UPDATED NEW 2025/6 SPEC: The lesson examines how factors such as the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, police for rivalry and the illustrated penny dreadful press became a huge challenge and obstacle to the Metropolitan Police’s investigation into the Jack the Ripper murders.
The lesson resources include:
- 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT)
- 1 x A4 Source Enquiry Sheet
- 1 x 24 slide main power point lesson
The lesson power point contains:
- Slide 1: Title slide
- Slide 2: Lesson outcomes and aims
- Slide 3: As you enter discussion task - Why do you think the police never caught Jack the Ripper?
- Slide 4-5: Unit recap - Whitechapel unit recap quiz with answers
- Slide 6-7: Recap - Picture recap quiz covering the police techniques to catch Jack the Ripper with answers
- Slide 8: Starter Task - Source analysis linked to the failure and critcism of the Metropolitan police.
- Slide 9-12: Background information about the main obstacles to the police investigation - The Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, the police force rivalry and illustrated press.
- Slide 13: Task 1 - Write a letter from Charles Warren to explain the problems with the investigation.
- Slide 14: Task 2 - Table based task explaining the obstacles to the police investigation.
- Slide 15: Follow up questions
- Slide 16-17: Exam Focus - A range of ‘One feature’ questions with printable worksheet.
- Slide 18-20: Exam Focus - An example and printable worksheets to help students answer the ‘How useful’ question.
- Slide 21: Exam Focus - An example of the ‘Follow Up’ question
- Slide 22-23: Learning Review - Fact or fiction - with answers
- Slide 24: Topic Learning Review - Scrabble based key terms activity
- Slide 25: Lesson Fact Sheet
This lesson has been updated in line with the amended specification and exam questions ready for the 2025/6 examinations.
All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.
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