you were a missionary, where would you hide and why?
• Slide 6: Starter 2 - Discussion - Which group in society would it be best for Catholic missionaries to target and why? A choice of three groups and challenge question given.
• Slide 7-8: Background information and challenge question covering the Jesuits
• Slide 9-10: Background information and challenge question covering the role of Edmund Campion.
• Slide 11: Background information about the impact and consequences of the Jesuit missionaries.
• Slide 12: Printable worksheet to use alongside the fact sheet
• Slide 13: Follow up questions
• Slide 14-15: Learning Review - Walsingham’s Code Breaker activity sheet, includes answers and printable resource.
• Slide 16: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 17: More from RA Resources

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