Power & The People: The New Model Army and Events of The Civil War

AQA GCSE history lesson for The Power & The People thematic unit. In this lesson we look at the New Model Army and events of the English Civil War.

We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz ‘whose graves are these?’. We have a brief recap of the short and long term causes of the Civil War using picture prompts. We then look at the outbreak of war and Cromwell’s changes to the army. The pupils are asked to explain why each of the changes Cromwell introduced made them a more effective fighting force. We then look at the differences in the soldiers of both forces and the pupils label the diagrams. We then move onto the events of the war and the pupils complete a ‘Swingometer’, by marking on the dial who they think the war is going in favour of. After briefly looking at tjhe second Civil War the pupils then complete a ‘How useful is this source?’ question on the Soldiers Catchisme.

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