This lesson contains:

• An introduction to the purpose of paintings in Elizabeth’s era, and how it was used as propaganda. There is a quote from William Cecil, and a short video from Horrible Histories which brings it to life for us. Students write up a summary of the information they learned.
• A look at the Rainbow Painting and a teacher-guided study of the features within. Students stick their little copies in and annotate around it, then match the features to the meanings on the board.
• Students are given 5 more info cards with different paintings. they analyse them and try and summarise the impact Elizabeth was trying to have with each, using the features as evidence for their findings.

Attachments:

• 1 x Powerpoint Presentation
• 2 x Powerpoint Files