Students step into 1603 as a Catholic in England. Elizabeth I is dead, and James I’s promises of tolerance quickly vanish. Fines rise, priests are hunted, and fear spreads once more. In this interactive decision-making game, students choose whether to resist, obey, or rebel, with every choice shaping their fate. An immersive, ready-to-teach lesson for exploring Catholic persecution and the road to the Gunpowder Plot. This lesson could be used as a standalone lesson, or as the beginning of The Stuarts. It includes a starter quiz, the game, followed by a comprehension gap fill and plenary quiz.

Elizabethan Leisure: Choose Your Own Adventure (Edexcel GCSE History, Elizabethan England) The year is 1572. Queen Elizabeth I rules England with a firm but glamorous hand. Today is not about work, it’s about leisure. But what does “fun” look like for someone like you? In this interactive choose your own adventure lesson, students step into the shoes of Elizabethans from different backgrounds and make choices about how to spend their day, with hidden consequences along the way. They’ll explore how leisure varied between rich and poor, men and women, and how entertainment could bring joy or danger. The lesson includes a starter quiz, interactive role-play, class discussion, reading comprehension and plenary quiz. Engaging, adaptable and exam aligned, it brings Elizabethan social history to life for Edexcel GCSE Elizabethan England, 1558–88.

The Lost Colony of Roanoke: History ‘Cold Case’ Mystery Investigation Historians are given a cold case from 1590. Governor John White returned to Roanoke. The colonists were gone. No bodies. No letters. Just one word carved into wood: CROATOAN. In this immersive investigation lesson, students become historians tasked with reopening the Roanoke file. Using clues, eyewitness accounts and new archaeological discoveries, they’ll weigh up theories, test the evidence, and decide what really happened to the lost colony. Engaging, evidence-based, and perfect for developing historical enquiry skills, this lesson turns one of history’s greatest mysteries into a gripping classroom case. The lesson includes a starter quiz, source analysis mystery ‘game’, plenary judgement.

Includes comprehension Q&A based on the themes within AQA Tudors, RAG lists and multiple choice quiz, with answers.

A quiz/knowledge booster resource for the Edexcel Migrants in Britain unit. Can be printed as a booklet with or without answers. Includes a range of activities, including knowledge recall, chronology tasks and thematic cause, experience, impact questions.

Includes comprehension Q&A based on the themes within the AQA Tudors, RAG lists and multiple choice quiz, with answers.

Includes comprehension Q&A based on the themes within AQA Tudors, RAG lists and multiple choice quiz, with answers.

Booklet: Includes comprehension tasks, essay plans and revision check-lists.

Includes comprehension Q&A based on the themes within AQA Tudors, RAG lists and multiple choice quiz, with answers.

Includes comprehension tasks, essay plans and revision check-lists for the Mid-Tudor section of the course.

Includes comprehension Q&A based on the themes within AQA Tudors, RAG lists and multiple choice quiz, with answers.

Includes comprehension tasks, essay plans and revision check-lists.

Includes comprehension tasks, essay plans and revision check-lists.