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Queen Elizabeth
I Mini Unit Study
The September/October 2006 issue of Learning Through History
magazine will be on Tudor England. Get ready for the issue by
doing a little homework on Queen Elizabeth I, the daughter of
Henry VIII, who was the last of the Tudor rulers. After an upbringing
filled with drama, betrayal and death, Elizabeth would go on to
rule England for forty-five years with no king by her side. By
the time of her death, England’s power in the world had
increased dramatically; helping set the stage for what would later
become the British Empire.
In this mini unit study, you can: read a biography of Queen Elizabeth,
learn quick facts about her life, read about her famous spy network,
play the Elizabeth spying game, look at portraits of the queen,
see an interactive timeline of events during her life, play a
series of fun games (including letter writing, clothing design
and portrait matching), examine her royal seal and create a 3-D
portrait of Elizabeth.
Reading
Biography
of Elizabeth I
Elizabeth
I Quick Facts
Elizabeth’s
Spy Network
Timeline
Elizabethan
Interactive Timeline
Multimedia
Elizabeth
Spying Game
Interactive
Games about Queen Elizabeth (portraits, dress, letter writing)
Portraits
of Queen Elizabeth
Projects
Make a 3-D Portrait of Elizabeth I (free registration required)
Examine
Elizabeth’s Royal Seal
Recommended
Resource
Good Queen Bess
She was a queen whose strong will, shrewd diplomacy, religious
tolerance and great love for her subjects won the hearts of her
people and the admiration of her enemies.
Elizabeth was born into an age of religious strife, in which plots
and factions were everywhere and private beliefs could be punished
by death. When she became queen, her counselors urged her to marry
quickly and turn the responsibilities of governing over to her
husband, But she outwitted them by stalling, changing her mind;
and playing one side against another, as she steered her country
to the glorious era of peace and security that would be called
the Elizabethan Age.
Elizabeth's forceful personality, colorful court, and devoted
subjects come vividly to life in this stellar picture-book biography.
When it was first published, Good Queen Bess was named a Notable
Book in the Field of Social Studies, an American Library Association
Notable Book, a Booklist Editors' Choice, an American Bookseller
Pick of the Lists, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, and an
IRA Teachers' Choice.
In this welcome reissue, celebrated author and illustrator Diane
Stanley and her husband, Peter Vennema, paint an impressive portrait
of the remarkable queen who loved her people so dearly and ruled
them so well.
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