NEW 2025/6 SPEC - This is an updated lesson examines the main reasons for the increase in exploration during the reign of Elizabeth I such as the influence of new technology, trade in the Americas and West Africa and improved ship design.
The lesson resources include:
- 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
- 1 x 23 slide main Power Point Lesson
The main Power Point includes:
- Slide 1: Title Slide
- Slide 2-3: Warm Up Activity - Students compare two maps of the world before and after the Elizabethan Age of Discovery.
- Slide 4-6: Warm Up Activity - A fun personality test to determine if students would make a suitable Elizabethan explorer - includes answers and printable questionnaire.
- Slide 7-8: Starter Task - Picture quiz - What influenced the increase in Elizabethan exploration?
- Slide 9: Background information covering the main factors which influenced Elizabethan exploration.
- Slide 10: Background information about new technology such as astrolabes and quadrants.
- Slide 11-12: Task 1 - Explaining the reasons for Elizabethan exploration with printable worksheets
- Slide 13-14: Task 2 - Instructions to make a revision aid cube with printable cut out cube.
- Slide 15-17: Task 3 - Exploration fact questions with answers and printable question sheet.
- Slide 20: Learning Review - The Explain Game
- Slide 21-22: Example exam/assessment questions based on Elizabethan exploration.
- Slide 23: Lesson fact sheet
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
This resource is for personal use only and for copyright reasons should not be copied/amended for commercial use.
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