2. The Gunpowder Plot; Government
Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?
Is there more to The Gunpowder Plot than meets the eye?
Some historians believe that the
whole plot was a government
conspiracy to convince James I
that the Catholics could not be
trusted, and that the plotters
were just pawns in the hands of
Robert Cecil.
They believe that Cecil arranged
the whole thing in a bid to get
James to ban Catholics all
together.
3. The Gunpowder Plot; Government
Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?
What is a conspiracy?
A conspiracy is a secret
agreement between
two or more people to
perform an unlawful
act.
4. GROUP TASK
Work in your assigned Groups to
sort the cards into two groups.
One group for “Arguments for the
theory of a Government
Conspiracy”.
One group for “Arguments for the
theory of a Terrorist Plot”.
Discuss each card and decide
between you which Group the card
belongs to.
5. The Gunpowder Plot; Government
Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?
What do you think?
6. WRITTEN TASK
Put the title “The Gunpowder Plot;
Government Conspiracy or Terrorist
Plot?” in your exercise books.
Write a sentence about why
historians think that the
Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy.
Write a sentence about why
historians think that the
Gunpowder Plot was a terrorist
plot.
Write a sentence about which
theory that you believe is true.
7. WRITTEN TASK
The Gunpowder Plot; Government
Conspiracy or Terrorist Plot?
Some historians believe that the
Gunpowder Plot was a conspiracy
because…
Some historians believe that the
Gunpowder Plot was a terrorist plot
because…
I believe that the Gunpowder Plot
was a ……..