Civil War Battles and Sieges - Source-based activities

Printable source-based activities about Civil War battles and sieges. Ideal for students who are following the National Curriculum in England Key Stage 3 History Programme of Study and are learning about the development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745.

In these source-based activities students will use primary sources to find out about the Battle of Edgehill, 1642, the Second Siege of Newark, 1644 and the Siege of Newcastle, 1644. After students have completed this activity, they may wish to have a go at identifying an object which mas made during the third siege of Newark of 1646 by having a go at a Civil War object encounter: https://britishcivilwars.ncl.ac.uk/weapons-warfare/battles-sieges/object-encounter/.

This resource was developed for the website britishcivilwars.ncl.ac.uk, a collaborative project between Newcastle University Library Education Outreach Team and the Learning Team at the National Civil War Centre.