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MAKING A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE PROS AND CONS You are a member of Elizabeth’s top secret group of hand-picked government advisors, the privy council . It is your job to offer her very sensible advice about how to run the country and be a good Queen of England.
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MAKING A WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF THE PROS AND CONS • You are a member of Elizabeth’s top secretgroup of hand-picked government advisors, the privy council. It is your job to offer her very sensible advice about how to run the country and be a good Queen of England. • Elizabeth has called a meeting of her privy council because she needs advice about her latest problem of State (this means a problem to do with government).This problem is: Should she accept King Philip II of Spain’s proposal of marriage, or turn him down? • Your mission is to write a report which offers your advice. Your report must be finished by the end of the lesson. • YOU MUST INCLUDE…. • reasons why Elizabeth SHOULD marry Philip (including reasons why it could be a bad idea to turn him down) • AND reasons why she SHOULDN’T marry him • a CONCLUSION – what would be her best decision and why? • lots of grovelling and being smarmy – remember, she is Her Majesty the Queen, and you are a lowly, snivelling advisor who wants to be her favourite!
How to set out your report…. • Title: Privy Council report on the subject of Philip’s marriage proposal • Explain reasons why she should marry Philip II of Spain….. • eg. There are some reasons why I suggest that you marry Philip. For example….. (try and explain as many as you can) • 2.Explain reasons why she shouldn’t marry Philip II of Spain… • eg. However, there are several reasons why you should not marry Philip. For example… (explain as many as you can) • 3. What’s your final bit of advice – to marry or not to marry him? • eg. In conclusion, Your Majesty, I strongly urge you to marry/not marry Philip II of Spain because… (explain your best reason why/why not)