Early Modern History: Miscellaneous homework / extension activities |
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The following resources can be used either as Miscellaneous homework / extension activities or as stand-alone lesson units in themselves. |
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The Worst Jobs in History: Early Modern
This activity can be used as a stand-alone lesson, homework assignment or as part of a broader unit on "Was life Good or Bad during this particular period?". The worksheet has basic activities for a 30 minute lesson, and extension tasks that could be followed up later. |
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Research Task: What were the Wars of the Roses?
Students are presented with a family tree of the English Royal Family during the
Wars of the Roses. They make deductions from it, identify questions arising, and
then conduct their own research using the web and the school library to solve
the mysteries they have identified. They then complete a quiz on this topic. If each student has a
computer, then a competition can take place: 25 points to the first 5 people to
finish, 20 points for the next five and so on. If you keep a running total
during the course of the year for each time you play a quiz like this, it can
get quite competitive! |
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Essay
Writing Exercise: What happened to the Princes in the Tower?
A genuine mystery! Students are presented with a series of evidence slips and
then have to organise them into categories to determine whether they were killed
(either on the orders of their uncle or of Henry VII) or whether they in fact
survived. At the end of the investigation they are presented with a writing
frame to produce an essay. As an extension task, students could play the
interactive exercise: The Princes in the Tower. |
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Picture Analysis: What
is the message of 'The Ambassadors'?
A challenging lesson, but students often get a great deal from it, especially if
they have some understanding of the Reformation by this point. |
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Role-Play
Exercise: The Dissolution of
the Monasteries
Gets a bit of kinaesthetic learning into the unit! This is a good way of dealing
with the impact of the Henrician Reformation without getting students too bogged
down in the theology (which they will have already covered in depth in the
European Reformation unit). |
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Changes in Art during the Renaissance: Optics and Perspective
Changes in Art during the Renaissance: Anamorphism
3Changes in Art during the Renaissance: Optical Illusions |
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