1. Starter Quiz
TASK: Please write down the title, and 1-9 in your margin on a new sheet of paper.
1. What were the land owning classes?
2. Who did Elizabeth suggest Robert Dudley should Marry?
3. Who were the Spartacist?
4. Which Suitor did Elizabeth call her ‘little frog’??
5. Who built Hardwick Hall?
6. Why was James a good potential successor to Elizabeth?
7.When was the Kapp Putsch ?
8. In which German city did the Nazis launch a rebellion in 1923?
9. What is a lace collar on a wire frame called?
Last lesson = 1 pt
Last week = 2 pt
Last term = 3 pt

2. Last lesson = 1 pt Last week = 2 pt Last term = 3 pt
1. Nobility and gentry
2. Mary Queen of Scots
3. Left-wing group who tried to take power in 1919
4. Duke of Alencon (Anjou)
5. Countess of Shrewsbury (Bess of Hardwick)
6. He was male, experienced King, Protestant, had children, unite England and Scotland
8. Munich
9. A ruff
Give yourself a score out of 18
In a green pen, you are going to write down which topic you need to develop you understanding of (Living standards and fashion ; Elizabeth- marriage and succession; Weimar Germany)
For next lesson you need to create revision material on that topic. In that next lesson, you will be given a new quiz just on the topic you are revising.

3. Elizabeth Lesson 8: A ‘Golden Age’: growing prosperity and the rise of the gentry. The Elizabethan theatre and its achievements
Even better:
Evaluate the achievements of the Theatre
Good learning:
Understand why the Gentry grew.
Great learning:
Explain the development of the theatre
Key Words: Gentry, Puritans, Taverns

4. Understand why the Gentry grew.
Explain each of:
The Tudors’ suspicion of the ‘old’ nobility
The dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII
Increasing Wealth
Which was the most important reason and why?

5. Explain the development of the theatre
How many theatres were there at the start of Elizabeth’s reign?
How had this changed by the end of her reign?
Give details of the 1572 law regarding actors and its consequences

6. Evaluate the achievements of the Theatre
Write a letter of complaint explaining why you don’t want a new theatre to open. Included:
Puritan views
Acting not being a respectable job
What happened around theatres e.g. crime
Produce a promotional guide to a theatre featuring:
Design
Audience
Playwrights
Patronage
Themes

7. Elizabeth Lesson 8: A ‘Golden Age’: growing prosperity and the rise of the gentry. The Elizabethan theatre and its achievements
Even better:
Evaluate the achievements of the Theatre
Good learning:
Understand why the Gentry grew.
Great learning:
Explain the development of the theatre
Key Words: Gentry, Puritans, Taverns