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AQA GCSE 9-1 Elizabethan England, 1568-1603

These lessons focus on Elizabethan society from wealth, status and the latest fashions of the time, an analysis of the Elizabethan theatre and Tudor exploration and trade.

There is also a lesson for the Historic Environment Question for 2026 on The Globe Theatre.

The lessons are enquiry based with a key question using a lightbulb posed at the start of the lesson and revisited to show the progress of learning.

Each lesson aims to challenge the students and focuses on how to answer a GCSE practice question set in the exam.

These range from how convincing is the source, write an account and how significant.

For further assessment materials, please visit the AQA website for specimen questions and answers.

The lessons are as follows:
L1: Wealth Status and fashion
L2: Elizabethan Theatre
L3: The Golden Age (free resource)
L4: Poverty and the Poor Law of 1601
L5: Famous explorers (focus on Drake, Hawkins and Raleigh)
L6: Planning the Spanish Armada
L7: Planning for the Spanish Armada
L8: Defeat of the Spanish Armada
L9: Globe Theatre 2026 Historic Environment exam question practice

All the resources include suggested teaching strategies, retrieval practice, differentiated materials and come in Powerpoint format if there is a wish to adapt and change.

Any reviews would be gratefully received.