1. WHY ARE THEY BEING BURNED?
WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
WHY ARE THEY BEING BURNED?

2. THESE MEN ARE BEING BURNED FOR THE CRIME OF HERESY
THESE MEN ARE BEING BURNED FOR THE CRIME OF HERESY. A CRIME WHICH BECAME VERY COMMON IN TUDOR ENGLAND, BUT WHY?

3. What was the challenge of heresy? L.O.
To investigate the crime of Heresy and its causes
By the end of this lesson...
ALL OF US will be able to describe the crime of heresy. (E-D)
EVEN BETTER IF you can gvive a detailed description and begin to explain the causes. (C-B)
EXCELLENT IF you can judge why this crime was so specific to the time period we are looking at. (A-A*)

4. Heresy was the crime of not following the same religion as the monarch of your country. This crime had been about long before the Tudors but it was during this time that it became most common in our country.
Religion was of great importance to everyone during the time of the Tudors. To begin with Catholicism was the main religion of the country. However, the new religion of Protestantism was on the rise. Both religions were types of Christianity.

5. Fill in your graph to show how Catholic or Protestant each monarch
was and give a couple of reasons
to justify your decision.
Very Catholic
Very protestant

6. Fill in your graph to show how Catholic or Protestant each monarch
was and give a couple of reasons
to justify your decision.
Very Catholic
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Very protestant

7. What does your graph show you about religion?
Why might these changes lead to an increase in Heresy?

8. Why did many people commit this crime in Tudor England?
Using the information from the clips and your handout complete the following tasks:
What is heresy?
How many people were convicted for this crime and how were they punished?
Why did many people commit this crime in Tudor England?
Why was heresy a crime?
Under which monarch were most people punished, and why? 8

9. NOW PEER ASSESS YOUR NEIGHBOUR’S WORK!
ALL OF US will be able to describe the crime of heresy. (E-D)
EVEN BETTER IF you can give a detailed description and begin to explain the causes. (C-B)
EXCELLENT IF you can judge why this crime was so specific to the time period we are looking at. (A-A*)