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Students examine the various factors that can explain why the death penalty was abolished in Britain by the end of the 20th century.

The lesson resources include:

• 2 x A4 Worksheets
• 1 x 21 slide Main Power Point Lesson

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

The 21 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:

• Slide 1: Title slide
• Slide 2-3: Warm Up Questions - 6 multiple choice ‘interesting’ facts about the use of the death penalty in Britain over the ages. Answers provided.
• Slide 4-6: Death Penalty Recap Quiz - 12 questions covering the use of the death penalty from Medieval England onwards. Answers given along with printable answer and self assessment sheet.
• Slide 7: Starter - Students provided with a graph showing the number of murder carried out in England alongisde the date of the abolition of the death penalty - students need to infer information from this.
• Slide 8: Predictive Learning - Using their own knowledge and four prompt questions, students need to think of at least two reasons why the death penalty was abolished in Britain.
• Slide 9-10: Background information
• Slide 11-12: Task 1 - A table activity whereby students think about the advantages and disadvantages of the use of the death penalty and prisons. Suggested responses included.
• Slide 13: Task 2: A table fill activity to help students explain the reasons for the abolition of the death penalty.
• Slide 14: Follow up challenge questions
• Slide 15 - 17: EXAM FOCUS - Examples of the exam questions with suggested sentence starters.
• Slide 18-19: Learning Review with answers
• Slide 20: Lesson fact sheet/knowledge organiser
• Slide 21: More from RA Resources

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