Capital Punishment: video worksheets, differentiated x3

Please ensure you can access the video before you get this resource. From the BBC Matters of Life and Death series. See the BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > Religious Studies GCSE > Matters of Life and Death page for very extensive details, notes, and advice. The series comprises: abortion, animal experimentation, assisted suicide, capital punishment, just war, sibling saviours.

Tom’s cousin Lynn was kidnapped, raped and brutally murdered at the age of 17. Her murderer was sentenced to death and executed by the State of Florida. Tom believes that the death penalty has brought justice for Lynn, and closure for himself and his family. Joe was charged with aggravated murder and sentenced to death in the State of Ohio. After spending 22 years on death row, his case was dismissed and he was exonerated. He now vigorously campaigns against the death penalty. This short film explores the moral and practical issues of capital punishment, from both religious and non-religious perspectives. It provides students with the opportunity to evaluate a range of beliefs, prior to consolidating their own viewpoint.

PLEASE be sure to watch the film before using it in lessons. Find the film by searching the BBC Teach website or YouTube’s BBC Teach channel for “What are the rights and wrongs of the death penalty? | Religious Studies - Matters of Life and Death"

15 questions for the 10-min film. This resource is much cheaper in the bundle. Differentiated THREE ways! All versions look similar, but “B” version has subtle clues, and “C” version requires pupils to cross out wrong answers, not write in correct ones, allowing pupils with literacy difficulties to access the work. Excellent subtitles: scripted, not auto-generated chaos. Questions right up to the end, no slack time. Answer sheet. Very easy to mark. .doc & .pdf for all files. Two different links to film on all sheets.