What does the word empire mean?

4. With the person next to you, around a spider diagram, write down any words that help you describe what an Empire is? What does the word empire mean? EXTENSION: write down anything you know about the Empire 3 minutes

5. An Empire is a large collection of countries all ruled by one single country – e.g. Britain, making that country very powerful.

6. The British turned out to be the best Empire builders in History.

7. Task … 15 minutes • Colour and label the area of British Empire in 1890 (Source E page 35) • Label the colonies & what products they gave to Britain. • Mark the trade routes on the map (Source E Page 37) EXTENSION Q: Why was it an Empire on which the ‘Sun Never Set’?

9. Match the keywords to their correct definition. 3 minutes

10. Task … • Read through the boxes and colour-code them. Do they relate to religion, political, economic, military or social reasons why Britain wanted an Empire? DON’T forget to provide a key. You have 10 minutes • (There are two versions of this activity) EXTENSION: Ask your teacher for the extension source sheet

11. Task …

13. Which is the most important reason why Britain built an Empire? What should a good answer to this question have?

14. Mark Scheme Peer Marking Activity 10 minutes

15. What level is this paragraph? The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire is because of military reasons. The British army were better trained than native armies.

16. good to start with a themed approach What level is this paragraph? The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire is because of military reasons. The British army were better trained than native armies. LEVEL 3 : Answer now needs to ‘give some supporting evidence Answer now needs to ‘explain’ why this was important – this doesn’t really answer the question

17. What level is this paragraph? The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire is because of political reasons. An example is “Britain gained colonies to stop other European nations from taking them over”. This is the most important because taking over countries gave Britain more power and it stopped other European countries from getting powerful and rivalling Britain’s power.

18. good to start with a themed approach What level is this paragraph? The most important reason why Britain gained an Empire is because of political and military reasons. An example is “Britain gained colonies to stop other European nations from taking them over”. This is the most important because taking Over countries gave Britain more power and it stopped other European countries from getting powerful and rivalling Britain’s power. LEVEL 5 : Answer gives supporting evidence and gives good analysis, explaining Answer now needs to ‘explain’ why this was more important than other reasons

19. MINI PLENARY – 3 minutes Personal Target Setting a) My Current KS3 Target = ________ b) Look at the mark scheme again. What do you need to do to achieve your target grade? c) What do you need to do to improve to your AIM HIGHER level? (the next .5 level)

22. 7 mins Next lesson: write your own model answer A help sheet has been produced if you need some starting sentences

23. Which is the most important reason why Britain built an Empire? • The most important reason Britain built an Empire is… • Evidence to support this is… • This is the most important reason because…