The Stuarts: The Glorious Revolution

PowerPoint (with 7 slides) and one Word Document that examines why King James II’s reign provoked opposition in the form of Monmouth’s Rebellion and then the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

Activities include

• Source analysis of a Stuart image to reestablish why Protestant England feared and hated Catholics.
• Reading and comparison exercise to identify similarities and differences between Monmouth’s Rebellion and the Glorious Revolution.
• Analysis of a colour coded Stuart family tree to establish why the birth of James Francis Stuart (the Old Pretender) caused the Glorious Revolution.
• Source analysis exercise on the reliability of the ‘warming pan baby’ theory.
• Plenary conclusion with secondary historian’s views to acting as stimulus on whether students agree that James II was a tyrant who deserved to be removed from power.
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  Designed for teaching an academically able Key Stage 3 class covering aspects of Stuart Britain / Early Modern Europe.**

Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.

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