Crime and Punishment Industrial Age Bundle

Crime and Punishment in Industrial England, c.1700 - c.1900

A fourteen-part series of lessons, adapted for Part 1 of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Paper 1 - Thematic Study w/ Historic Environment.

What will you get?

Fourteen lessons:

1. Introduction to Industrial Age Crime & Punishment
2. Highway Robbery in the Industrial Age
3. Smuggling in the Industrial Age
4. Poaching in the Industrial Age
5. Tolpuddle Martyrs (Case Study)
6. Prison Systems in the Industrial Age
7. Prison Reformers in the Industrial Age
8. Pentonville Prison (Case Study)
9. Purpose of Industrial Age Punishments - Exam Practice
10. The Bow Street Runners
11. Developments in Policing
12. End of the Bloody Code
13. End of Convict Transportation
14. Nature of Criminal Activity - Exam Practice

Each lesson in this bundle builds students’ understanding of the changes and continuities in crimes, methods of law enforcement and punishments in Medieval England. Students will frequently engage with historical sources, and exam-style questions to heighten their critical analysis and conceptual understanding.

All lessons are fully resourced and scaffolded for a range of abilities.