The start of the Dutch Revolt

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The start of the Dutch Revolt

Today

Cause & Effect	10 min
Causes of the Dutch Revolt - work	25 min
Class discussion	10 min
Finale	5 min

After today you can:

*  name different kinds of causes and effects

* name at least three reasons why the Dutch revolted

Language goals:

*  new key words

* group and class discussion

Iconoclastic Fury

Cause & Effect

* political: who rules, who has or wants power

* socio-economical: poverty, famine, problems for the people

* cultural: religion, changing habits, immigration

Work in pairs

Name the effect of each cause

1. Philip II succeeds Charles V
2. The attempts to centralise the government
3. The Reformation
4. The introduction of the tenth penny
5. The Spanish reaction to the Iconoclastic Fury
6.  Can you find another cause? Explain

Discuss in your group 

Answer these questions

1. Which cause do you think is the most important one and why?

2. Which cause do you think is least important and why?

3. Could you name a sixth cause? Explain.

4. Is there a kind of cause that you see more often? 

5. It is very difficult to explain an event like the Dutch Revolt. Some effects turn into causes. Can you explain this with an example from this exercise?

Which...

* causes do we think are most important?

* causes do we think are least important?

Was the Dutch Revolt mainly a political, a socio-economical or a cultural revolt?

How...

* did you find the most important causes of the Dutch Revolt?

* did you decide which cause was more important than the other?

Why...

* did I ask you to do this?

* are there so many history books about this Revolt and other historical events?

Next lesson

We continue with the Dutch Revolt

Please read 2.3 in your book