In this lesson, students explain the main Catholic threats to Elizabeth and her Religious Settlement from both within England and Abroad. In particular, the threat of the Catholic nobility, the influence of the Pope and the challenges from Scotland, France and Spain.
This lesson has been updated in line with the 2025 amended specification and changes to some exam questions.
The lesson pack includes:
- 1 x Fact sheet about the Catholic threats from within England (PDF & PPT)
- 1 x Fact sheet about the Catholic threats from abroad (PDF & PPT)
- 1 x Differentiated gap fill worksheet
The main Power Point for the lesson includes:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: Recap Quiz with answers revealed about the Puritan threat to Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement.
- Slide 3: Starter activity based on a religious map of Europe in 1558.
- Slide 4-5: Background information about the Catholic threats from home and abroad.
- Slide 6-7: Task 1 - Sorting exercise with printable worksheet
- Slide 8-11: Task 2 - Graph based activity where students assess the level of threat from the Catholics (higher ability)
- Slide 12: Printable write on worksheet
- Slide 13: Follow up challenge questions
- Slide 14-17: Practice exam/assessment questions with an analysis of a model answer to a 12 mark question.
- Slide 18-20: Learning Review - Key term match up with answers
- Slide 21-22: Fact sheets based on the GCSE specification
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
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