Amicable Grant & Thomas Wolsey - Henry VIII - GCSE Edexcel History - Lesson 5

**UPDATED FOR 2025/**6

• What was the Amicable Grant?
• Why was the Amicable Grant required?
• Why was the Amicable Grant controversial?
• What were the consequences of the Amicable Grant?
• How did it contribute towards Wolsey’s downfall?

This is a fully resourced lesson which includes a printable fact sheet based on the GCSE Edexcel specification as well as worksheets, discussion tasks, engaging background information, warm up tasks and learning reviews.

The downloaded lesson includes the following:

• 1x A4 printable worksheet

1x main Power Point:

• Slide 1: Title slide – Thomas Wolsey and the Amicable Grant
• Slide 2: Main Lesson Aims
• Slide 3-4: Previous Learning Recap: Recapping Wolsey’s Reforms (Enclosure, Finances, the Eltham Ordinances & Justice). Answers revealed.
• Slide 5: As You Enter Warm Up: Do you know the tax system today?
• Slide 6-8: Starter – Three problem solving questions with multiple choice answers for students to reason. Answers revealed for what actually happened.
• Slide 9-10: Background Information – including a simple map of Europe to show the Holy Roman Empire.
• Slide 11-12: Task 1 – Storyboard task with instructions and printable sheet
• Slide 13: Task 2 – Link to the A4 worksheet
• Slide 14: Task 3 – Source Inference (aimed at higher ability)
• Side 15: Follow Up Challenge Tasks
• Slide 16: Example Exam Questions
• Slide 17: Lesson Fact Sheet – Based on the GCSE Edexcel Specification
• Slide 18-19: Learning Review Crossword – with answers revealed.
• Slide 20: Original Map which can be edited for personal use.

This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.

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