In this one-time fun and interactive class, students will learn all about Queen Elizabeth I. Students do not need to have any prior knowledge.

The class will run as follows:

2 minutes: Introductions.

5 minutes: We will look at a portrait of Elizabeth I. Students will be asked to think about what they can guess about her from the painting.

5 minutes: I will talk a little bit about Elizabeth’s father Henry VIII, and why he didn’t want her to be Queen! 

5 minutes: We will become History Detectives! Using evidence on the screen (a potato, a Shakespeare play, a map of the world, a shoe) we will try to work out what type of leader Elizabeth was. 

5 minutes: The Spanish Armada: using paintings from the time we will find out more about this 1588 battle.

5 minute: the potato queen! To celebrate the fact that potatoes first came to England when Elizabeth I was on the throne, students will use marker pens to decorate their potato to look like Queen Elizabeth I. 

3: Sequence challenge! Working as a group, learners will be challenged to put six events in the correct order in which they happened. Can they beat the clock and stop the Queen being overthrown by her enemies! 

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* NOTE -  I also run this class for 8-10 year olds * 

I can't wait to meet your learners! This class is one of a series of 'History Detective' classes I run; attend three of them and claim your certificate! : ) 

I have a Masters from the University of Oxford, a professional teaching qualification, and many years’ experience teaching English, History and Creative Writing. 

Classroom Policies:

We respect others and have fun learning together.

If you cannot attend the class you signed up to for any reason, please let me know and I am more than happy to transfer your student into any of my other class sections if available.

Please feel free to email me any questions you may have.

My most important policy: there is no such thing as a bad question! Please come into the class with an open mind and we will all learn from each other. I hope to see you in class!