Why were there so many executions in the period known as the Bloody Code?

This lesson is titled “Why were so many people executed in the period known as the Bloody Code?”

This lesson begins with a Deal or No Deal style Starter Activity in which students are invited to guess how many countries currently do/don’t impose the death sentence. This then leads to the Key Question being introduced along with aims and graduated outcomes (all will/most will/some will). There are then slides of background information to allow for teacher exposition. After this, students are invited to read key reasons and to map the most important five of these on to a dart board (the closer to the middle the more important). From this, students write a Letter from the Gallows to explain why people were condemned. An example is provided to inspire. The lesson then concludes with a true or false plenary about capital punishment in the 18th Century.

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