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Chapter Three - Example Bosplan
Chapter Three Introduction | Objectives/outcomes Bank | Tracking an Objective Through a Lesson | example Bosplan | example Evidence | example Timeplan | example Henry | example Tudor | Assessing the objective/outcome |
Exemplar Lesson Plans - 1 2 3 4 5 | Hughs Account | Scripts
(Bold text shows where an objective has been ‘tracked through’ into the lesson itself.)
Class: 8B Length of lesson: 70 minutes Ability: average or above
Aim: To study the Battle of Bosworth, its development, outcome and significance.
Objectives: To enable the pupils:
- To recall the events leading to the Battle of Bosworth by answering questions orally.
- To draw and annotate the phases of the battle on their individual lesson plans.
- To contribute to a discussion about the reasons for Henry’s victory and to understand the variety of causes that can lead to a particular outcome (KSU 2b).
- To decide what they think was the crucial turning-point in the battle (KSU 2c).
- To consider the significance of the battle by discussing the hypothesis of a different outcome (KSU 2e).
- To write an account of the battle from the point of view of one of Richard’s surviving supporters (KSU 5).
Objectives |
Teacher Activity |
Pupil Activity |
Materials |
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Introductory phase
Title on board
Brief statement of the aims of the lessons and how it will develop.
Recap on the events leading to the battle. |
Pupils write title in exercise books.
Answer questions orally. [Alternatively individuals come to the front to describe and explain the map used in the previous lesson] Chalk. Visual aid: map of previous lesson. |
Pupil’s exercise books. |
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Introduce and explain large plan of Bosworth Field. Tell pupils in advance of later questions on the reasons for the outcome and their idea of the turning-point.
Describing
Phase One of the battle, sticking blu-tacked names on the plan. Writing other facts, figures on the board. |
Pupils listen.
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Large plan of Bosworth Field. |
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Repeat Phases 2 and 3 for each of the other three phases of the battle. |
Pupils annotate Phase One of their plan, adding other facts in the space provided. To be done in four minutes.
Listen, annotate and make brief notes of data. |
30 Plans of Bosworth Field, divided into four phases. |
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Lead discussion on the reasons for Henry’s victory, create spray diagram on the board. Praise answers which consider the wider context. Ask pupils to nominate their turning-poin
Lead discussion on the significance of the outcome by asking what would have happened had Richard one. |
Pupils discuss reasons and turning-points in pairs and then answer questions.
Pupils make a brief note of the reasons for Henry’s victory in the space provided on their plans.
Answer the hypothetical question. |
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3, 4, 5 |
Set the written task for the two divided parts of the class, to be started in class and completed for homework.
Re-cap the main teaching points of the lesson. |
Divided into two, one half o the pupils to write an account of the battle from the point of view of a surviving supporter of Richard, the other from the point of view of a Tudor supporter, all using the information from their plans. Each to conclude by giving their reasons for Henry’s victory. |
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