The Mid Tudors: The Succession

PowerPoint (with five slides) and two Word Documents that examine the extent the succession was stable during the mid-Tudor period. The lesson focuses on Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I’s plans for the succession and the extent those plans came to fruition. Please note that while the Lady Jane Grey Plot is covered in this lesson, it and particularly the reasons for its failure are covered in more detail in a separate lesson.

Activities include

• Starter activity matching relevant terminology to the correct definition.
• A reading and comprehension task that requires students to highlight evidence that the succession contravened the monarchs wishes during the mid Tudor period.
• An activity in which the key considerations for the succession are ranked in importance for each of the monarchs in the period.
• A discussion based activity on the extent Edward VI may have been influenced by Salic Law.
• A judgment task to determine which mid Tudor monarchs were successful in achieving their aims for the succession.

Designed for the teaching of OCR History Y106 The Early & Mid Tudors.
Duration: 1hr lessons approx.
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