Spanish Armada
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This is a simulation that we have played twice with two different year 3 and 4 classes. It is highly interactive and stimulating, and a very effective way of involving children in a range of issues associated with the topic. We introduced the story of the Armada, outlining the main parties involved and the nature of the conflict. The pupils know about Elizabeth and Philip, the conflict between Catholicism and Protestantism, and the Spanish assembly of an invasion fleet at Lisbon.
Now we give the children a problem to solve, taking two perspectives: those of the English and the Spanish.
Concerning literacy, we are using mini-writing frames in the explanation genre, that is, introducing the connective "because" into the writing. The writing occurred in a follow-up writing lesson. Here the pupils were able to use their mini-writing frames to inform their writing.
This simulation has worked extremely well with classes we have taught. It provides the children with a framework of ideas to map on to the actual events of the Spanish Armada. It serves as an introduction both the Armada writing lesson and to a study of the portrait of Queen Elizabeth.
by Jon Nichol