Murder in the Cathedral, 1170

These resources have been bundled together to provide you with a range of different approaches to looking at the topic of the murder of Thomas Becket in 1170.

The card sort - the causes and consequences is designed to fit around any main stream text book or video on this topic. It is suitable for low ability students.

The lesson - The Causes and Consequences of the Murder of Thomas Becket, provides you with everything you will need to look at this topic with a middle and low ability group, including story board, continuum of the ups and downs of Thomas Becket, heads and tails, word searches and questions.

The lesson - What were the causes of the quarrel between Henry II and Thomas Becket, is an in depth analysis which is suitable for a middle and higher ability group, but is fully supported with missing word, heads and tails, word search, templates and writing frames for a lower ability group. This lesson links in the broader themes of the conflict between Church and State, Magna Carta and the Break with Rome.

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