Two hours lesson on English involvement in the Netherlands after 1585. Fully resourced, with differentiated worksheets for students at different levels. The lesson includes two different starter activities to spread the resource over two lessons.

Hour long lesson looking at the problems Elizabeth faced when she became queen. Learning objectives: To be able to assess where the greatest challenge to Elizabeth came from: home or abroad? To be able to identify the problems Elizabeth faced when she became queen in 1558.

Fully resourced lesson addressing the Treaty of Versailles. This lesson includes a tangled time line starter and an inference question with a model answer. This is a GCSE lesson but could easily be adapted for key stage 3. Learning objectives: To be able to explain why the Treaty of Versailles was so unpopular in Germany. To be able to identify the key terms of the Treaty of Versailles.