Summary: The series: SHP Smarter History is the new approach to GCSE from the Schools History Project. It offers interesting lessons and comprehensive content plus step by step coaching in exam skills – using SHP’s Exam Buster approach. This is the best of both worlds from the experts who know what good teaching is about and also know what the SHP specifications are all about.SHP OCR Crime and Punishment is a new course book for students taking the OCR Crime development study. It covers all the relevant requirements of the OCR specification but delivers them in the context of a motivating, enquiry-led approach to ensure that your courses are interesting and motivating to teach yet still deliver good results for your students. OCR Crime and PunishmentThe textbook covers all the relevant requirements of the Development Study and all the British Source Investigation topics for OCR.Features- an enquiry-based approach – varied pace and style of learning which is essential to keep your students motivated over a long period- Exam Busters – practical exam preparation techniques that have been trialled in real schools with real pupils- written by experienced teachers rather than remote examiners, who know how to keep pupils motivated.Support- online teacher's material including lesson plans and worksheets and Dynamic Learning digital resources - SHP training programme – a national conference plus regional inset – to support you as you introduce this course in your school.
An authoritative new Crime and Punishment development study from SHP preparing candidates for exam success in OCR's 2009 SHP SpecificationCreated by teachers and trialled in real schools working with SHP the leading curriculum development bodyBlends exam preparation with worthwhile historical investigation'Smarter Revision' helps students use thinking skills techniques to improve their revision and so improve their grade'Meet the Examiner' unpacks what the examination questions are looking for and shows how they can improve their answersSupported by Dynamic Learning resources and lessons for the whiteboard or the school network/VLE
Table of Contents: Section 1 IntroductionHow much do you know about crime and punishment today?Why are you studying crime and punishment through time?Smarter Revision: Using a Factor Chart to record why things changedThe Big Story of Crime and Punishment through timeSection 2 Crime and Punishment in the Roman EmpireCriminal moments in time: Roman Canterbury AD250How did the Romans try to prevent crime?Smarter Revision: Using Memory Maps to record key features of a periodMeet the Examiner: decoding exam questions and tackling ‘describe’ questionsSection 3 How much did Crime and Punishment change in the Middle Ages?Criminal moments in time: Saxon village AD650Big Story: How much change was there between 500 and 1500?Was justice in the Middle Ages bloody and thoughtless?Smarter Revision: Revision cards to help you recall knowledgeMeet the examiner: Understanding sourcesDid William totally change Saxon justice?Smarter revision: Revision cards to help you remember what changed and whenMeet the examiner: writing effective explanations of changeWhat can the legend of Robin Hood tell us about Medieval crime and punishment?How far did justice change in the later Middle Ages?Meet the examiner: evaluating change and continuitySmarter revision: Using revision cards to help you reach well supported judgementsSection 4 The Early Modern PeriodCriminal moments in time: Portsmouth 1732The Big Story: why did punishments become so harsh in the Early Modern Period?Meet the examiner: Using Key factors to explain changeWhy were there so many ‘new’ crimes in the Early Modern Period? (Case- studies: Vagrancy, Witch-hunting, Highway robbery, Smuggling, Poaching)Meet the Examiner: Source InvestigationSmarter revision: Concept map to show how factors are connectedMeet the examiner: Evaluating sourcesSummary task: Why was the Bloody Code introduced?Section 5 Crime & punishment, 1750-1900Criminal moments in time: London 1845The Big Story: Why was there a revolution in punishment & policing in the years 1750-1900?How did crime change in Industrial Britain? And why?How did punishment change in Industrial Britain? And why? (Case studies: Transportation; Prison reform)Smarter Revision: Using the “Pendulum of punishment” to understand change.Meet the examiner: Answering “Are you surprised by...? questionsSmarter Revision: Hunting FactorsMeet the Examiner: Answering factor questionsWhy did it take so long for the British to accept the police?Meet the examiner: Improve your time planning on Development Study QuestionsMeet the Examiner: Tackling Iceberg QuestionsCase study: The Peterloo massacreMeet the Examiner: Cross-referencing sourcesCase study: The Rebecca RiotsSection 6: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 1900 to the PRESENTIs there anything new about 20th century crime?What factors have caused change in crime and punishment in the 20th century?How did the punishment pendulum swung after 1900?How has society changed its attitude to young offenders?How have attitudes changed to capital punishment?Meet the Examiner – Reaching judgements on InterpretationsCase study: The SuffragettesSection 7: ConclusionSmarter revision reviewFactors affecting changes in crime and punishment
About the Author(s): Richard McFahn is Humanities Adviser in West Sussex and was formerly a Head of History in HampshireChris Culpin was formerly Director of the Schools History Project; wrote the National Archives online exhbition on Crime and Punishment and is an experienced senior examiner with a major awarding body