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Introduction to the Elizabethan Era Diploma Course

Elizabeth I is often cited as England's greatest monarch. Born to a mother believed to be a witch and executed as an adulterer, Elizabeth rose to be a queen who would give her name to a golden age of artists, adventurers and statesmen, and laid the foundation for the extraordinary empire that England would become.

The Introduction to the Elizabethan Era Diploma Course sets out to explore not just the many accomplishments of the age, but also the daily life and ongoing hardships of the Elizabethan era. At the same time, it reflects on the life of the queen herself and all that she accomplished but also that which she sacrificed and lost.

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Elizabeth I is often cited as England's greatest monarch. Born to a mother believed to be a witch and executed as an adulterer, Elizabeth rose to be a queen who would give her name to a golden age of artists, adventurers and statesmen, and laid the foundation for the extraordinary empire that England would become.

The Introduction to the Elizabethan Era Diploma Course sets out to explore not just the many accomplishments of the age, but also the daily life and ongoing hardships of the Elizabethan era. At the same time, it reflects on the life of the queen herself and all that she accomplished but also that which she sacrificed and lost.

The Introduction to the Elizabethan Era Diploma Course aims to introduce you to both sides of the “Elizabethan story”, familiarising you with the misery as well as the glory that gained ground during this period. It’ll shed light on the woman herself, the monarch who reinvented England just as she had to reinvent herself – taking the throne of a country mired in religious conflict and still considered a medieval backwater by many in Europe—and from this, she created the foundations of a country that became a world superpower.

  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Early Life of Elizabeth I
  • Part 2: Life Under the Different Monarchs
  • Part 3: Becoming Queen
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 1 Assessment

  • Part 1: The Reign of Bloody Mary
  • Part 2: Roman Catholic Resistance
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 2 Assessment

  • Part 1: Life During the Elizabethan Era
  • Part 2: Poverty in Elizabethan London
  • Part 3: Clothing in the Elizabethan Era
  • Video: Clothing Laws in Elizabethan Society
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 3 Assessment

  • Part 1: Renaissance Magic
  • Part 2: The Changing Belief in Witches
  • Video: Witch Hunts of the Elizabethan Era
  • Video: Elizabethan Superstitions We Still Have Today
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 4 Assessment

  • Part 1: The Impact of Henry VII on 15th Century Advancement
  • Part 2: Elizabeth I’s Progresses
  • Part 3: The Scientific Revolution
  • Part 4: Other Scientific and Technological Developments of the 1500s
  • Video: Important Inventions of the Elizabethan Era
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 5 Assessment

  • Part 1: The Changing Attitude to Exploration in 16th Century England
  • Part 2: Significant Exploration in the Elizabethan Era
  • Part 3: Walter Raleigh and the Dream of an English Colony
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 6 Assessment

  • Part 1: The Rise and Fall of Trade
  • Part 2: The Spanish Armada
  • Part 3: The End of the Armada
  • Video: The Spanish Armada
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 7 Assessment

  • Part 1: Elizabethan Theatre
  • Part 2: Famous Elizabethan Playwrights
  • Part 3: Poetry and Prose
  • Part 4: Other Elizabethan Arts
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 8 Assessment

  • Part 1: Rural Entertainment
  • Part 2: City Entertainment
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 9 Assessment

  • Part 1: Depression and a Fading Beauty
  • Part 2: Conflict in Ireland
  • Part 3: Hardship in the Late 1500s
  • Part 4: The Question of Succession
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Conclusion
  • Module 10 Assessment

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The Introduction to the Elizabethan Era Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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