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Year 10 GCSE HistoryCRIME AND PUNISHMENT

2Threads in History…. This topic looks at CHANGE and CONTINUITY over time. We will look at CRIME and PUNISHMENT since c1450 to the

present day A development study has THREADS running through it –

Threads are themes that you can trace all the way from the starting point right the way through to the present day

There will be CONTINUITY of these threads at times We will focus on THREE TIME ERAS (1450-1750, 1750-1900,

1900-now) looking at the NATURE of CHANGE, comparing eras and looking for patterns

Factors can cause change and this will make the continuum change.

3Threads in History….

What FACTORS might mean that the amount of THEFT in society goes up?

What FACTORS might meant the amount of THEFT goes down?

Do people always steal the same sort of things, or are the types of things people steal different at different points along the thread?

Would it ever be possible to cut the thread of theft in society? What sort of society would have no theft?

Think about what you learnt on the previous exercise. Consider THEFT. Theft is a crime that is as old as human society and still present today. In groups, think about the following points – Produce a mind map on large paper to answer the key questions.

4What is a Crime?

Task:

In pairs, look at the sheet, what makes something a crime?

Decide which of the things is and is not a crime.

STRETCH:

Why do opinions on what is a Crime differ?

Can you think of a well known crime that people have not agreed upon?

Learning Objectives:

• Investigate what is a crime?

• Understand KEY TERMS

• Consider why societies have punishments

THINK:• Is killing a

person in times of war a crime?

• Is breaking school rules a crime?

• Are all actions that are bad “crimes”?

• Could lying about your age ever be a crime?

5Doncaster Then and Now…..

In your small groups, read through the crimes from the Consibrough Manorial Court 1605.

Identify CONNECTIONS between the crimes

Who committed the crimes?

Why would they commit the crimes?

What gender, class, background are the criminals?

STRETCH:

What are the links between the crimes?

What THREADS can you identify?

6Homestudy: Complete in your books the questions from the sheet –

“Catching onto context”

Learn the MEANINGS and SPELLINGS of all words on the KEY WORD SORT – TEST on TUESDAY