This Elizabethan England / Tudor lesson investigates what caused a rise in poverty and vagabondage during Elizabethan England. Students investigate a number of different causes including bad harvests, sheep farming and enclosure, the Reformation and population increase.

This download includes a fully editable powerpoint with all activities, instructions, clip links and worksheets/information sheets you need. It is differentiated 2/3 ways where possible with scaffolding and challenge options and is fully planned with plenty of activities for your students to complete including a starter, clip questions/activities, card sort with Venn diagram, think pair share activity, mini-plenary, a consolidation evaluation written question and a plenary.

Activities are planned to encourage thinking and discussion.

This lesson is the first of three Elizabethan poverty lessons.

You can find the third lesson here:
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This lesson can be used as a part of this huge, and growing, bundle on ‘Tudor Times’ which includes lessons on the Reformation, Elizabeth & Spanish Armada, Elizabeth I & Mary Queen of Scots, Bloody Mary and Reformation Rollercoaster, which you can find here:
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