This is the second lesson in a series covering Anglo-Saxon Crime and punishment and an introduction lesson to the Edexcel GCSE History course Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present.
The download for this lesson contains all the resources needed (one powerpoint and one video question sheet) and is ready to teach.
During this lesson pupils will:
- Use an ISM of headless bodies found in Walkington Wold to make inferences about Anglo-Saxon punishments
- Discuss and identify purposes of punishment in response to crime.
- Match common crimes from the Anglo-Saxon period with appropriate punishments
- Evaluate weregild as an effective response to murder.
- Answer questions from a video covering crime and punishment in the Anglo-Saxon period.
- Complete and peer assess a four mark exam question
- Complete a homework task to create a wanted poster for an Anglo-Saxon criminal outlining common crimes and their punishments.
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