Stuarts - What Really Happened in the Gunpowder Plot?

This lesson contains:

• A starter task that has questions that can be amended or altered based on what you have been previously teaching.
• Background information about James (in case you have not previously done a lesson him). There is also a slide to get the students engaged by showing that the Gunpowder Plot has lot of exciting elements in it.
• A discussion about the importance of Parliament, before students study an information sheet about the Plot itself and complete a fact file table to record and comprehend the main facts of the event.
• A few slides on the consequences of the plot and then a few slides to show what happened to the plotters.
• The main activity to discuss the two main theories about the plot, whether it was a genuine plot, or whether Robert Cecil knew about it all along. The students then use a number of sources to analyse the event and make a judgement about what it shows about the guilt of the plotters. Students note down suspicious information, then make a judgement about whether the plotters were framed.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 2 x Publisher Files