1. Starter Quiz 1. What does a astrolabe do?
TASK: Please write down the title, and 1-9 in your margin on a new sheet of paper.
1. What does a astrolabe do?
2. Name a group of poor that people were willing to help?
3. Which German General launched an offensive in March 1918?
4. Why were people worried about the wandering poor?
5. What did John Hawkins trade in?
6. The Poor law meant that the poor could be put where?
7. When did the USA join the War?
8. How many men did Britain lose during the battle of the Somme?
9. What was Drake’s ship called?
Last lesson = 1 pt
Last week = 2 pt
Last term = 3 pt

2. 1. Plots the position of a ship accurately
Last lesson = 1 pt
Last week = 2 pt
Last term = 3 pt
1. Plots the position of a ship accurately
2. The deserving poor; sick, elderly, orphans, insane
3. General Ludendorff
4. Violence and/or spread of disease
5. Slaves
6. Workhouse/ House of Correction
7. 6th April 1917
million men
9. The Golden Hind
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 (Sailors ; The Poor; World War I)
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 11: Hardwick Hall (16 mark question)
Even better:
Evaluate of Hardwick Hall in 16 mark questions
Good learning:
Understand the history and significance of Bess of Hardwick
Great learning:
Explain how and why Hardwick Hall was built
Key Words:

4. Hardwick Hall will be the focus of a Question on your Exam
Question 04 on the Elizabeth paper will be on Hardwick Hall
The question is a 16 Mark question and so will make a big difference to your final mark.
You will be expected to display a large amount of knowledge.
You will need to evaluate aspects of Hardwick Hall in relation to other things you have learnt about Elizabethan England.
You will need to make a judgement and explain it.

5. The following aspects of the site should be considered:
• location
• function
• the structure
• people connected with the site e.g. the designer, originator and occupants
• design
• how the design reflects the culture, values, fashions of the people at the time
• how important events/developments from the depth study are connected to the site.

6. Adapted sample paper Q
‘The main change that Elizabethan manor houses demonstrated was the greater prosperity of their owners.’
How far does a study of Hardwick Hall support this statement?
Explain your answer.
You should refer to Hardwick Hall and your contextual knowledge.
[16 marks]

7. Adapted additional sample paper Q
‘The main reason for building a stately home in Elizabethan times was to demonstrate the successful career of its owner’.
How far does a study of Hardwick Hall support this statement?
Explain your answer.
You should refer to Hardwick Hall and your contextual knowledge.
[16 marks]

8. Other areas they could ask on
The rise of the gentry
Why people were promoted and how they used their influence? How this is demonstrated by Hardwick Hall?
How well does the story of Bess of Hardwick and Hardwick Hall demonstrate the importance of Royal patronage?
How representative of the gentry is Bess of Hardwick?
How representative of the Tudor building craze is Hardwick Hall?

9. Understand the history and significance of Bess of Hardwick
‘Bess of Hardwick’ was by the end of Elizabeth’s reign the richest woman in England apart from the Queen herself.
She famously was married 4 times. Her fourth husband, the Earl of Shrewsbury died leaving her very wealthy and she decided spend money on building a new home on the site of her old family home.
htwww.historyinanhour.com/2013/07/11/bess-of-hardwick-and-hardwick- halltp:///
Produce a biography of Bess of Hardwick include:
Marriages, children, connections to the Royal family and other key families, wealth

10. Explain how and why Hardwick Hall was built
Building started in 1590 and took 7 years to complete
Built next to the Old Hall which was a perfectly good home but old- fashioned (its ruins remain next to Hardwick Hall)
Designed by renowned architect Robert Smythson
A common saying is ‘Hardwick Hall, more glass than wall’.
Influenced by Italian architecture- symmetrical main façade, dominated by huge mullioned windows and a ground-floor Loggia
Rooms have high ceilings (get higher as you go up the floors to symbolise the importance of the rooms and who uses them)

11. Explain how and why Hardwick Hall was built
Produce a guide to Hardwick Hall using the textbook and handout:
Explain the main physical features of Hardwick Hall

12. Evaluate of Hardwick Hall in 16 mark questions
Plan responses to the sample and additional sample paper question.
Plan how you would address the question below
‘Members of the gentry rose to great wealth and power through Royal Patronage.’
How far does a study of Hardwick Hall support this statement?
Explain your answer.
You should refer to Hardwick Hall and your contextual knowledge.
[16 marks]

13. Elizabeth Lesson 11: Hardwick Hall (16 mark question)
Even better:
Evaluate what Hardwick Hall tells us about the rise of the gentry
Good learning:
Understand the history of Bess of Hardwick
Great learning:
Explain how and why Hardwick Hall was built
Key Words: