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starter activityYou are King Philip II of Spain. You hear about the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1588. How do you react? What other things concern you about the English? Clue: he’s down below!
2 July 1588 the Spanish Armada
sets sail from Cadiz, a harbour
on the south coast of Spain.
The ships sail in a crescent
shape. Why?
The Spanish ships are
sighted off the coast of
Cornwall on 29 July 1588. How
do you let people around
the country know what is happening?
The Spanish ships have
travelled up the Channel and are now anchored off the coast of France. What should you do
next?
How close did we How close did we come to defeat?come to defeat?
TBAT describe events TBAT describe events of SA & evaluate of SA & evaluate
reasons for its defeatreasons for its defeat
LOs
Key words: beacon fire ship warfare
Your taskYour task
Film Clip – Battlefield BritainFilm Clip – Battlefield Britain Check you understand the keywords.Check you understand the keywords. Section ASection A. Get into pairs. Student A . Get into pairs. Student A
answer all even-numbered questions, answer all even-numbered questions, student B the odd-numbered ones.student B the odd-numbered ones.
Section BSection B. Answer the questions . Answer the questions individually.individually.
At the end work as a class to pool your At the end work as a class to pool your answers.answers.
Task sheet
Your taskYour task
Study the cards and decide what Study the cards and decide what were the main reasons why the were the main reasons why the English defeated the Armada. Rank English defeated the Armada. Rank them as a ‘Diamond 9’them as a ‘Diamond 9’
Categorise the cards into factorsCategorise the cards into factors