Whitechapel Part 1
Use the copy of the textbook below to complete the tasks in the PowerPoints:
Crime and Punishment Textbook
Lesson 1: Whitechapel
Lesson objectives:
​For this 3 week unitTo understand how historians use sources to piece together the past. You will be using sources to investigate the causes of crime in Whitechapel 1870-1900.
Whitechapel
Booklet Part 1
Booklet Part 2
Lesson 2: The Ripper
Lesson objectives:
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To be able to explain the key details of the Jack the Ripper case.
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To examine sources of evidence.
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To make links between living conditions in the East End and crime via this case study.
The Ripper
Recommended Clips
Lesson 3: Living conditions and the Ripper
Lesson objectives:
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To assess understanding of key words and sources.
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To increase knowledge of living conditions in Whitechapel.
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To evaluate primary sources.
Living conditions and the Ripper
Sources Pack
Sources Sheet
Extension Sources F-L
Lesson 4: Policing
Lesson objectives:
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To recap learning about Whitechapel so far and apply it to exam question 1
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To understand Why Whitechapel was so difficult to Police.
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To understand how to evaluate the utility of a source in an exam question. (Q2a worth 8 marks).
Policing
Source Analysis on Policing
Challenges for policing
Lesson 5: The organisation and problems of the police in the 1880s
Lesson objectives: To be able to explain:
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​To gain knowledge of how crime was recorded and identify the problems using these records as evidence.
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To practise “How useful” questions.
The organisation and problems of the police in the 1880s
Worksheet
Policing Hand-out
Lesson 6: Practising for key assessment
Lesson objectives:
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To practise all 3 exam questions so you understand how you will be assessed.
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To understand the importance of independently revising for this unit by taking notes. You must prepare for your key assessment carefully.
Practising key assessment
Independent Revision
Lesson 7: Whitechapel Race riot
Lesson objectives:
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To learn / gain contextual knowledge about race relations in the Whitechapel area.
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To classify new contextual knowledge into groups
Union.
Whitechapel Race Riot
Categorising Activity
Lesson 8: Source skills Whitechapel
Lesson objectives:
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To consolidate your knowledge on a range of sources you could refer to for qB .
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To evaluate which sources of evidence would be helpful for a given question.
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To practise analysing the utility of a source.
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To know the details of the gruesome murder of Harriet Lane.
Source Skills Whitechapel
Tables
Heads and Tails Sources work sheet
