Spanish Armada

A full lesson on how the English defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588. A KS3 lesson with a key enquiry question and differentiated resources, including challenge tasks and scaffolds. The aim of the lesson is for students to understand the reasons why the Armada was defeated and to evaluate which reason was the most important. All information sheets and resources are included on the slides for a download and go lesson.

This lesson includes the following content:

• Picture starter with differentiated questioning
• Timeline task to get students to understand chronology
• Colour coding or card sort activity for catagorising factors that led to the English victory
• A written task with a scaffolded structure and challenge task