Hello and welcome! My name is Mr. H and I have been the head of a secondary school History faculty for over a decade. I am passionate about developing high quality, exciting teaching resources that allow all pupils to feel challenged, supported and immersed in their learning. In order to achieve this, I hope to provide rigorously planned lessons and resources which are regularly updated to reflect meaningful, pedagogical changes in the curriculum.
Hello and welcome! My name is Mr. H and I have been the head of a secondary school History faculty for over a decade. I am passionate about developing high quality, exciting teaching resources that allow all pupils to feel challenged, supported and immersed in their learning. In order to achieve this, I hope to provide rigorously planned lessons and resources which are regularly updated to reflect meaningful, pedagogical changes in the curriculum.
Edexcel GCSE History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588
This is a complete unit of lessons, comprehensively covering all 3 topics from the specification in their entirety.
Each lesson is fully resourced and contains in-depth information, activities, exam practice and educational videos throughout.
Every lesson has also been fully revised and updated for 2025, in line with exam board changes.
Topic 1: Queen, Government and Religion, 1558-69
• Lesson 1: The Situation on Elizabeth’s Accession
• Lesson 2: Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement
• Lesson 3: Challenges to Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement
• Lesson 4: The Problem of Mary, Queen of Scots
Topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at Home and Abroad, 1569-88
• Lesson 1: Plots and Revolts at Home
• Lesson 2: Relations with Spain
• Lesson 3: Outbreak of War with Spain, 1585-88
• Lesson 4: The Spanish Armada, 1588
Topic 3: Elizabethan Society in the Age of Exploration 1558-88
• Lesson 1: Education and Leisure
• Lesson 2: The Problem of the Poor
• Lesson 3: Exploration and Voyages of Discovery
• Lesson 4: The Attempted Colonisation of Virginia
Thanks!
Edexcel GCSE History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588
Topic 1: Queen, Government and Religion, 1558-69
• Lesson 1: The Situation on Elizabeth’s Accession
• Lesson 2: Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement
• Lesson 3: Challenges to Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement
• Lesson 4: The Problem of Mary, Queen of Scots
Each lesson is fully resourced, comprehensively covering all aspects of the specification through in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice.
Every lesson has also been fully revised and updated for 2025, in line with exam board changes.
Thanks!
Edexcel GCSE History: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588
Topic 1: Queen, Government and Religion, 1558-69
Lesson 2: Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement
This is a fully resourced lesson, comprehensively covering all aspects of the specification through in-depth information, activities, videos and exam practice.
Fully revised and updated for 2025, in line with exam board changes.
Thanks!