Cheap and quick to produce, pamphlets were an ideal means of rapidly spreading news, gossip or propaganda. We provide three pamphlets here of ranging reliability and ask the students to analyze them with guiding questions. These are original 17th century documents and may present challenges to the reader, but we hope the challenge of deciphering the reliability of the pamphlets will be exciting. We pose the central historical question ‘how was evidence of the depositions being used to manipulate public opinion?’
Classroom set up: designed for an 80 minute class (or more), group work, no ICT needed for teacher or students.
Pamphlets, propaganda and reading like a historian - Lesson roadmap
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Download Open in BrowserMore Happy Newes From Ireland - Pamphlet - Primary document
Download Open in BrowserAn Abstract of Certain Depositions - Pamphlet - Primary document
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