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This lesson examines the reasons for the development of the Bow Street Runners with the work of the Fielding Brothers and how this resulted in the first professional police force by the early 1800s.

The lesson resources include:

• 2 x A4 Worksheets
• 3 x A4 Printable Timelines
• 1 x 20 slide Main Power Point Lesson

UPDATED & RE-VAMPED CONTENT IN LINE WITH THE 2026 SPEC

The 20 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2: Warm up brain teaser - answer in the notes
• Slide 3: Starter Question - Why had there been no call for a police force until the 1800s? Answers revealed.
• Slide 4-6: Recap - Students recap the main law enforcement roles from Medieval to Early Modern England. Includes answers and printable resource with bonus questions.
• Slide 7: Background information covering law enforcement roles by 1700.
• Slide 8: Background information covering the changing need for law enforcement roles in the 1700s.
• Slide 9: Background information covering why there was initially opposition to a police force.
• Slide 10: Background information covering the role of the government and Robert Peel in establishing a police force.
• Slide 11: Task 1 - Students create their own timeline of the main events in the development of the Bow Street Runners and the police.
• Slide 12: Task 2 - Optional task including the worksheets which came with the task.
• Slide 13: Challenge tasks based on the significance of events
• Slide 14: Learning review 1 - Chronology activity
• Slide 15: Learning review 2 - Learning pyramid
• Slide 16: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of the smiliarity and difference question with suggested sentence starters.
• Slide 18: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question
• Slide 19: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far’ evaluation and judgement question.
• Slide 20: More from RA Resources

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