Resource created by the National Civil War Centre

Curriculum Links

• KS3 History: Development of church, state, and society in Britain (1509 – 1745): causes and events of the civil wars, the Interregnum, and the Restoration.
• KS4 History: Thematic Early Modern British history

Learning Objectives

• Learn to construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information
• Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources.

Activity Ideas

A series of downloadable resources are available to accompany each of the activities below (see 'Resources' section)

1-lesson activities

• 1.2 Meet a Civil War Soldier
  Listen to soldiers as they introduce themselves and their equipment. Create illustrated factsheets
• 1.3 How to Win a Civil War Battle
  Find out what was involved in leading an army to victory through card sort and discussion activities
• 1.4 Fight a Civil War Battle
  Become cavalry commanders and find out how the war was fought.

Longer 2-4 lesson activities

• 1.5 Find the Battlefield
  Work as historians and use sources to work out where the battle took place
• 1.6 What happened to John Hussey?
  Examine John Hussey’s armour and find out what historians can learn from this fascinating object