Year 10 history - Crime and Punishment

For past GCSE papers click here.

Other Crime and punishment topics :
How and why did punishment change between 1750 and 1850?

You can see this whole programme on  YouTube, in 3 parts:

Part 1 - the Bloody Code
Part 2 - transportation and hulks
Part 3 - the end of the Bloody Code

Other links:

Crime and Punishment
Newgate prison (Horrible Histories)

Witches.

Changes in punishment 1750-1850
18th century punishment
Victorian police
Victorian prisons
Smugglers
Transportation
Crime out of control? 


Jack the Ripper.
Jack the Ripper (2)
Jack the Ripper (3)

20th century punishment.

Derek Bentley
Quizzes and games

Remember, remember...

Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot....

What really happened in November 1605?
Was there really a Catholic plot to blow up Parliament and kill the king?
Why did it go wrong? Was it badly planned? Were the plotters unlucky?

In the GCSE exam you might get questions like this:
Why did the authorities punish treason so savagely in the Tudor and Stuart periods?
Why was it difficult for the authorities to prevent terrorist attacks?

Some historians think the whole thing was a government set-up: are they right?

We will probably never know for sure but your task is to look carefully and critically at the evidence. You are doing this in class: if you want to go deeper here are some sites to explore. They will help you look closely at the layout of the Palace of Westminster, see what the plotters said after they were arrested and tortured, even think about what would have happened if they succeeded.

BBC History
Two sides of the story

Gunpowder Plot Society

Parliament and treason

Civil War and Revolution

Can you uncover the plans of the plotters?
Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night

Quick Quiz

Game

Smugglers!

In the 18th century smuggling was a very big problem for the authorities. What was smuggled? Why was it smuggled? Why was it so hard to control?

You are customs officers preparing a report for the government with advice on how to deal with smuggling. Your report must

(a) explain the situation as clearly and correctly as possible

(b) make recommendations

Find out as much information as you can to help you decide.

Use these links and others:

Smugglers' Britain

Smuggling on the south coast

Smuggling in the north

The city of dreadful night.

In August 1888 the first of a series of murders was committed by a killer who became known as Jack the Ripper. To this day the identity of the killer remains a mystery. Five women were brutally killed in the East End of London, by a maniac who appeared to kill without warning and with no remorse.

Why was the Ripper able to get away with his murders? Why were the police powerless to stop him?
Who was the most likely suspect and why?










Links
The events
Casebook - a full and very detailed Jack the Ripper site.
Victims
The victims
Evidence
Witnesses
Letters
Personality of the killer
Suspects
Suspects
Map
Metropolitan Police website
Channel 5 documentary Part 1
Channel 5 documentary Part 2
James Mason visits the site of Annie Chapman's murder