Edexcel GCSE History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88

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B4 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88

In this module, students will cover the following topics in line with the Edexcel specifications booklet. Detailed information for the module can be found on page 24-25.

Topics include:

Key topic 1: Queen, government and religion, 1558–69

  • The situation on Elizabeth’s accession
  • The ‘settlement’ of religion
  • Challenge to the religious settlement
  • The problem of Mary, Queen of Scots

Key topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569-88

  • Plots and revolts at home
  • Relations with Spain
  • Outbreak of war with Spain, 1585-88
  • The Armada

Key topic 3: Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88

  • Education and leisure
  • The 'problem' of the poor
  • Exploration and voyages of discovery
  • Raleigh and Virginia

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This module download also includes the following teaching resources:

  • L12 Raleigh Facebook Template (pdf)
  • Elizabethan England Week 3 Homework (pdf)
  • L7 Drake Market Place Information (pdf)
  • L5 Should Elizabeth I Allow Mary To Stay In England Copy (pdf)
  • L8 Spanish Armada Causes Diagram (pdf)
  • Elizabethan England Week 4 Homework (pdf)
  • L9 Market Place Activity Education For Tudor Nobility (pdf)
  • L10 1601 Poor Law Information (pdf)
  • L9 Educational Market Place Chart (pdf)
  • L5 Should Elizabeth I Allow Mary To Stay In England Copy (docx)
  • L4 Tudor Family Tree For Annotation (pdf)
  • L5 Plots And Revolts Starter Activity (pdf)
  • L12 Establishment Of The Virginia Colony Snowballing Sheet (pdf)
  • L9 Market Place Material Education For The Middle Classes And The Poor (pdf)
  • L9 Female Education Market Place Information (pdf)
  • L8 English Luck Or Skill (pdf)
  • L1 Marketplace Chart (pdf)
  • Elizabethan England Week 2 Homework (pdf)
  • L5 Revolts Presentation Information (pdf)
  • Elizabethan England Week 3 Homework (docx)
  • Elizabethan England Week 4 Homework (docx)
  • L9 Education Market Place Chart (pdf)
  • L6 Elizabeth I And The Netherlands (pdf)
  • Elizabethan England Week 2 Homework (docx)
  • L4 Tudor Family Tree For Annotation (docx)
  • L9a -Tudor Leisure In Elizabethan Times (pdf)
  • L12 Raleigh Facebook Template (doc)
  • L9 Female Education Market Place Information (docx)
  • L5 Mary Queen Of Scots Source Sheet (docx)
  • L7 (docx)
  • L2 Tudor Religion Comparison Chart (pdf)
  • L11 Voyages Of Discovery Mind Map (pdf)
  • L5 Mary Queen Of Scots Source Sheet (pdf)
  • L1 (pdf)
  • L7 Drake Market Place Information (docx)
  • L9 Market Place Material Education For The Middle Classes And The Poor (docx)
  • L9 Mini Afl Boxes (pdf)
  • L9 Market Place Activity Education For Tudor Nobility (docx)
  • L9 Mini Afl Editable Ppt (pptx)
  • L5 Should Elizabeth I Allow Mary To Stay In England (docx)
  • L6 (pdf)
  • L2 Religious Settlement Information (pdf)
  • L2 Tudor Religion Comparison Chart (docx)
  • L8 English Luck Or Skill (docx)
  • Assessment 3 Colonial Settlements (pptx)
  • L7 Actions Of Sir Frances Drake Chart (pdf)
  • L9 Elizabethan Education Mind Map And Question (pdf)
  • L12 Establishment Of The Virginia Colony Snowballing Sheet (docx)
  • L11 Where S My Pressie- Blackadder Bbc (mp4)
  • L9 Editable Education Market Place Chart (pptx)
  • L4 Should Elizabeth I Allow Mary To Stay In England (pdf)
  • L9 Editable Version Of Elizabethan Education Mind Map (pptx)
  • L1 Market Place Information Sheets (pdf)
  • Elizabethan England Week 1 Homework (docx)
  • L1 Marketplace Chart (pptx)
  • L5 Revolts Presentation Information (docx)
  • L2 Religious Settlement Information (docx)
  • L10 1601 Poor Law Information (docx)
  • L5 Plots And Revolts Starter Activity (docx)
  • L1 Market Place Information Sheets (docx)
  • L9a -Tudor Leisure In Elizabethan Times (docx)
  • L8 Spanish Armada Causes Diagram (docx)
  • L6 Elizabeth I And The Netherlands (docx)
  • L12 The Virginia Colony Apush Period 1 2 Chapter 1 2 (mp4)
  • L11 Voyages Of Discovery Mind Map (pptx)
  • L7 Sir Francis Drake (pptx)
  • L9 Elizabethan Education (pptx)
  • L6 Increasing Tension With Spain Chart (docx)
  • Elizabethan England Week 1 Homework (pdf)
  • L1 (docx)
  • L8 Spanish Armada (pptx)
  • L4 Threat Of Mary Queen Of Scots (pptx)
  • L10 Elizabethan Poor (pptx)
  • Elizabeth I Sow (docx)
  • L6 Anglo-Spanish Relations 1569-88 (pptx)
  • Assessment 2 Catholic Threat To Elizabeth I (pptx)
  • L3 Challenges To Elizabeth S Religious Settlement (pptx)
  • L5 Domestic Threats To Elizabeth I (pptx)
  • L11 Elizabethan Exploration And The Voyages Of Discovery (pptx)
  • L2 Elizabeth I S Religious Settlement (pptx)
  • Assessment 1 Features Of Elizabethan Government (pptx)
  • L1 England Upon Elizabeth I S Accession (pptx)
  • Edexcel GCSE History Exam Booklets (zip)