Tudor Rebellion - Political Stability (Parliament)

For teaching OCR A Level Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603

This is lesson 2 of the unit ‘Political Stabilty’. This lesson focuses on the role of parliament in maintaining political stability. This two hour lesson includes an accompanying work booklet!

How effectively did the Tudor monarchy use parliament to maintain political stability?

This lesson covers;

• Starter task called ‘horribly told histories!’
• What was the role of parliament?
• What was the role of the House of Lords
• Bills of Attainder
• Privy Council
• Regional Councils - Wales and the North
• In-depth study of control in Ireland
• Includes a 20 question knowlege check quiz

Overall students will assess what to what extent Tudor monarchs were effective in maintaining political stability using parliament.

Note- students will need the textbook for some of the tasks.

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