British Empire Intro: Age of Exploration

Y8 resources on the Age of Exploration as a contextual introduction to the British Empire

Students will examine where the British Empire was at first, with preliminary questioning as to how students think the British managed to get such an empire, followed by focus into the other European powers of the time and their quest for colonies and wealth.

Worked well for both LA and HA groups, that can be tweaked to provide extension/condensing

*TIF = take it further (extension tasks)