Reminder

What did Henry VIII

Dissolve Steal their
do to the Build more
them money
monasteries?
Why did reformers They
To get They were
want to change the thought it
money boring
Church? was corrupt
He wanted to He wanted
Why did Henry VIII His wife
marry Anne to move
want a divorce? was too old
Boleyn house
Why did Henry VIII
His wife was
think he should not He did not He was too
not nice to
have married his first have a son young
him
wife?
Extension: how would becoming head of the church help Henry VIII to
 What are we learning about today?

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 Classwork Date

Was there a Mid-Tudor Crisis?

All: will identify reasons why there
was a mid-Tudor crisis
Most: will be able to categorise the
reasons that historians have said
there was a mid-Tudor crisis
Some: will be able to form their
own interpretation of whether CRISIS:
there was a mid-Tudor crisis using A time of instability
multiple reasons to explain their and problems
decision
 Why there might be a problem with
these people being the monarch?
Edward VI 1547-1553 Mary I 1553-1558

•A child •Female
•Very Protestant •Catholic
 Task 1:
CATEGORISING is an important skill in history as it helps
to organise information.
In pairs, read the cards and divide them into evidence
that there WAS a Mid Tudor Crisis and evidence that
there WAS NOT a Mid Tudor Crisis .

Then categorise them as:

Social – involve and has an impact on the people
Economic – all to with money, tax and wealth
Political – how the government rule/who rules
Religious – different types of religious/religious issues
Stretch and challenge: which category do you think is the most
important? Explain your answer.
 Skinny Answers

• For at least 1 category, describe the problems

of the mid-Tudor period in 8 words or less

• For at least 2 categories, explain the problems

of the mid-Tudor period in 8 words or less

• For each category, explain whether there was

a mid-Tudor crisis in 6 words or less
Task 2: Using the cards, create a bar graph to
show the level of crisis for each category.
create a bar graph for two categories
10 create a bar graph for all categories
create a bar graph for all categories.
Which category do you think posed the
greatest threat?
Stretch and challenge: do you think
Edward and Mary were to blame for any of
these problems? Explain your answer.

0
Economic Social Political Religious
What type of crisis was there?

Religious
Social
Economic
Political
 Task 3: was there a mid-Tudor crisis?
Using what you have learned today complete one of the sentences
below. You must use specific evidence in each sentence.

1. There was a mid-Tudor crisis. I think this because.....(use specific

evidence), this meant that.....(explain your answer)
2. There was not a mid-Tudor crisis. I think this because..... (use specific
evidence), this meant that.....(explain your answer)
2. In some ways there was a mid-Tudor crisis, such as.......(explain your
answer using specific evidence). However, in other ways, there was
not. For example...... Overall, there was/was not a mid-Tudor crisis
because.....(explain your answer with evidence)

Stretch and challenge: can you link any of the factors in your
explanation? Why are these factors linked?
 Peer Assessment
• Read your partners work
• Look carefully at the task
criteria.
• Give your partner a WWW
• Give your partner a target.
Possible targets:
Can you provide evidence for
your opinion?
Can you explain why someone
would say there was/was not a
MTC?
Describe your opinion of
whether there was a
Mid-Tudor Crisis
Use specific evidence from
the lesson to support your
point
Explain how this evidence
proves that there was/was
not a MTC
Was there a
mid-Tudor
crisis?