3. (What will I be learning?) (How will I know if I have learnt it?)
Learning Objectives:
(What will I be learning?)
Learning Outcomes:
(How will I know if I have learnt it?)
Knowledge:
To be able to answer the following questions:
What is an Empire?
What countries did Britain control?
Why did Britain want an Empire?
How did Britain gain an Empire?
Skills:
Working as an individual and a pair.
Effective communication to order your ideas in order of importance
You will be able to give a definition for the word empire.
You will complete a map showing the countries Britain controlled and label the good Britain got from that country.
Colour-code the different reasons why Britain gained an Empire and arrange them in order of importance.

4. What does the word empire mean?
With the person next to you, around a spider diagram, write down any words that help you describe what an Empire is?
What does the word empire mean?
EXTENSION: write down anything you know about the Empire
3 minutes

5. An Empire is a large collection of countries all ruled by one single country – e.g. Britain, making that country very powerful.

6. The British turned out to be the best Empire builders in History.

7. Task … minutes
Colour and label the area of British Empire in 1890 (Source E page 35)
Label the colonies & what products they gave to Britain.
Mark the trade routes on the map (Source E Page 37)
EXTENSION Q: Why was it an Empire on which the ‘Sun Never Set’?

8. (What will I be learning?) (How will I know if I have learnt it?)
Learning Objectives:
(What will I be learning?)
Learning Outcomes:
(How will I know if I have learnt it?)
Knowledge:
To be able to answer the following questions:
What is an Empire?
What countries did Britain control?
Why did Britain want an Empire?
How did Britain gain an Empire?
Skills:
Working as an individual and a pair.
Effective communication to order your ideas in order of importance
You will be able to give a definition for the word empire.
You will complete a map showing the countries Britain controlled and label the good Britain got from that country.
Colour-code the different reasons why Britain gained an Empire and arrange them in order of importance.

9. So Why did Britain want an Empire?

10. Match the keywords to their correct definition.
Political is
Something to do with the ordinary people and how the people live their lives.
Social is
Something to do with the government and power over a country. Controlling the people. Being seen as strong.
Economic is
Something to do with the armed forces of a country.
Religious is
Something to do with money.
Military is
Something to do with beliefs e.g. about god and worshipping.
3 minutes

11. Task …
Read through the boxes and colour-code them. Do they relate to religion, political, economic, military or social reasons why Britain wanted an Empire? DON’T forget to provide a key You have 10 minutes
(There are two versions of this activity)
EXTENSION: Ask your teacher for the extension source sheet

12. Task …

14. Which is the most important reason why Britain built an Empire?
What should a good answer to this question have?

15. Mark Scheme Peer Marking Activity 10 minutes
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
Simple statements:
(PEA)
Listing the reasons for the Empire
Developed statements: (PEA)
Describes reasons with examples
Developed explanation: (PEA)
Explains the different reasons for the empire
Level 5.5 will group ideas thematically
Explains the reasons for the empire and will comment on the most significant reason as well as identifying less important reasons.
Ideas will be grouped together thematically
6.5 – 7 will consider links between causes.

16. What level is this paragraph?
The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire is because of military reasons. The British army were better trained than native armies.

17. What level is this paragraph?
good to start with a themed approach
What level is this paragraph?
The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire is because of military reasons. The British army were better trained than native armies.
LEVEL 3 :
Answer now needs to ‘give some supporting evidence
Answer now needs to ‘explain’ why this was important – this doesn’t really answer the question

18. What level is this paragraph?
The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire
is because of political reasons. An example is “Britain
gained colonies to stop other European nations from
taking them over”. This is the most important because
taking over countries gave Britain more power and it
stopped other European countries from getting powerful
and rivalling Britain’s power.

19. What level is this paragraph?
good to start with a themed approach
What level is this paragraph?
The most important reason why Britain gained an
Empire is because of political and military
reasons. An example is “Britain gained colonies to
stop other European nations from taking them
over”. This is the most important because taking
Over countries gave Britain more power and it
stopped other European countries from getting
powerful and rivalling Britain’s power.
LEVEL 5 :
Answer gives supporting evidence and gives good analysis, explaining
Answer now needs to ‘explain’ why this was more important than other reasons

20. MINI PLENARY – 3 minutes Personal Target Setting
a) My Current KS3 Target = ________ b) Look at the mark scheme again. What do you need to do to achieve your target grade? c) What do you need to do to improve to your AIM HIGHER level? (the next .5 level)

21. (What will I be learning?) (How will I know if I have learnt it?)
Learning Objectives:
(What will I be learning?)
Learning Outcomes:
(How will I know if I have learnt it?)
Knowledge:
To be able to answer the following questions:
What is an Empire?
What countries did Britain control?
Why did Britain want an Empire?
How did Britain gain an Empire?
Skills:
Working as an individual and a pair.
Effective communication to order your ideas in order of importance
You will be able to give a definition for the word empire.
You will complete a map showing the countries Britain controlled and label the good Britain got from that country.
Colour-code the different reasons why Britain gained an Empire and arrange them in order of importance.

23. Next lesson: write your own model answer
7 mins
Next lesson: write your own model answer
A help sheet has been produced if you need some starting sentences

24. Which is the most important reason why Britain built an Empire?
The most important reason Britain built an Empire is…
Evidence to support this is…
This is the most important reason because…