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Elizabeth I: Presentations of Power

About this learning resource

Format: Word Document

This resource includes a printable worksheet and primary sources.

How did the Virgin Queen maintain power? Explore the hard and soft power of Elizabeth I through her prisoners and her image.

National Curriculum links

• All key stage 4 and key stage 5 Elizabethan papers.

Learning objectives

• Students will analyse the different kinds of power employed by Elizabeth I.
• Students will evaluate primary evidence to understand the reign of Elizabeth I.

Resource Information

Key Stage

  • KS4 (age 15-16)
  • KS5 (age 16+)

Subjects

  • History

Topic

  • Tudors
  • Elizabethans
  • Crime & Punishment

Type

  • Lesson ideas
  • Biographies & Fact sheets
  • Printable activities

Palace

  • Tower of London
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