QR link to an engaging digital resource exploring the route of the Spanish Armada through an interactive map with six clickable hotspots, each featuring imagery from the Armada Tapestries. Students learn how the events of 1588 were recorded, celebrated, and remembered through art and cartography.
Learning Outcomes
Understand how the Spanish Armada was represented through contemporary art and mapping.
Interpret visual sources and identify key stages of the Armada’s journey.
Analyse historical propaganda and consider why certain images were created.
Link geographical locations to key events in the 1588 campaign.
Resources
Interactive map based on Robert Adams’ famous 16th-century engraving of the Armada’s journey. Six hotspot areas, each containing:
- An image from the Armada Tapestries
- A short explanation of this stage of the Armada
- A link to the story of the Armada Tapestries
How to Use
Works well as a lesson starter, source analysis task, or independent digital activity.
Ideal for KS3 introduction to the Armada or KS4 source interpretation practice.
Can be extended into creative tasks such as:
- Designing a modern tapestry panel
- Comparing artistic and written accounts
- Mapping the route using contemporary maps
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