Elizabeth L15-16 - Vagabonds and Poverty in Elizabethan England

This lesson contains:

• A discussion activity starter about what is done today for the poor.

• A recap of why more Elizabethan people had become poor.

• Introduction to vagabonds and a task identifying different types, extended to decide which were most dangerous and why.

• A breakdown of the deserving poor and the idle and lazy.

• A task using the provided information sheet to determine Elizabethan attitudes towards the poor.

• A consolidation activity to study the provision of the Poor Laws and which were fair and which were not, to assess whether Elizabeth ultimately helped the poor.

• A choice of plenaries: a quiz and an exam question.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation

• 1 x Publisher File

• 2 x Word File