Oklahoma Social Studies MWH.C.3.2

MWH.C.3.2 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• MWH.C.3.2.A

  Identify the causes, essential events, and effects of the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution.

• MWH.C.3.2.B

  Examine the development of parliamentary sovereignty, constitutional mixed government, and liberty in England, including the importance of the English Bill of R...

• MWH.C.3.2.C

  Describe England’s fiscal, commercial, and technological innovations, including the culture of trade, England’s military success in successive wars with France,...

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What Students Need to Do

Trace the causes, major events, and results of the English Civil War and Glorious Revolution. Explain how Parliament gained authority over laws and taxes while the monarch remained, and how those limits shaped ideas about self-government. Connect banking, trade, and naval advances to wars with France and British expansion in North America.

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What Mastery Looks Like

A student can place Charles I’s execution, the Restoration, and the Glorious Revolution in order and explain what changed after each. They can use a rule from the English Bill of Rights to show a limit on the monarch. They can explain how loans and a stronger navy helped Britain fight France and gain territory.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think the Glorious Revolution ended the monarchy, rather than limiting its power. They may assume the English Bill of Rights gave everyone a vote. Some treat Britain’s gains in North America as separate from its wars with France.

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How to Assess It

On an exit ticket, ask students to name one cause of the Civil War, one result of the Glorious Revolution, and one limit the English Bill of Rights placed on the monarch. Then ask how Bank of England loans helped Britain fight France.

1. 01

   Give pairs dated event cards to arrange the Civil War, Charles I’s execution, the Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, and the Bill of Rights.

2. 02

   Show the 1689 rule requiring Parliament’s consent for taxes; ask students to write how colonists might use that idea to argue for self-government.

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   Use a 1763 map, ship diagram, and Bank of England loan card to match trade, naval advances, and war funding to territorial gains.

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   Compare a current UK Parliament budget vote with the 1689 tax rule; have students name who approves taxes instead of the monarch.

• MWH.C.3.1.D

  Examine rule by enlightened monarchs and how the ideas of the Enlightenment tempered Absolutism (e.g., Joseph II, Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great).

• 5.C.2.4.A

  Explain how English traditions of limited government (Parliament’s relationship to the monarchy) and ethical traditions reflected in colonial covenants and poli...

• 7.C.6.2.C

  Describe influences of early English tradition related to the principles of limited government and individual rights, such as found in the Magna Carta and estab...