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Elizabethan Era: Queen Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
Website about Queen Elizabeth I and the Elizabethan Era contains biographical information, pictures, history and brief video [2:37] about her life.
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Elizabethi.org: Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
This Queen Elizabeth I of England site features many resources, both text and illustrations, about the life and times of the Tudor monarch who lived from 1533-1603.
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Tudor History: Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
Good biographical entry on Queen Elizabeth I.
Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Elizabeth and the Spanish Armada

For Students 9th - 10th
Fordham University provides the words spoken by Elizabeth I to her troops in 1588 when they went to fight the Spanish Armada.
Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Works of Elizabeth I (1533 1603)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A clickable list of full texts by Queen Elizabeth I that includes poems, speeches, verse translations, and letters.
Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: The Faces of Elizabeth I

For Students 9th - 10th
This Luminarium site offers nine different portraits of Queen Elizabeth I.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: English Renaissance: Background

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson provides background for an English Renaissance unit; it compares the English Renaissance with the Italian Renaissance. It features Queen Elizabeth I's influence and provides a poem written by the queen, "When I Was Fair and...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Internet Shakespeare Editions: The Catholics Under Elizabeth

For Students 9th - 10th
Article examines the treatment of Catholics during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
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Tudor History: The Tudor Monarchs From 1485 1603

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Tudor Kings and Queens who ruled England from 1485-1603. The site contains biographies, cultural, and historical data.
Lesson Plan
Other

History on the Net: Elizabeth I (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan teaches some basic facts about Elizabeth I's early life and provides information about her painted portraits.
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BBC

Bbc: History: Walter Raleigh (C.1552 1618)

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief article provides a short summary of the life of English adventurer and writer, Walter Raleigh (c.1552-1618), who established a colony near Roanoke Island. Although a favorite of Queen Elizabeth, he was eventually put to death after...
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BBC

Bbc: History: Elizabethan Spying Game

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive game in which students try to crack the secret code that incriminated Mary Queen of Scots. Archived.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dynasty, Revolution, and the Classical Age

For Students 9th - 10th
Welcome to Britain, home to one of the biggest empires in history and a rich artistic heritage. We'll start in the 16th through the 18th centuries, years that saw the establishment of Britain and British art as we know it. As you travel...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Mary I

For Students 9th - 10th
Mary, the fourth and penultimate monarch of the Tudor dynasty, is remembered for returning England from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. To this end, she had almost three hundred religious dissenters executed; as a consequence, she is...
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Women in Elizabethan England

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay about the role of women in Elizabethan England.