GCSE Elizabeth L12 - Declining Spanish Relations

This lesson contains:

• A comprehensive background into the war in the Spanish Netherlands for context.
• A discussion task about what Elizabeth should do about the Netherlands.
• An activity on the worksheet to study the chronology of events leading to declining relations with Spain, categorising them as financial, political and religious.
• A graphing activity to show the rising and falling of relations as time passed.
• A consolidation activity to consider which events leading to war were Elizabeth’s fault, and which were Phillip’s.
• A final activity to read the provided information sheet and complete questions on the fighting which took place with English troops.
• A plenary to plan (or write) an exam question.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 2 x Publisher Files