1. The Emancipation = means “freedom” Thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, what were Catholics not free to do for 200 years ? (1550’s -1750’s) ? You can’t say or go to Mass You can’t be a priest or a monk You can’t protect a priest You can’t follow the Pope’s teachings You can’t have a rosary 1.Name 3 things Catholics were not free to do for 200 years. 2.Which of these would be the hardest for a Catholic? Why? **Which of these would you focus on, if you wanted to start up the Catholic faith again? You can’t have Catholic churches or schools You can’t say Catholic prayers

2. To explain the Emancipation and the difference it made To evaluate how the Church started to grow again Only a few Catholics were left in England, after all 200 years of persecutions. They were called followers of “the Old Religion”. What do you think life was like for them ?

3. 1.Mindmap: what was life like for the Catholics who kept to their faith? Use words from the list. 2. Is being made to feel like this a form of discrimination? Why? **Why did people have these ideas about Catholics? No longer the Catholic Church in the country; nay, no longer a Catholic community; only a few followers of the “Old Religion”, moving silently and sorrowfully about, as memorials of what had been. There, perhaps, an elderly person, seen walking alone in the streets, strange though noble in bearing, and said to be of a good family, and a “Roman Catholic”. An old fashioned house of gloomy appearance, closed in with high walls, with an iron gate, where “Roman Catholics” were said to live; but who they were, and what they did, or what was meant by calling them Roman Catholics, no one could tell – though it had once had an unpleasant sound.

4. The Emancipation Act (1829) You are Free ! Produce a leaflet to 5 differences the Emancipation act will make to the lives of Catholics Also ask for donations: to start building Catholic Churches and Catholic schools! In 1829 the Government finally decided that Catholics were no longer a threat, and could be allowed to practice their faith freely. This decision was called “The Emancipation Act”.

5. So, are Catholics free today?