CE/KS3 History: The Gunpowder Plot

Common Entrance / KS3 History – The Gunpowder Plot

✅  Learn or revise complicated concepts easily
✅  Information broken down into short chunks
✅  Full-colour illustrations on every page

This pack will help your child remember the key people who played roles in the Gunpowder Plot, its causes, why the plot failed and the consequences of the Gunpowder Plot. Arguably one of the earliest acts of terrorism in Britain, the Gunpowder Plot is one of the most well known events in British history.

The active learning map and character cards are perfect to help pupils learn the details and practice information retrieval in a fun way, embedding the information in their long term memory, essential for exams, providing a complete revision guide for this topic at KS3 and CE.

This revision pack has been edited by Niall Murphy, Head of History at the Independent Schools Examinations Board (ISEB), and is endorsed by the ISEB.

Topics Covered Include:

• Glossary of key terms
• The causes of the Gunpowder Plot
• King James I and his dislike of Catholics
• The religious tension in Britain, recusants and recusancy fines
• The leaders of the plotters
• The role of Guy Fawkes
• The reason the plot failed
• The conspiracy theories
• The consequences for Catholics

Engaging, full-colour illustrations on every page

Text broken down into bite-sized chunks on a lightly shaded background

A simple, easy-to-understand glossary of key terms