Lesson by Mr Lake

What sort of man was Oliver Cromwell?

Introduction
	Oliver Cromwell was the leader of the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.  With his army, known as the New Model Army, he defeated the King, resulting in the execution of Charles I in 1649.  Cromwell eventually became Lord Protector, accused by some of being 'King in all but name'.
In this lesson you are going to examine what sort of a man Oliver Cromwell was.
History ICT activity

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Additional activities

Having completed the ICT and History task, visit the following websites to improve your knowledge of Oliver Cromwell.

Cromwell An easy to navigate site that provides some interesting information on Crowell.  The section on 'History's verdict' will help you with this lesson. Article on Oliver Cromwell Huge amounts of information together with some useful images and links.  Quality from the online Britannica.com Biography of Oliver Cromwell Overview of Oliver Cromwell's life from Britannia.com.  A useful site for double checking information and details. The Rise and Rise of Oliver Cromwell From the excellent Radio 4 site, this provides details about Cromwell together with information about the Civil Wars. Oliver Cromwell, King Charles I and the English Civil Wars Lots of text based explanation.  With time spent reading through this provides lots of information about men. Oliver Cromwell Detailed information about Cromwell.  With careful reading this can be used to help you find details about him.

Final written task

What sort of man was Oliver Cromwell? Using source and research evidence explain your views on how history should remember him. You should use your previous work to help you with source analysis.

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