Jack the Ripper - Whitechapel

Students use written and visual sources to investigate what life was like in the London East End district of Whitechapel during the time of the Jack the Ripper murders. This lesson is specifically designed to give students the ‘big picture’ of Whitechapel before focussing on the Whitechapel murders.

The lesson includes:

• 1x 26 slide PowerPoint lesson
• 1x Metropolitan Police Report Worksheet

The lesson presentation includes:

• Slide 1: Title Slide
• Slide 2: Lesson aims and outcomes
• Slide 3: An overview of where Whitechapel is located
• Slide 4: An overview diagram of the main issues covered in the lesson.
• Slide 5: Starter Source Activity - Students analyse a map of Whitechapel to infer from it facts about the area. Answers provided.
• Slide 6: Starter Source Activity -A further source which encourages students to add more information to their findings in Source A.
• Slide 7: Main task instructions
• Slide 8: Printable worksheet
• Slide 9- 14: 7 visual sources linked to what life was like in Whitechapel - all with provenance and prompt questions.
• Slide 15-17: 5 written sources linked to what life was like in Whitechapel - all with provenance and prompt questions.
• Slide 18: Task 2 - Discussion questions with answers
• Slide 19-20: Task 3 - Match up the social issue in Whitechapel with the type of crime it links to.
• Slide 21: Task 4 - Students instructed to write a police report about the area of Whitechapel.
• Slide 22: Challenge questions
• Slide 23-24: Learning Review - 12 question quiz with answers
• Slide 25: Learning Review 2 - Key Term Jeopardy
• Slide 26: More from RA Resources

All images used in this lesson are in the public domain and are therefore copyright free. Images which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide where the image appears. If you feel any errors have been made, please contact me at raschoolresources@gmail.com in the first instance to resolve any issues. My lessons are completed using PowerPoint and designed on widescreen formatting. Thank you.

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