The English Civil War Lesson 2 - Causes of the Civil War

This is the second lesson out of scheme of work on the English Civil War. Originally designed for the AQA GCSE Paper 2 (Thematic Studies, Power and the People, Challenging Royal Authority) however these resources could be used for any Key Stage 3, 4 or 5 lesson on the English Civil War. This lesson starts by asking pupils to recall the definitions for key terms from lesson 1 (e.g. catechism, The Grand Remonstrance, Presbyterian etc). Next, pupils have to sort the long-term and short-term causes of the English Civil War into religious, political and economic reasons onto a Venn Diagram (there are differentiated resources for this). Finally, pupils have to answer the exam question: “Were religious factors the main cause of protest in Engaldn in the nineteenth century?” There is a mark scheme related to this question so pupils can peer mark each other’s questions.