Life in Elizabethan Times 1/2: Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603

Elizabethan England, c1568–c1603 - Life in Elizabethan Times. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History.

• A ‘Golden Age’: living standards and fashions; growing prosperity and the rise of the gentry; the Elizabethan theatre and its achievements; attitudes to the theatre.
• The poor: reasons for the increase in poverty; attitudes and responses to poverty; the reasons for government action and the seriousness of the problem.
• English sailors: Hawkins and Drake; circumnavigation 1577–1580, voyages and trade; the role of Raleigh.

Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment:

01 - An English Renaissance
02 - The Elizabethan ‘Golden Age’
03 - The Golden Age of Elizabethan Exploration
04 - Sir Francis Drake - Slave Trader
05 - Sir Francis Drake’s Early Expeditions
06 - Sir Francis Drake’s Circumnavigation, 1577-1580
07 - Consequences of Drake’s Circumnavigation
08 - Sir Francis Drake’s Significance
09 - Sir Walter Rayleigh and the Colonisation of Virginia
10 - The East and the New World - The Impact of Voyages and Trade on Elizabethan England
11 - Growing Prosperity - The Rise of the Gentry
12 - Elizabethan Architecture
13 - Hardwick Hall
14 - Life in Elizabethan Times: Assessment
15 - Life in Elizabethan Times: Revision Guide

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