A high level AQA GCSE history Elizabethan England exemplar 8 mark answer on the causes of tensions with spain and the armada.
Written by a grade 9 GCSE student
A high level AQA GCSE history Elizabethan England exemplar 8 mark answer on the importance of theatre. Has a short extra paragraph on Puritan opposition to the theatre.
Written by a grade 9 GCSE student
A high level AQA GCSE history Elizabethan England exemplar 8 mark answer on the motivations and importance of Elizabethan voyages of exploration.
Written by a grade 9 GCSE student
A series of 10 exemplar 8 mark responses based on the GCSE AQA Elizabethan England syllabus. The responses are in the style of the “describe the importance of X” and “write an account about X”
Includes:
Importance of the voyages of exploration
Raleigh’s attempts at colonisation
Importance and criticism of theatre
Tensions with Spain
The failure of the Armada (includes a paragraph on Drake’s raid on Cádiz, Spanish leadership, English technology and English tactics)
Consequences of the arrival of Mary Queen of Scots in England
Roman Catholic plots
The Northern Rebellion
Causes of poverty
Response to the poverty crisis
tags
exemplar, model answer, history, Elizabethan England, Grade 9