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 starter activity. Would a government really ban Avatar? Read the statements your teacher gives and decide if they are true or false.  Explain why the government might ban some of these things?.  Key words: Puritan prohibit repeal. Why was Christmas banned?.  Learning objectives.

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  1. starter activity Would a government really ban Avatar? Read the statements your teacher gives and decide if they are true or false. Explain why the government might ban some of these things?

  2. Key words: Puritan prohibit repeal Why was Christmas banned?  Learning objectives TBAT explain who the Puritans were and why laws became so strict under their rule

  3. A public notice from the seventeenth century. Why would Puritans want to ban Christmas?

  4.  Your task • Your teacher will give you a picture of a typical puritan. Annotate the picture with the characteristics of a typical puritan. Use Wilkes p.54 or Dawson, p.76

  5. Characteristics of a Puritan Bible used as a guide to life Appearance – simple, plain clothes Food – simple Sunday – ‘Lord’s Day’, keep it holy; no games Behaviour – laws against drunkenness & swearing; adultery punishable by death Free time – bear-baiting, horse-racing & cock fighting suppressed; alehouses & theatres closed; gambling banned; May Day & festivals banned

  6. Devise an acronym to help remember key characteristics of Puritanism. • Write a ‘Tweet’ to sum up what Puritanism stood for in no more than 140 characters

  7.  Your task Read Wilkes p.56 or Dawson p.76 and note down why the Puritans didn’t like Christmas. Assess how successful the laws were banning Christmas Read on and list the reasons why the laws were eventually repealed.

  8. Puritans & Christmas Christmas Day abolished 1652 Christmas was not a true Christian tradition – originally pagan festival Churches closed BUT … carol singing & private feasting continued, shops closed for Christmas holidays

  9. Laws repealed • 1658 – Cromwell died • 1660- Charles II restored to the throne – old Puritan laws scrapped by fun-loving King Cromwell’s head was mummified and displayed outside Parliament

  10. Examples of laws Read Wilkes, p.54-7 or Dawson, p.76-77 and complete a table similar to the one below:

  11.  Extension task • Produce a factoid (1 side a4) on Oliver Cromwell. Include details on his early life, the Civil War, his role as Protector and his death. Find out how his skull ended up in a Cambridge University College.

  12.  Homework • Produce a piece of Puritan merchandise, e.g. tea towel, T-shirt, poster listing some of the activities banned by Puritans and briefly explaining the reasons why they are banned. Iphone case T-Shirt Mouse mat

  13. Key words: Puritan prohibit repeal Why was Christmas banned?  Learning objectives TBAT explain who the Puritans were and why laws became so strict under their rule  Plenary

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