Topic: Parliamentary monarchy

Target group

7th‑grade students of elementary school

Core curriculum

XII. Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Student:

1. characterizes, on the example of France during the rule of Louis XIV, the system of absolute monarchy and lists the main features of the parliamentary monarchy, using information about the political system of England;

General aim of education

The student will learn about the causes, course and consequences of the civil war in England in 1642‑1707.

Key competences

• communication in foreign languages;

• digital competence;

• learning to learn.

Criteria for success
The student will learn:

• why there was a conflict between the king and the parliament;

• what were the views of the party that formed after the Stuarts took power again;

• whom was Oliver Cromwell;

• who took the throne after the overthrow of the Stuart regime.

Methods/techniques

• activating

  • discussion.

• expository

  • talk.

• exposing

  • film.

• programmed

  • with computer;

  • with e‑textbook.

• practical

  • exercices concerned.

Forms of work

• individual activity;

• activity in pairs;

• activity in groups;

• collective activity.

Teaching aids

• e‑textbook;

• notebook and crayons/felt‑tip pens;

• interactive whiteboard, tablets/computers.

Lesson plan overview

Introduction

1. The teacher states the subject of the lesson, explains the aim of the lesson and together with students determines the success criteria to be achieved.

2. The teacher plays the recording of the abstract. Every now and then he stops it, asking the students to tell in their own words what they have just heard. This way, students practice listening comprehension.

Realization

1. Reading the content of the abstract. The teacher uses the text for individual work or in pairs, according to the following steps: 1) a sketchy review of the text, 2) asking questions, 3) accurate reading, 4) a summary of individual parts of the text, 5) repeating the content or reading the entire text.

2. Discussing information presented on the timeline. The teacher then divides the class into groups - as many as there are events on the axis. Each team works on one assigned issue, deepening the information contained in the abstract. Then the students present their discussions.

3. The teacher together with the students sums up the current course of classes.

4. Students analyze the illustration and execute Task 2 and Task 3. To answer the question, they can use Internet sources or other publications. The teacher checks the correctness of the answer and provides feedback to the students.

5. Students in pairs solve the Exercise 1. The teacher checks if the task has been correctly completed and gives feedback to students.

Summary

1. The teacher asks: If there was going to be a test on the material we have covered today, what questions do you think would you have to answer?
   If the students do not manage to name all the most important questions, the teacher may complement their suggestions.

2. The teacher asks a willing student to summarize the lesson from his point of view. He asks other students if they would like to add anything to their colleague's statements.

Homework

1. Listen to the abstract recording at home. Pay attention to pronunciation, accent and intonation. Learn to pronounce the words learned during the lesson.

2. Make at home a note from the lesson, for example using the sketchnoting method.

The following terms and recordings will be used during this lesson

Terms

Texts and recordings

Parliamentary monarchy

When English King, Charles I, tried to implement absolute monarchy in the country, he caused the outbreak of civil war between the parliament and the king in 1642. In the consequence, the king was executed and England was proclaimed a republic. Soon after that, Olivier Cromwell, the commander of the parliament’s army, became a dictator. In 1660, living in exile Charles II Stuart, the son of beheaded ruler, was called to come back to the country. The monarchy was restored. Unfortunately, the Stuarts have not learnt anything from the tragic lesson and kept seeking to strengthen their power at the expense of the parliament. The next conflict resulted in the final removal of the representatives of this dynasty from the English throne. In these circumstances, William of Orange has proclaimed the King of England. In 1689, the English parliament passed the “English Bill of Rights”, where the competence of the monarch and the rights of the parliament were finally determined. Thus England became a parliamentary monarchy.