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    This document provides an overview of a classroom activity on crime and punishment in the 18th century. It consists of 24 squares that represent different scenarios students could land on that depict various crimes and their potential punishments. The activity is designed to help students understand the harsh realities of the legal system during this era by having them make predictions about what might occur for each character. Each student receives one square to participate in the lesson by considering what punishment their character might face.

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    This document provides an overview of a classroom activity on crime and punishment in the 18th century. It consists of 24 squares that represent different scenarios students could land on that depict various crimes and their potential punishments. The activity is designed to help students understand the harsh realities of the legal system during this era by having them make predictions about what might occur for each character. Each student receives one square to participate in the lesson by considering what punishment their character might face.

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    This document provides an overview of a classroom activity on crime and punishment in the 18th century. It consists of 24 squares that represent different scenarios students could land on that depict various crimes and their potential punishments. The activity is designed to help students understand the harsh realities of the legal system during this era by having them make predictions about what might occur for each character. Each student receives one square to participate in the lesson by considering what punishment their character might face.

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    Crime & Punishment - 4.

    5
    -

    From 1788 1868 160,000 convicts were sent to Aust.


    Most were sent for petty crimes
    Stealing, pickpocketing, etc

    New society, Old solutions


    -

    Industrial Rev. CHANGED Britain


    People forced/urged to move from RURAL to URBAN environments
    Agrarian to Industrial ECONOMYCrime
    Large cities = More people/ poor people = More Crime

    What to do?
    -

    Govt. tackled this problem by making punishments harsher


    More executions, longer sentences, HULKs
    + increased prison population

    Define
    Commute & Hulk

    Questions
    -

    Q1-5 (write out and answer)


    Q6 & 7 (2-3 sentences)
    Q8
    Q9 = SP

    Activity

    Standard 4
    Firstly enlarge all 24 boxes to A4 size, then print them and give one sheet to
    each student. The class is designed around investigating crime and punishment,
    as all 6 individuals have a back story and a reason for being in trouble with the
    law.
    Students can make predictions on what will happen to each character this is
    designed to allow students to understand the harsh life that confronted people
    during this era.
    Every student is able to particular in this lesson as it is designed for the whole class.

    1. You are convicted of


    manslaughter. You are
    set free after being
    branded on the hand.

    2. You are
    accused of
    stealing goods
    worth 13 shillings
    and sixpence. Go
    to square 19.

    3. You are
    sentenced to hang
    and the sentence
    is carried out.

    4. Your wealthy and


    well-known friends tell
    the court that you have
    a good character and
    collect signatures on a
    petition to save your
    life. Go to square 20.

    5. The jury hears


    that you trained
    birds to fly
    through open
    windows so that if
    you were caught
    you could claim
    that you were
    only trying to get
    your bird back. Go
    to square 9.

    6. You are
    desperate to
    speak up for
    yourself in court.
    To give yourself
    courage you have
    a drink of gin. Go
    to square 12.

    7. You are accused of


    killing another actor in
    an argument. Go to
    square 16.

    8. The jury
    recommends you
    should hang but
    the judge
    discusses your
    case with other
    judges because of
    your age. Go to
    square 21.

    9. You have
    nobody
    respectable to
    speak to the court
    on your behalf. Go
    to square 3.

    10. You are accused of


    forgery and obtaining
    4300 by false
    pretences. Go to square

    11. You are


    sentenced to
    death. However
    there has not

    12. You drank too


    much. The judge
    thinks you are
    rude when you try

    4.

    been much crime


    lately and the
    court is sorry for
    you. Go to square
    24.

    to defend yourself
    and that you do
    not respect him or
    his court. Go to
    square 3.

    13. You are accused of


    murdering a 5 year old
    girl. Go to square 23.

    14. You are


    reprieved from
    hanging when you
    agree to join the
    navy and leave
    the country.

    15. You are


    accused of
    stealing goods
    worth 1 but you
    really are
    innocent. Go to
    square 6.

    16. Your wealthy and


    well-known friends tell
    the court that you have
    a good character. Go to
    square 22.

    17. The King and


    government
    believe that
    forgery is a most
    serious crime. Go
    to square 3.

    18. You are


    accused of
    stealing from
    houses. Go to
    square 5.

    19. You tell the jury that


    your husband deserted
    you, leaving you alone
    in London without work.
    Go to square 11.

    20. The jury finds


    you guilty but
    recommends you
    be reprieved from
    hanging. Go to
    square 17.

    21. The jury


    decides that you
    are to be kept in
    prison for nine
    years with the
    death sentence
    hanging over you.
    Go to square 14.

    22. Your acting skills


    come in useful. You
    show great respect for

    23. The jury hear 24. You are


    that you planned reprieved from
    the crime
    hanging and

    the judge and say how


    sorry you are for the
    accident. Go to square
    1.

    carefully and
    carried it out in
    cold blood. Go to
    square 8.

    sentenced to
    transportation to
    Australia.

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