GCSE History Edexcel: Crime & Punishment - Early Modern Law Enforcement (Lesson 11)

This lesson examines the similarities of law enforcement in Early Modern England as well as helping students explain why more effective methods such as the town constables, night watchmen, thief takers and army were needed.

Slide 1: Title slide - To examine the methods of law enforcement used in Early Modern England
Slide 2-4: Filling in the missing terms activity to help students recap law enforcement methods in Medieval England. Answers revealed as well as printable worksheets provided.
Slide 5-6: Discussion starter tasks based around the growth of towns and asks students to think about why the growth of towns would cause an increase in crime.
Slide 7: An outline of various reasons why towns needed more effective law enforcement after 1500.
Slide 8: An outline and analysis of the role of the Night Watchman
Slide 9: Task option 1 - Students to create a poster style fact file about the new methods of law enforcement between 1500-1700.
Slide 10: Challenge tasks
Slide 11: The reasons for change diagram
Slide 12-15: Examples of exam questions (4 mark and 12 mark) with sentence starter help for students.
Slide 16: Lesson Fact Sheet

A4 Worksheet: Provides a worksheet style set of tasks for the students.

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