Week 3: 'Early Modern' Punishment and Law Enforcement

In the last lesson of the year we will briefly look at Punishment and Law Enforcement in the 1450 - 1750 Period

A Typical Punishment

Extended Learning Assignment

1. Read and highlight notes on the Hawkhurst Gang - What do they tell you about the nature of smuggling? (20/7)

2. Why were vagabonds punished so heavily in Tudor Times? (9) (6/9)

3. Why was there a growth of poaching between 1500 and 1750? (9) (6/9)

4. Revise notes on US Protest in 1950s and 1960s. (6/9)

Have a great Summer. The History Bee is going to be feasting on handball at the Olympics!

Crime Song Number 4: 'Trainsurfing' - Stina Nordenstam (2001)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcB5e9oAfRw

Week 2: 'Early Modern' Crime

Harsh Treatment of Beggars in Elizabethan Times

This week we will be looking at typically 'Early Modern' crimes such as poaching, begging, vagrancy and  smuggling.

How similar are these crimes to ones committed today? How are crimes shaped by the social and economic background against which they take place? Also how 'political' are crimes?

Reminder: Late Medieval Crime Assignment is due in on Friday

Crime Song 3: 'Bonnie and Clyde' - Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot (1968)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKfBJMIANsM