Government Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?

The Gunpowder Plot; Government Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?

Some historians believe that the whole plot was a government conspiracy to convince James I that the Catholics could not be trusted, and that the plotters were just pawns in the hands of Robert Cecil.

They believe that Cecil arranged the whole thing in a bid to get James to ban Catholics all together.

Is there more to The Gunpowder Plot than meets the eye?

The Gunpowder Plot; Government Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?

A conspiracy is a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act.

What is a conspiracy?

GROUP TASK

Work in your assigned Groups to sort the cards into two groups.

One group for “Arguments for the theory of a Government Conspiracy”.

One group for “Arguments for the theory of a Terrorist Plot”.

Discuss each card and decide between you which Group the card belongs to.

The Gunpowder Plot; Government Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?

What do you think?

WRITTEN TASKPut the title “The Gunpowder Plot; Government Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?” in your exercise books.

Write a sentence about why historians think that the Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy.

Write a sentence about why historians think that the Gunpowder Plot was a terrorist plot.

Write a sentence about which theory that you believe is true.

WRITTEN TASK

The Gunpowder Plot; Government Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?

Some historians believe that the Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy because…

Some historians believe that the Gunpowder Plot was a terrorist plot because…

I believe that the Gunpowder Plot was a ……..