Civil War L3 – Who Fought in the Civil War?

This lesson contains:

• A starter task that has questions that can be amended or altered based on what you have been previously teaching.
• A brief introduction to the start of the war, and then students use the information presented on the PPT to complete the boxes on their worksheet to differentiate between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers, who they supported, what they wore and what their aims were.
• An activity to study the information sheet and find out about the different way in which musketeers and pikemen fought, as well as then labelling the two different soldiers based on the descriptions on the sheet.
• An activity to find out about the difficulty faced by soldiers when choosing sides. There are four large sources and for each, there is a question that analyses what is being said. The students answer these questions in their books with an extension to explain two reasons why soldiers found it hard to choose sides.
• A plenary activity which can be done as a whole class on the board. There is a summary task on an interactive website from British Civil Wars. It is a drag and drop activity which can be done as a whole class discussion.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 2 x Publisher Files