GCSE History Edexcel: Crime & Punishment - Case Study Pentonville Prison (Lesson 20)

This lesson has a focus on the aims and building of Pentonville Prison.

Resource 1: A4 Power Point Worksheet - Would Fry and Howard have agreed with Pentonville Prison? Students decide which factors about Pentonville Prison Reformers such as Fry and Howard would have agreed with or not.

Resource 2: Lesson Power Point
Slide 1: Title Slide - Case Study - Pentonville Prison
Slide 2: Recap Task - What is the difference between prisons in c.1700s to prisons in c.1800? Illustrations and key terms to provide ideas.
Slide 3: A map showing the location of Pentonville Prison in London
Slide 4: Starter Task - What do the four illustrations teach you about Pentonville Prison?
Slide 5-10: Backgrounf information about the aims of Pentonville Prison and the reasons it was built.
Slide 11: Would Fry and Howard have approved of Pentonville Prison? This slide goes along with the other worksheet which comes with the lesson.
Slide 12: A worksheet for students to make notes on about Pentonville Prison.
Slide 13: Higher level challenge questions
Slide 14: An alternative question sheet about Pentonville Prison
Slide 15-17: A worksheet which allows students to examine how to structure a PEE paragraph (point, evidencem explain).
Slide 18: An example answer for a 12 mark question.
Slide 19: Lesson Fact Sheet

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