1. Can you spot the mistakes? One reason that henry VIII wanted to brake with the Cathlic Church was that he wanted to devorce Catherine of Aragon and marry anne Boleyn. He hoped this would give him the son he wanted, and he would know who would be next on the thrown. However, the pope would not allow him to get a divorce. Around this time there was also a group of people called protestants who were unhappy with the Catholic Church. They thought that the bible should be in English. They also claimed that the Church was too rich, and that some preists were not leading holy lives. Starter: Oops! I wrote this in a hurry, can you find and correct the SPAG mistakes? Extension: How could you improve this writing with a wider range of vocabulary? HenrybreakCatholic divorce Anne thronePope Protestants Bible priests

2. Why is it difficult to decide why Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries? L.O.s To evaluate evidence to judge the real reason the monasteries were dissolved Key words dissolve= reform= The Reformation= break up/close down change the name for when the Church of England broke away from the Catholic Church

3. What did Henry do to break from Rome? 1532-3 Acts passed which stopped all payments to the Pope from the English Church 1534 Act of Supremacy made King Head of the Church instead of the Pope

4. Task Read the information in the sources and decide whether they are saying Henry dissolved the monasteries because of religion, or because of money Add a comment in your book to explain if you think there are any reasons we might need to be careful with this source (think nature – what it is, origin – where it comes from, and purpose – why it was made) ReligionWho wrote/made this source and why? Does that mean we need to be careful with it? Source A – it says the abbot liked gambling and women visited the monasteries, which goes against the rules a priest had to live by It is from one of Cromwell’s men – he might be exaggerating how bad things were Why is it difficult to decide why Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries?

5. In 1535 Thomas Cromwell sent out some inspectors........in 1536 smaller monasteries were closed...in 1539 larger monasteries closed

7. Why did Henry VIII dissolve the monasteries? What is the real reason the monasteries were dissolved? Which sources are most useful for finding out the real reason Henry dissolved the monasteries? Why? Extension: What are the other sources useful for?

8. 1)What is the real reason the monasteries were dissolved? The real reason the monasteries were dissolved was... 2) Which sources are most useful for finding out the real reason Henry dissolved the monasteries? Why? The sources that were most useful for finding out the real reason were............., because...................... 3) What were the other sources useful for? The other sources were useful for finding out about........... Extension: What other type of sources would you like to look at to find out more? Why is it difficult to decide why Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries?

9. BasicGetting betterWow factor! Says which reason was the most important Says which reason was the most important and explains which sources were the most useful and why Explains what the other sources were useful for, even if they weren’t useful for finding out the real reason the monasteries were dissolved Why is it difficult to decide why Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries?