PowerPoint & 2 worksheets that examine the key evidence for and against a number of prime suspects in the Whitechapel murders carried out by Jack the Ripper in 1888. The suspects covered are John Pizer, Montague John Druitt, Aaron Kosminski, Francis Tumblety, James Maybrick, George Chapman, Carl Feigenbaum, Michael Ostrog and Prince Albert Victor. It also raises the underlying prejudice that drove many of the accusations.
Activities include
- Starter activity to analyse two very different sketches of the killer published in the Illustrated London News.
- Pupils to read mini-biographies on the suspects and use the information to complete a comparative table on key information about the suspects such as their location in 1888, their mental health, their nationality, whether they had a history of violence against women, whether they were known to have killed before or after 1888, etc.
- To spark discussion, pupils to score the suspects out of 10 according to how likely they were to have been guilty.
- Extension activity to identify the homophobia, xenophobia and Anti-Semitism that was an underlying feature of many of the accusations.
- Conclusion on whether any of the suspects were likely Jack given the evidence. This could lead onto an essay on the issue.
Designed for the teaching of Key Stage 3 History.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.
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