History at key stage 3 (Year 8)

Unit 8: The civil wars was England 'turned upside down' in the seventeenth century?

Language for learning

Through the activities in this unit pupils will be able to understand, use and spell correctly words relating to:

seventeenth-century politics, eg Parliament, puritan, monarchy, republic, radical, Leveller, Digger, conservative, dissenter

Speaking and listening - through the activities pupils could:

listen for a specific purpose, note the main points and consider their relevance and validity
discuss and respond to initial ideas and information, carry out the task and then review and refine ideas

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.


	1. Why was 1649 a year of reckoning?
	2. What do successful monarchs do? What did Charles I do?
	3. How do historians disagree about the causes of the civil wars?
	4. How did the civil wars divide families?
	5. Why did Parliament win the civil wars?
	6. Why did the winners of the civil wars argue among themselves?
	7. Why do people interpret Cromwell in very different ways?
	8. What happened at the Restoration?
	9. Was 'the world turned upside down'?