Source Investigation: Emily Davison, accident or suicide?

This outstanding lesson has been designed to help students studying the historical controversy surrounding the death of Emily Davison. It can be used with the full spectrum of ability, but the text level of the task would suit mainly lower middle and upper ability students. I have also produced an alternative information card sort for lower ability students on this topic or if you wish you can buy both resources together for the bargain price of £5.

When you purchase this resource you will be able to download Microsoft Word document as well as an accompanying PowerPoint. The Word document includes aims, instructions, two heading cards labelled 'accident' and 'suicide', along with 11 sources labelled A to I, that need to be sorted. The PowerPoint presentation is designed to help facilitate the lesson and includes aims, objectives, differentiated outcomes, starters, plenaries, appropriate video clip links, assessment questions, pupil mark schemes and feedback sheets.

The lesson kicks off with a snowballing starter activity, followed by a brief one side introduction to Emily Davison and her background. The next two slides discuss the historical controversy and include quotes from historians supporting each interpretation. This is then followed up by completing the source investigation / card sort. Once this is complete, students can then feedback and then do a follow up assessment on the topic. This optional, but I've included additional slides with a pupil mark scheme that can be easily adapted for to your own assessment scheme if necessary. At various points, I have included links to useful video clips. These can be accessed when the PP is in show mode by clicking on the play button.

The aims and objectives for this lesson are:

Theme: Why did some women get the vote in 1918?
Know: How did Emily Davison die?
Understand: How has her death been interpreted?
Evaluate: Was Emily Davison’s death a tragic accident or suicide?

WILF: What Am I Looking For?
Identify and describe: How did Emily Davison die?
Explain: How does the evidence support each interpretation?
Analyse: Make a judgement on whether her death was an accident or suicide?

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Roy