Students are given an outline of the GCSE History Crime & Punishment topic. Students understand the key concepts of crime, punishment and law enforcement as well as gain an overview of the thematic study timeline between c.1000-present day using a timeline of key events.
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The 19 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: An overview of the three question types for this unit
- Slide 3: An overview of what is meant by a ‘Thematic Study’.
- Slide 4-5: Starter - What do we mean by the terms, ‘crime’, ‘punishment’ and 'law enforcement? Students match the key terms to the meanings.
- Slide 6-7: Starter 2 - Students given 12 terms and have to organise them into the categories of crime, punishment or law enforcement. Answers provided.
- Slide 8: A useful printout of the factors which cause change
- Slide 9-11: Task 1 - Students complete a timeline overview of the main events covered in the Crime & Punishment unit. Answers and printable resources provided.
- Slide 12-14: Task 2 - Students are given a variety of key terms linked to Crime & Punishment and have to circle the one they believe to be correct. Printable resource and answers given.
- Slide 15-16: Task 3 - Card sort activity for students to organise the facts for the thematic study and learn some new information about Crime & Punishment as an overview.
- Slide 17: Challenge Questions
- Slide 18: Lesson Fact Sheet and overview of the course.
- Slide 19: More from RA Resources
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