KS3 Medieval - Why Did the Peasants Challenge Richard II?

This lesson contains:

• A ‘do now’ starter which can be edited to fit whatever you taught previously.
• A chance to bring the monarchs up to date and connect Richard to the previous ones. Students will understand his situation as a young king inheriting a long war.
• Students will be taken through the key developments of the enquiry so far and how the different groups have been affected, with peasants being the only group that have seen very little improvement even after the Black Death. They study statements and determine the main grievances of the peasants.
• Students will study a comic strip (editable) about the events of the revolt and complete a task to document the main events each day and assess the threat level of each.
• A chance to reflect on what the revolt shows about the power no possessed by each social group.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 2 x Publisher Files