Why did the Mary Rose sink?

This Tudor lesson investigates why Henry VIII’s favourite warship, the Mary Rose, sank in 1545 during the Battle of the Solent against the French. Students will evaluate 4 main reasons including the French, human error, poor design and bad weather.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, information sheets with a table and tasks to complete, mini-plenaries, a consolidation evaluation written question and a plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

We have another great lesson on the importance of finding the Mary Rose available here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13070129

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https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-tudors-12921738

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