1. Six degrees of separation – connecting different aspects of Mary and Elizabeth I’s foreign policies.

2. Learning objective – to be able to make links between and across Mary and Elizabeth I’s foreign policies up to 1585.
I can describe links between and across Mary and Elizabeth I’s foreign policies up to 1585.
Grade D
I can explain links between and across Mary and Elizabeth I’s foreign policies up to 1585.
Grade B
I can evaluate links between and across Mary and Elizabeth I’s foreign policies up to 1585.
Grade A

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4. Task – to create six degree of separation chains that tackle an area of Mary and Elizabeth I’s foreign policies.
Task objective – You need to create vertical six degree of separation chains which connect two given events that relate to an area of the topic - English foreign policy – 1553 to 1585.
How? – each group will be given two different events and they need to choose four events that link them together. These links must be explained.
Materials – A record sheet, card and pipe cleaners.
Outcome – each chosen event will be written on a card and connected to the next event by a pipe cleaner making a physical chain which can be hung like a mobile. These will be presented to the class in the plenary so use your record to help you explain your connections.
Added challenge! – use red pipe cleaners to highlight which event you think is the most significant and white pipe cleaners to connect the least significant event in your chain.

5. Making the links between …..
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Anglo-French relations
Linking the War against France in 1557 to St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre in 1572.
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Intervention in the Netherlands
Linking the Dutch Revolt in 1566 to the assassination of William of Orange in 1584.
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Years of Crisis with Spain
Linking the Seizure of Spanish gold florins to the Treaty of Bristol.
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Descent to war with Spain
Linking the Perpetual Edict in 1577 to the Treaty of Nonsuch in 1585.
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6. Making links – getting the higher grades
This word cloud contains the words you need to use to make and explain links. Use them to make links in your explanations.

7. Presentation
When you make your presentation of your six degrees of separation chain, include the following points –
An outline of the chain, giving a step by step explanation of the events.
Based on their happy or unhappy faces, the overall impact the events had on the country studied.
Which event was the turning point and why?