Power & The People: Oliver Cromwell

AQA GCSE history lesson for The Power & The People thematic unit. In this lesson we look at how Oliver Cromwell should be remembered.

We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz ‘. We discuss the Commonwealth briefly before the pupils complete a text analysis using highlighters on events immediately after Charles’ execution. We then have a look at the evidence for Cromwell being either a hero or a dictator. We look at the Diggers and the Levellers as challenges to the Commonwealth with the aid of a video clip. We then briefly look at the Commonwealth’s end and the Restoration before finally considering several portrayals of oliver Cromwell from 4 different sources. The pupils complete a task called ‘The Gallery of Cromwell’ where they dissect the different interpretations of Cromwell and the reasons for this.

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