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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
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