* Two Full Lessons* The Tudors: The Spanish Armada

This pack contains the sixth and seventh lessons in a scheme of work about the Tudors.

The scheme of work is directed towards year 7 but could easily be adapted for KS1, KS2 or other year levels.

The focus of this lesson is on investigating the reasons for and failure of the Spanish Armada.

During these lessons pupils will:
First Lesson:
- Complete an ISM task to identify what happened in 1588.
- Evaluate the key reasons (MEERPS) for Phillip sending the Spanish Armada to invade England.
- Analyse and evaluate the Spanish plan of attack and English plan of defence and use this evidence to decide who they think would win .

Second Lesson:
- Listen to Elizabeth's speech at Tilbury and suggest how much impact it might have.
- Use inference to try and identify the main reasons why the Spanish Armada failed.
- Investigate what actually happened to the Armada
- Begin as assessment task/essay evaluating and prioritising the main reasons for the failure of the Armada.

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