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The History Place

The History Place: Queen Elizabeth I Against the Armada

For Students 9th - 10th
The History Place provides a brief overview of the Armada defeat and the speech given by Elizabeth I before the battle.
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Handout
Yale University

Avalon Project Yale Law School: Charter to Raleigh

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the Royal Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh (1584) signed by Queen Elizabeth I of England granting him lands and rights in the New World.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides background for an English Renaissance unit; it compares the English Renaissance with the Italian Renaissance. It features Queen Elizabeth I's influence and provides a poem written by the queen, "When I Was Fair and...
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Other

History on the Net: Elizabeth I (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan teaches some basic facts about Elizabeth I's early life and provides information about her painted portraits.
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Handout
Other

Elizabeth I: Elizabethan Food

For Students 9th - 10th
After reading about food during the Elizabethan era, decide if you would have wanted to be poor or rich. Read about the different new foods that were introduced during this time as well.
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Website
University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: The Catholics Under Elizabeth

For Students 9th - 10th
Article examines the treatment of Catholics during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Other

National Portrait Gallery: The Phoenix and the Pelican

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Phoenix and The Pelican: Two Portraits of Elizabeth I, c. 1575" describes two remarkable portraits by Nicholas Hilliard. You will learn how the portraits are related and some of the ways the portraits were changed from their...
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Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: With the Same Heart, I Said, I'll Answer Thee

For Students 9th - 10th
A sonnet from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese XXXIV, "With the Same Heart, I Said, I'll Answer Thee", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Erin Mesdag and can access a...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Elizabeth I of England

For Students 9th - 10th
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of...
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Handout
University of Victoria (Canada)

Internetshakespeare: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Essex

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, who was the Queen's favourite during her declining years. His excessive popularity and his blatant attempts to misuse royal patronage brought an inevitable fall from grace. A brief but...
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Website
Other

Englishhistory.net: Mary, Queen of Scots

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary, Queen of Scots is profiled, who was beheaded by order of Queen Elizabeth I in 1587. Content includes a biography, chronology, numerous images, quizzes of Tudor England, and more.
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TES Global

Tes: Shakespeare's Influences: Dr John Dee Image Bank

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of photos and objects from the British Museum that pertain to Dr. John Dee, an astrologer, mathematician, alchemist and magician who acted as an astrological and scientific adviser...
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Website
BBC

Bbc: The Spanish Armada

For Students 9th - 10th
An article about Elizabeth I and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Archived.
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Lesson Plan
National Archives (UK)

The Standards Site: History at Key Stage 3: Elizabeth I

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site provides lesson plans and activities designed to engage students in learning about the drama and history of the Elizabethan era.
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Activity
Repeat After Us

Repeat After Us: If I Shouldn't Be Alive

For Students 9th - 10th
A poem from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "If I Shouldn't Be Alive", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Mark Eckardt and can access a printable version of this piece.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: The Death of Elizabeth I, Queen of England

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "The Death of Elizabeth I, Queen of England", created by Paul Delaroche in 1828 (Oil on canvas, 422 x 343 cm).
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of Elizabeth I, Queen of England", created by Nicholas Hilliard from 1575-76 (Oil on panel, 79 x 61 cm).
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Religion in Tudor Times

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a slide show that focuses on religion during Tudor times from Henry VIII who was Catholic until 1533 when he broke with the church and from the Protestant Church of England to Elizabeth I in...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Elizabeth I of England

For Students 9th - 10th
(1533-1603) Queen of England 1558-1603
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Queen Elizabeth

For Students 9th - 10th
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 - 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mary I of England

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary I (18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558), was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mary I of England

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary I (18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558), was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from 19 July 1553 until her death. The fourth crowned monarch of the Tudor dynasty, she is remembered for restoring England to Roman Catholicism...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mary I

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of the Tudor dynasty, is remembered for returning England from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as a consequence, she is...

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