Henry VIII: Wolsey's Rise to Power

PowerPoint (with 5 slides) and two word documents that examines the reasons for Thomas Wolsey’s rise to power at the start of King Henry VIII’s reign.

Activities include

• Source analysis starter to establish Henry’s priorities and the nature of his government at the start of his reign.
• Reading and comprehension task to complete a table on the leading candidates to run Henry’s government.
• Source analysis task to establish the power vacuum at the heart of Tudor government at the start of Henry’s reign.
• Source comparison task to judge whether they agree on why Wolsey rose to power.
• Plenary ranking activity to stimulate discussion on the most important factor in Wolsey’s rise to power.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y106 The Early & Mid Tudors.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace

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