Crime and Punishment
The aim of this lesson is evaluate why the case of Ruth Ellis can be classified as a miscarriage of justice.
Students begin the lesson with the background of Ruth Ellis, her childhood experiences and growing up in London.
They are then given some source scholarship to complete with some hinge questions posed to analyse the text.
The details of the killing of her boyfriend David Blakely are then given; students use this to decide if it was right to sentence her to death, which was the law at the time and if she was guilty beyond question of the crime.
Some select information of the case is left out deliberately to then challenge the students to see if they wish to change their minds. (For example they are told that the verdict was given after only a day and a half.)
Questions at the end are therefore raised about the fairness of the criminal justice system at the time, gender issues in sentencing, domestic abuse awareness and mental health considerations.
There is an enquiry question posed at the start of the lesson and revisited throughout to show the progress of learning throughout the lesson and subsequent unit of work.
The lesson comes in PowerPoint format and can be changed and adapted to suit.
The lesson is differentiated, fully resourced and includes suggested teaching strategies.
This lesson is ideal if you are teaching Crime and Punishment at GCSE or if you wish to add an interesting unit of work to engage and challenge the students.
This lesson can also be used as a stand alone for subjects such as PHSE and Religious Education which question the morality of using the death penalty.
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