Please have a browse around my resources suitable for students of History from Year 7-13. I have taught History for fifteen years, won the Guardian Award for Outstanding New Teacher in 2003 and worked as Head of Department for eight years. Resources suitable for Heads of History to be added in due course. Watch this space!
Please have a browse around my resources suitable for students of History from Year 7-13. I have taught History for fifteen years, won the Guardian Award for Outstanding New Teacher in 2003 and worked as Head of Department for eight years. Resources suitable for Heads of History to be added in due course. Watch this space!
A SIMPLE ACTIVITY BASED ON EARLY POLICING. THE ROLE OF THE JP, CONSTABLE AND WATCHMAN ARE READ OUT BY PUPILS (IN COSTUME PREFERABLY). THE CLASS LISTENS THEN COMPLETES A SIMPLE TOP AND TAIL EXERCISE. ADDS A BIT OF FUN AND VARIETY TO YOUR LESSON.
PLEASE SEE ALL MY OTHER RESOURCES ON GCSE CAUSES OF CRIME AND POLICING METHODS.
THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION CAN BE USED WITH GCSE STUDENTS LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF POLICING. THIS UNIT OF WORK WAS WRITTEN FOLLOWING THE WJEC SPECIFICATIONS BUT CAN BE USED WITH OTHER EXAM BOARDS. IT CONTAINS INFORMATION, SOURCE WORK, VIDEO FOOTAGE, ROLE PLAY, WRITTEN ACTIVITIES (BASED ON GCSE STYLE QUESTIONS) AND PAIR WORK. IT CONTAINS OVER 100 SLIDES WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THE PUPILS NEED TO KNOW FOR THE ENTIRE UNIT.
PLEASE SEE THE ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION BOOKLET FOR SALE ON THIS SITE PLUS THE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (WHICH HELP CONDENSE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE).
THIS RESOURCE IS FOR GCSE STUDENTS OF THE HISTORY OF CRIME, POLICING AND PUNISHMENT. THIS TEST COVERS THE POLICING SECTION OF THE GCSE. THE 21 QUESTIONS ALSO COME WITH THE ANSWERS SEPARATELY. THIS CAN BE USED AT THE END OF THE POLICING MODULE AND IS ALSO AN EXCELENT REVISION TOOL. PUPILS CAN ALSO USE THE ANSWERS TO MARK EACH OTHERS' PAPERS. THE ANSWERS ARE WRITTEN IN BULLET POINT FORMAT.
THIS IS FOR GCSE STUDENTS STUDYING THE HISTORY OF CRIME, POLICING AND PUNISHMENT. THIS TEST COVERS THE CAUSES OF CRIME FROM THE TUDOR PERIOD TO PRESENT DAY. THE 30 QUESTIONS WITH AVAILABLE MARKS IN BRACKETS ARE ACCOMPANIED WITH ALL THE ANSWERS IN BULLET POINT FORM. THIS IS REALLY USEFUL TO GIVE TO THE STUDENTS AFTER COMPLETING THE UNIT ON CAUSES OF CRIME AND FOR THEM TO LEARN PRIOR TO THEIR EXAM.
This is for GCSE students of the History of Crime, Policing and Punishment paper. This detailed information booklet covers the POLICING section only. It can be used to accompany the course or as a revision tool.
The specifications followed in the booklet are outlined below:
Key question: How were law and order enforced in Wales and England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
• The role of Tudor JPs
(importance of JPs; extent of their work; effectiveness)
• The role of constables and watchmen
•(parish constables and the extent of their work; watchmen: their work and their effectiveness)
Key Question: What were the main turning points in policing methods in Wales and England in the late eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries?
• The Bow Street Runners
(the Fielding brothers; establishment of the Runners; importance of the Runners)
The establishment of the Metropolitan Police
(Robert Peel and the 1829 Metropolitan Police Act – reasons and effectiveness)
Extension of police forces and early police specialisation
(The acts of 1835, 1839 and 1856; CID, photography and finger printing)
Key Question: How have policing methods developed in Wales and England in the twentieth and twenty first centuries?
Increased resources for the police
(transport developments; communication and increasing use of technology; training and recruitment changes, including women police)
Specialisation of police services
(development of specialist branches; development of CID, forensics, community relations, crime prevention)
Modern day problems for the police
(police use of weapons; increased powers of arrest and of questioning; pressures of red tape and more organised
criminals)
This is a detailed, colourful booklet with a wide range of sources included.
AN INFORMATION BOOKLET FOR GCSE STUDENTS OF CRIME, POLICING AND PUNISHMENT. THIS BOOKLET CAN BE USED AS A GUIDE TO THE COURSE AND AS A REVISION TOOL. THIS INFORMATION BOOKLET COVERS THE CAUSES OF CRIME ONLY. THE SPECIFICATION FOLLOWED IS DETAILED BELOW:
• Key Question One: What were the main causes and types of crime in Wales and England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
• The problem of vagrancy
• (causes e.g.: poverty, rural depopulation, unemployment; able-bodied poor and deserving poor; rogues and vagabonds)
• • The challenge of heresy
(causes e.g.: changes in religion and religious opposition; attitudes to heretics)
• • Dealing with treason
(definition of treason; a study of the Gunpowder Plot)
• Key Question 2: How did types of crime and their causes change in Wales and England in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?
• • Increase in smuggling
(reasons for the increase in smuggling; smugglers and excise men; attitudes towards smuggling)
• • Highway robbery
(issues involving stagecoach travel; lack of law enforcement; highwaymen and footpads)
• • The impact of industrialisation
(social and economic change; the development of large towns; examples of unrest leading to crime: Luddism, Swing and Rebecca Riots)
• Key Question Three: Why have there been new causes and types of crime in Wales and England in the twentieth and twenty first centuries?
• The rise of transport crime
(development of the motor car; creation of new crimes such as: car theft, drink driving, traffic offences)
• • The rise of computer crime
(computer fraud; stealing from bank accounts; hacking; viruses; identity theft, etc.)
• • The trend towards violent crime
(IRA bombings; football hooliganism; global terrorism; drugs crime; gun and knife crime)
This is a great resource for Year 7 students preparing for their end of year exam. Topics covered include:
MEASURING TIME
THE YEAR OF THE THREE KINGS
WHY WILLIAM WON THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS (EXEMPLAR ESSAY ANSWER)
THE BAYEAUX TAPESTRY/HOW DID HAROLD GODWIN DIE?
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CASTLES
THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH
MONKS AND MONASTERIES
THE MANOR
A PEASANT'S LIFE
This resource is colourful and detailed.
This is for GCSE students revising for their Crime, Policing and Punishment paper. There are two exemplar answers here. The first one answers the following style question:
How far have causes of crime changed from Tudor times to the present day? [10]
How far have causes of crime stayed the same from Tudor times to the present day? [10]
The second answers the following style question:
Have methods of policing and combating crime always
been successful from Tudor times to the present day? [10]
How successful have methods of combating crime been form Tudor times to present day? (10)
This six page document is useful for Heads of History Departments who need to describe how key skills are being developed in their subject. Topics covered include:
THINKING SKILLS AND PROBLEM SOLVING
DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION
ORACY
READING
WRITING
WORKING WITH OTHERS
NUMBER
IMPROVING OWN LEARNING AND PERFORMANCE
This resource has been made for my own department but may be helpful to use as a guide to those Heads of Department who are updating their handbooks or preparing for an Ofsted Inspection!