Use the sources to answer the two Questions in bold. I want lots of evidence and for you to use quotes in your answer. Use the framework to help if you need it. This should take at least 20 minutes Year 8.
Source 1:
Charles I was an intelligent and well educated gentleman. His taste in literature and art was excellent, his manner dignified. His domestic life was without blemish.
Source 2:
Charles I was a handsome man with cultivated tastes, but he was unfit for the position of king. He was too stupid and cold-hearted to understand or sympathise with the feelings of his people, and events were to prove that he was hopelessly obstinate, self-centred and untrustworthy.
Source 3:
The new king was shy, serious and deeply religious. Charles’ reign got off to a bad start. Needing a queen he married Henrietta Maria, the sister of the king of France. She was a Catholic, and Parliament was alarmed that she might make Charles and their children Catholic too.
Source 3:
The new king was shy, serious and deeply religious. Charles’ reign got off to a bad start. Needing a queen he married Henrietta Maria, the sister of the king of France. She was a Catholic, and Parliament was alarmed that she might make Charles and their children Catholic too.
Source 4:
Charles had a very different personality compared to James (his father). Charles was arrogant and conceited. He found it difficult to believe that a king could be wrong. This belief was known as the ‘Divine Right of Kings’, and it made him unpopular.
Which sources tell you that Charles I was a good king?
Source ‘X’ tells me that Charles I was a good king. It says ___
This means that he is a good king because ___
Which sources tell you that Charles I was a bad king?
Source ‘X’ tells me that Charles I was a bad king. It says ___
This means that he is a bad king because ___
Source 1:
Charles I was an intelligent and well educated gentleman. His taste in literature and art was excellent, his manner dignified. His domestic life was without blemish.
Source 2:
Charles I was a handsome man with cultivated tastes, but he was unfit for the position of king. He was too stupid and cold-hearted to understand or sympathise with the feelings of his people, and events were to prove that he was hopelessly obstinate, self-centred and untrustworthy.
Source 3:
The new king was shy, serious and deeply religious. Charles’ reign got off to a bad start. Needing a queen he married Henrietta Maria, the sister of the king of France. She was a Catholic, and Parliament was alarmed that she might make Charles and their children Catholic too.
Source 3:
The new king was shy, serious and deeply religious. Charles’ reign got off to a bad start. Needing a queen he married Henrietta Maria, the sister of the king of France. She was a Catholic, and Parliament was alarmed that she might make Charles and their children Catholic too.
Source 4:
Charles had a very different personality compared to James (his father). Charles was arrogant and conceited. He found it difficult to believe that a king could be wrong. This belief was known as the ‘Divine Right of Kings’, and it made him unpopular.
Which sources tell you that Charles I was a good king?
Source ‘X’ tells me that Charles I was a good king. It says ___
This means that he is a good king because ___
Which sources tell you that Charles I was a bad king?
Source ‘X’ tells me that Charles I was a bad king. It says ___
This means that he is a bad king because ___