What is the secret of successful note-

taking?

What are your notes like? Easy to read ……………….…………Hard to read Brief to the point …….….……………Too detailed Easy to understand ….............…Hard to understand Well organised ……………………Poorly organised Pages numbered/labelled ………………No system Easy to learn from …….……Difficult to learn from Well abbreviated …………..…….No abbreviations Important ideas stand out ..........Not easy to see ideas In my own words ………...……..Chunks copied out

What was What was England like in England like in

1485?1485?

TBAT develop note-taking TBAT develop note-taking skillsskills

Research and evaluate what Research and evaluate what social-economic conditions in social-economic conditions in

late C15th Englandlate C15th England

Learning objectives

Key words: arable enclosure primogeniture

Your taskYour task

Here are some commons words / Here are some commons words / phrase we will use in this course. phrase we will use in this course. Create an ‘Abbreviations’ page in Create an ‘Abbreviations’ page in your folder and produce your folder and produce abbreviations for these words.abbreviations for these words.Henry VIII Catholic Protestant therefore

France Spain Rome King

Queen Prince Parliament Reformation

Wars of Roses

Thomas Wolsey

Armada Dissolution of the

Monasteries

Life on a farm in early modern Europe. How has the artist depicted rural life? How similar / different do you think life was?

The author of this book imagines what a Tudor person would make of life in modern-day Britain and goes on to summarise some of its key characteristics.

You have 10 minutes to read the extract and then in teams try to summarise what would a Tudor person would typically see as he looked around England at the start of Henry VII’s reign.

You may wish to use a pair of glasses as the template for your ideas. The team with the best ideas wins.

Your taskYour task

Read Ferriby, p.2-4 and take notes Read Ferriby, p.2-4 and take notes on these aspects of late C15th on these aspects of late C15th society:society:

Population sizes & distributionPopulation sizes & distribution Farming characteristicsFarming characteristics Cloth industryCloth industry Structure of societyStructure of society

Read an extract from Christopher Hibbert’s ‘The English: A Social History’ (p.171-2)

How far do you agree with his description of England in the early Tudor period?

Extension taskExtension task

You are Henry VII. Make a list of the features of society at the start of your reign which make it easy for you to govern.

In a different colour, make a list of things that are likely to provide challenges in the future.

Write a paragraph in your notes summarising the key features of society at the start of Henry’s reign. Refer to the strengths and weaknesses and decide how stable society was.

HomeworkHomework

What was What was England like in England like in

1485?1485?

TBAT develop note-taking TBAT develop note-taking skillsskills

Research and evaluate what Research and evaluate what social-economic conditions in social-economic conditions in

late C15th Englandlate C15th England

Learning objectives

Key words: arable enclosure primogeniture