Does Henry VIII deserve the title of 'Henry the Great'?

Designed for use with a mixed ability Year 7 group to help them build independence skills as well as source analysis skills. Students begin with activities designed to remind them of what an interpretation is and how different figures are interpreted different depending on the source. Students are then placed in similar ability groups where they examine different sources and interpretations of Henry VIII. Students make use of 'help cards' throughout this activity which highlight certain parts of the source and give them prompt questions to aid their independence throughout the task (use the cards before you ask the teacher). Once all of the sources have been analysed they then use their knowledge to support their answer as to whether Henry VIII deserves to be known as 'great'.
This lesson came following an assessment on interpretations of King John where students were given targets to improve their use of sources. In the next lesson students were given one of three target sheets (depending on their previous assessment) and then using their developed analysis skills they wrote an answer based on the interpretations of Henry VIII.
Developed for an observation that was graded at 'Outstanding'.

Please note there is an optional 'example interpretation' that uses a clip from the Simpsons 'Margical History Tour' that can be found on youtube.