Why did Charles I storm into Parliament to arrest 5 MPs in 1642?

This outstanding lesson has been fined tuned in the classroom to help students understand the short term causes of the English Civil War. The lesson picks up from the events that led to the end of Charles I’s personal rule and the problems that faced him from 1640 and his decision to declare war on Parliament in 1642. This lesson has been designed for the full ability range. Appropriate slides have been differentiated for foundation and core students.

When you purchase this lesson, you will be able to download a eighteen slide PowerPoint which includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, information slides, pictures, diagrams, video links, tasks, activities and templates to help your students summarise their learning.

Once students have worked their way through the starter exercises, they are presented with a number of problems that faced Charles I from 1640 - 1642. These include religious, financial, the growth of Parliament and his beliefs in the divine rights. Once students have reviewed Charles I’s problems using either the core or foundation slide, they then complete one of several different tasks that you can choose from to help them categorised and prioritised them.

Moving on swiftly, the next part of the lesson looks at a series of extracts which help to set into context Charles I’s decision to storm into Parliament and arrest Pym and his supporters. This followed up by an activity making notes from the film Cromwell describing what happened next. The lesson then finishes off by students evaluating how Charles responded to events in Londonwhy Charles I declared war both the long and short term causes r and deciding who was to blame who was to blame

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The aims and objectives of this lesson are:

Theme: The Short Term Causes of the English Civil War
Know: What problems faced Charles I in 1641 - 1642?
Understand: Why did Charles I storm into Parliament in 1641?
Evaluate: Why did Charles I declare war on Parliament in 1642?

WILF – What Am I Looking For?
Identify & describe: What problems faced Charles I in 1641 - 1642?
Explain: Why did Charles I storm into Parliament in 1642?
Analyse: Why did Charles I declare war on Parliament?

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