Life in Tudor Times – KQ5 – How was the Spanish Armada defeated by the smaller English fleet? Using a technique called Waiting room

This lesson works really well because the tension you build into the waiting room activity gets all the class involved and focused.  The more able pupils have a specific, more challenging role to play, working out an explanation that assuages the rage of an angry Spanish king.

The rest of the class has to improve this explanation, having worked on a few accounts the able group have not had access to.

Step 1

Recapping on the events of the Armada and returning to a map used during the last session, can the children speculate as to why the Armada might have been defeated?  Some