Was Henry VIII a good King?

In this 39-slide PowerPoint, the lesson begins with a starter activity designed to introduce students to Henry through one of his portraits. The lesson title and graduated lesson aims (all will/most will/some will) are introduced, and there are some slides of background information for teacher exposition. The class then begins the main activity, which is a 26-card hexagonal evidence sort. Students are encouraged to break the cards down into domestic and foreign policy issues and also personal qualities (there is a color-coded version for purposes of differentiation). They then decide for each column if the evidence is positive or negative. This evidence mapping exercise prepares the students for a piece of extended writing to answer the Key Question. There is time for class discussion, and the lesson aims are revisited before students vote on how good a King Henry was in the plenary.

This lesson was written for high achieving high school students and is written in UK English.