Unit 4: 1900-Present Modern Britain
Use the copy of the textbook below to complete the tasks in the PowerPoints:
Crime and Punishment Book
Lesson 1: Crime and Punishment in Modern Britain
Lesson objectives:
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To understand the changes to crime and punishment.
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To describe the different types of crimes and punishments in modern Britain.
C+P in Modern Britain
Case Studies
Lesson 2: 20th Century change in crime
Lesson objectives:
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To understand the changes to crime and punishment.
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To be able to explain and evaluate how far crime changed in modern Britain.
20th Century change in crime
Smuggling table
Lesson 3: Change to policing
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to describe the changes to policing in the 20th Century.
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To be able to explain and evaluate the main reasons why policing changed.
Change to policing
Code of a Killer
WS1
WS2
Lesson 4: Prison change since 1900
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to describe how prisons have changed in the 20th century.
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To be able to explain the reasons for these changes.
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To evaluate how successful the changes have been.
Prison change since 1900
Lesson 5: Young offenders
Lesson objectives:
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To describe the changes in the way in which young people were treated by the law.
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To evaluate how effectively young offenders are treated.
Young offenders
Video Questions
Lesson 6: Conscientious objectors
Lesson objectives:
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To describe what a conscientious objector was.
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To explain why people objected to fighting.
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To be able to explain and evaluate the government and public’s response to conscientious objectors.
Conscientious objectors
Lesson 7: Derek Bentley
Lesson objectives:
To be able to explain why the Derek Bentley case is still remembered today.
Derek Bentley
Lesson 8: Death penalty abolished
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to describe the reasons why the death penalty was abolished.
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To be able to explain and evaluate the impact that abolishing the death penalty had.
Death penalty abolished
