The Middle Ages - Crime and Punishment |
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Interactive Exercises for GCSE History |
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Hereward the Wake Cut 'n' Paste Activity - Use Word, Publisher and the net to reconstruct the story of this Saxon resistance fighter and produce their own report (c.1 hour in classroom, can be split into 2 sessions).
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The Murder of King William Rufus - Online activity designed to improve sourcework skills |
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The Murder of Becket - Redraft the account to detect and insert bias, learning about propaganda and censorship |
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Worksheets for GCSE History |
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Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages
A kinaesthetic history unit! Students start by considering how guilt was determined in the Middle Ages. They then engage in a role-play exercise where the class acts as a "jury" and the defence and prosection teams have to go through trial by water, battle and fire. Once guilt or innocence has been established, the exercise is rounded off with a consideration of which punishment should be inflicted! |
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The Peasants' Revolt - A printable worksheet, designed to be used as a running dictation exercise. |
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External Links for GCSE History |
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Stocks and Pillories - Some great pictures, and an exhaustive history
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The Nineteenth Century - Crime and Punishment |
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Interactive Exercises for GCSE History |
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You be the Judge! - An interactive simulation in which you pass sentence on a range of Victorian Crimes and compare them to the verdicts that were actually reached at the time. |
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Manic Miner Game: Jack the Ripper
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Wordshoot Quiz: Jack the Ripper |
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CannonBall Fun Game: Jack the Ripper |
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Fling the Teacher Quiz: Jack the Ripper |
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Worksheets for GCSE History |
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Jack the Ripper - A complete project pack for a 5-hour unit |
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Crime and Punishment during the Industrial Revolution - Worksheet designed to be completed over a double lesson; students are given a series of crime case studies, and decide what punishments they would have given. These are then compared with punishments actually given at the time. |
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External Links for GCSE History |
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Bedford Gaol in the Victorian Period - Videos, searchable database, information - design is a bit "clunky" but the content is brilliant. |
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The Rebecca Riots - KS3 investigation from the Learning Curve. |
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The Peterloo Massacre - Encyclopedia entry from Spartacus |
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The Luddites - Encyclopedia entry from Spartacus |
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Crime and Punishment in Nelson's Navy |
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Crime in Victorian Shropshire - Sourcework investigations designed for use with schools |
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Children and Crime, Victorian Bucks - Some fascinating case studies and a printable teacher's pack |
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The Swing Riots - with additional links to the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Chartism. |
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Punishment of Victorian Children - Learning Curve lesson |
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Victorian Workhouses - A monumental site, endlessly fascinating |
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School Sites |
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Crime and Punishment - Excellent series of investigations from the Learning Curve |
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Crime and Punishment from Stanley Technical School - A detailed site |
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Crime and Punishment from Neatherd School - Some straightforward worksheets |
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Crime and Punishment from Aberconwy School - A Scheme of Work, providing useful ideas for lesson planning |
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BBC Interactive Materials - Designed for AS, but could be of use for some GCSE students |
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Crime and Punisment - A PowerPoint on types of crime, motives for crime, rationale behind punishments - from South Dartmoor School. |
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Crime and Punishment Quizzes from FunTrivia.com |
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The Development of Policing - summary pages, PowerPoints and Documents from ThinkHistory.co.uk |
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Summary Notes - on types of crime, motives for crime, types of punishment. There are also some sample questions / answers. |
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Outlaws and Highwaymen - Some good primary sources from a variety of periods |
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Timeline of the Metropolitan Police; the same site has a definition of policing and some case studies. |
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A History of Violence - Gruesome but Gripping!
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Polly Toynbee writes in the Guardian about the Causes of Crime |
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Did the Punishment fit the Crime? - A webquest project for students |
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Arguments For and Against the Death Penalty |
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Capital Punishment in the UK: Packed with statistics, details of execution methods. |
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Simulation Game - "You be the Judge"; A review can be found here. |
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The History of Judicial Hanging in Britain - comprehensive. |
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The Newgate Calendar - Dozens of salacious trial summaries, originally published in book form in the Victorian Era. |
Audio-Visual resources for GCSE History 
External Links for GCSE History 
