PowerPoint, source pack & worksheet that examines the consequences of the Whitechapel murders and considers how the crimes should be remembered today. The lesson considers attitudes to women, crime, housing and poverty both in late Victorian England and today through the interpretations of George Bernard Shaw and historian Haillie Rubenhold.
Activities include
-Starter activity which tests the prior learning of factual information about victims, suspects and the environment of Whitechapel.
- Comparison of two versions of a memorial to Catherine Eddowes to consider why her plaque may have been redesigned.
- The main activity is a source analysis exercise to test George Bernard Shaw’s view that the Whitechapel Murders provoked positive change in the East End in the period that followed the murders.
- Plenary discussion on how the Whitechapel Murders should be remembered today with stimulus material of some controversial street art and the views of historian Hallie Rubenhold and Ripperologist Mickey Mayhew.
Designed for the teaching of Key Stage 3 History.
Lesson Length: 1hr depending on pace.
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