The 'Witch Craze' of the Early Modern Period: Exam Practice (Edexcel)

The ‘witch craze’ in the Early Mod. Period - Exam Practice [#5]

A lesson prompting students to respond to a 12 mark exam-style question: ‘Explain why there was a ‘witch-hunting’ craze from 1645 – 47.’ Adapted for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Paper 1 - Thematic Study w/ Historic Environment. See my TES shop for other lesson and bundle offers!

Suitable as a standalone lesson or within the scheme of work!

Overview: Building on their engagement with factors that influenced the witch craze during the seventeenth century (see previous lesson on TES), students are prompted to respond to a 12 mark exam-style question. This lesson enables students to plan their response, and models / scaffolds the structure and success criteria for them to succeed. The lesson also familiarises students with the Pearson Edexcel mark scheme.

Suitability: Designed for Key Stage 4 (Years 10 – 11), but highly suitable for upper-KS3.

Approximate Delivery Time: 50 – 60 Minutes

What will you get?

Exam Question Focus - Embeded exam-style questions to familiarise students with the assessment phase, and success criteria.
PowerPoint Presentation – Fully scaffolded PPT to support teaching. Note: The PPT may contain animations / clips.
Scaffolded Worksheets – Printable worksheets to support teaching activities to a range of abilities. Multiple options of the same worksheet are provided.
Adaptive Teaching Strategies – An adaptable lesson for a range of learning abilities, with a variety of activities (i.e., whiteboards; think-pair-share; stretch-and-challenge activities).
Focus on Language - Tier 3 vocabulary is highlighted and defined throughout, to support disciplinary understanding.