GCSE 9-1 BRITISH HISTORYELIZABETHAN ENGLAND

1558-1603Interactive

WORK BOOKLETWas the Elizabethan Era a ‘Golden Age’?

GCSE 9-1 BRITISH HISTORYElizabethan England Interactive

WORK BOOKLET

Section 1. GOVERNMENT, COURT AND MARRIAGESLIDE 4 Read the learning outcomes.

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ELIZABETH I EARLY LIFE AND FAMILY

1. Complete the profile about Elizabeth I and her family.ELIZABETH I PROFILE

Date of birth

Place of birth

Her Father

Her Mother

Date of death

Reigned for

Details about Elizabeth’s early life

Her Father Her Mothers Her Half-Sister Her Half-Brother

2. Was Elizabeth well prepared to become queen in 1558? What do you think?Extension workClick on the Advanced button and answer the tasks on the Tudor portrait.

SLIDE 5

Problems for Elizabeth3. Complete the diagram to show problems at the start of Elizabeth's reign.

Extension workClick on the Information button to find out more the royal prerogative.Click on the Advanced button and answer the task on problems for Elizabeth I.

SLIDE 6 WHAT WAS EXPECTED OF A MONARCH?

4. What was Elizabeth expected to do as monarch? Make a list of her duties.

5. Why did being a woman make her task as queen more difficult? Give 3 reasons.

6. Who were the two other previous queens of England?

7. How successfully did they rule England?

SLIDES 7 - 8 ELIZABETHAN GOVERNMENT

10. What did Elizabeth make clear at the start of her reign?

11. What does the term ‘divine right’ mean?

12. Why could Elizabeth not rule like a dictator?

Extension workClick on the Information button for a list of Elizabeth’s parliaments.Click on the Advanced button and answer the task on Elizabethan parliaments.

13. What different bodies made up national government?

14. What different bodies made up local government?

15. Complete the diagram of Elizabethan government.

16. Write a sentence to describe each body.ParliamentPrivy CouncilRoyal CourtLord Lieutenants

Queen

JPs

County Court

Law Courts

JPsSheriffsRegional Councils

SLIDE 13 LEADING FIGURES AT COURT

47. Complete the profiles of these leading figures at Elizabeth's court.

SLIDES 14 - 15MARRIAGE

48. Give 3 reasons why the Privy Council and Parliament wanted Elizabeth to marry.

49. Who was Peter Wentworth?50. Why did he fall out with Elizabeth?51. How did Elizabeth punish him?

Extension workClick on the Information button for Elizabeth’s marriage checklist.Click on the Advanced button and answer the tasks on Elizabeth and marriage.

52. Reasons for and against marriage. Complete the diagram below.

53. Who were the main contenders for Elizabeth's hand in marriage?

Contender Country Religion Strengths Weaknesses

54. Who were the other possible suitors?55. Give 3 reasons why Elizabeth never married.

Extension workClick on the Advanced button and answer the tasks on Robert Dudley.Section 2. RELIGIONSLIDE 16 Read the learning outcomes.

Reasons for a

marriage

Reasons against a marriage

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SLIDE 18CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANTS

7. What does the word Reformation mean?

8. Who started the Reformation in Germany?

9. What church did he establish?10. The differences between Catholicism and Protestantism? Choose Catholic or Protestant.

Church buildings and priests: the differencesThe Pope is head of the Church Catholic/

ProtestantChurches are plain Catholic/

ProtestantPriests wear special clothes Catholic/

ProtestantPeople can pray directly to God Catholic/

ProtestantChurch services and practices: the differencesThe Bible is in Latin Catholic/

ProtestantPriests are allowed to marry Catholic/

ProtestantThe bread and wine represents the body and blood of Christ

Catholic/Protestant

The Church and priests can forgive your sins Catholic/Protestant

Explain the difference between transubstantiation and consubstantiation.

Catholic/Protestant

Extension workClick on the Information button for more detail about the Holy Communion.

SLIDE 19ELIZABETH’S PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

11. What were Elizabeth’s personal religious beliefs? Complete the diagram below.

12. Explain why Elizabeth had to consider other European countries before she decided on which direction to take on religion.

SLIDE 20THE CHURCH SETTLEMENT

13. What did the Elizabethan Church Settlement establish?14. Which two acts of parliament set out the Elizabethan Church Settlement?

15. Why was there opposition to the Elizabethan Church Settlement in the House of Lords?

16. What was the attitude of the House of Commons to be Elizabethan Church Settlement?

The Elizabeth

an Church

Settlement

17. How did Elizabeth solve the problem of opposition in Parliament?

Extension workClick on the Information button for more on the importance of the Church and religion.

SLIDE 21THE ELIZABETHAN CHURCH SETTLEMENT

Keeping Protestants and Catholics happy 19. Complete the diagram below.

SLIDE 22PURITAN OPPOSITION

20. What did Puritans not like about the Elizabethan Church Settlement?

What pleased Catholics? What pleased Protestants?

18. Complete the diagram to show the main acts that made up the Elizabethan Church

21. Why were the returning Puritans a problem?

22. Give 2 reasons why Puritans were a problem for Elizabeth.

Extension workClick on the Information button for more on the Vestments Controversy.

SLIDE 23

PURITAN CHALLENGE TO THE ELIZABETHAN CHURCH

The different kinds of Puritans23. Complete the table below.

Who were they? What did they want to achieve?

How dangerous for Elizabeth and why?

SLIDE 45THE BATTLE OF GRAVELINES

63. Describe what happened at the Battle of Gravelines.

64. Why was it a decisive victory for the English?

65. Read Elizabeth’s speech and answer the questions below.On 8 August, Queen Elizabeth went to Tilbury to encourage her sailors and soldiers. The next day she gave what is probably her most famous speech:

ELIZABETH I’s TILBURY SPEECH“I have come amongst you as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle to live or die amongst you all, to lay down for my God and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too.”

66. What is the effect of this speech?

67. What is the tone?

68. How does the Queen rouse her audience?

69. What does this speech tell us about the kind of leader Elizabeth was?

SLIDE 46THE DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH

ARMADA

70. Complete the diagram to show how the Armada was defeated.

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71. Complete the diagram to show the results of Spain's defeat.

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SLIDE 47EXAM SKILLS 2ESSAY WRITING

72. Why did England defeat the Spanish Armada?Answers to essay questions need planning, even in the exam.Why questions are not just narrative questions. They require you to give reasons and explain them. If you can, you should also say how the reasons are linked.

Section 4. ELIZABETHAN LIFESLIDE 48 Read the learning outcomes.

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Consequences for Spain

Consequences for

England