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Students examine the new law enforcement roles in Early Modern England such as town constables, night watchmen and thief takers as well as study the similarities between Early Modern and Medieval law enforcement.

The lesson resources include:

• 2 x A4 Worksheets (PPTX)
• 1 x 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: Warm Up Brain Teaser - Students need to work out the next letter in the row based on the names of Tudor monarchs. Answer provided.
• Slide 3-5: Recap Activity - Students use a gap fill task to recap the main methods of law enforcement used in Medieval England. This will be useful for the comparison question later in the lesson. Includes answers and printable worksheets.
• Slide 6: Starter discussion 1 - Why was more effective methods of law enforcement needed after 1500?
• Slide 7: Starter discussion 2 - Why did the growth of towns result in more crime? Answers provided for student notes.
• Slide 8-10: Background information about the roles of the town constables, night watchmen and thief takers.
• Slide 11-12: Task 1 - Students complete a set of interviews with each new law enforcement role. Worksheet provided.
• Slide 13: Task 2 - Students analyse each new law enforcement role with a set of questions they need to explain.
• Slide 14: Challenge questions
• Slide 15: EXAM FOCUS - Two examples of a similarity and difference question with sentence starters and structured support.
• Slide 16: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 12 mark ‘Explain why’ question with structured support.
• Slide 17: EXAM FOCUS - An example of a 16 mark ‘How far do you agree’ question with structured support.
• Slide 18-19: Learning Review - 8 ‘Who Am I?’ questions with answers provided.
• Slide 20: Lesson fact sheet
• Slide 21: More from RA Resources

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