PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and one word document that examines why Parliament won the English Civil War. Please note the lesson covers the main events of the war between 1642 and 1646 but does not cover the Second Civil War.

Activities include

• Quick Quiz activity to establish some key terminology about the forces involved in the war.
• Reading and highlighting task on Royalist and Parliamentarian successes during the Civil War.
• Scoring activity of both the Royalists and Parliamentarians in relation to various categories such as leadership, etc, during the conflict.
• Ranking activity on the most important factor why Parliament won the war.
• Discussion exercise on why King Charles surrendered to the Scots in 1646 and not Parliament.

Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of Stuart Britain / Early Modern Europe.

Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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