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What was life like in England 250 years ago? Click on the link above.
- What was life like in London at this time in history?
- Living conditions for the poor in London..
- Why many people have resorted to crime?
- How did those in authority deal with misbehaviour?
- Film as a 'historical source'. Possible primary sources (drawings, letters, court records etc) that might provide more useful 'evidence' for further investigation of this topic.
- Sequence events leading to British settlement in Australia, exploring cause and effect.
- Create a classroom timeline.
- identify relevant aspects of the film to answer the inquiry questions
- explain a sequence of events based on likely cause and effect?
ACTIVITY 2: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT FOCUS QUESTION: HOW WERE CRIMINALS PUNISHED IN ENGLAND IN THE 1700S AND 1800S?
Task One: In History groups. You will need: headphones, WRITING BOOK.
Review the trial of convict. JOHN WALKER -
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BELOW:
1. What was life like in London at this time in history?
2.WHAT WERE THE Living conditions for the poor in London?
3. Why DID many people resort to crime?
4.How did those in authority deal with misbehaviour?
5. What factors led to John Walker's crime of stealing onions?
6. How do you feel about what John Walker did?
7. What does the evidence tell you about the kind of person he was?
8.What might happen to John Walker if he committed this crime today?
Look at the list of convicts confined on the hulk, Censor: 1787-1788 :
a. What interesting evidence do you see?
B. What do you think about the ages of the convicts?
C. What do you notice about their crimes?
D. What questions are raised?
E. How do we get answers or more information?
Convicts boarding a prison hulk at Portsmouth, 1828
Prison-shipS in Portsmouth Harbour
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EXTENSION EXPLORE MORE PRISONER RECORDS AT THE VICTORIAN CRIME AND PUNISHMENT WEBSITE. USE A VARIETY OF SEARCH PARAMETERS TO INVESTIGATE RECORDS AND DRAW CONCLUSIONS. USE A TABLE TO RECORD DATA TO ASSIST WITH ANALYSIS AND MAKING GENERALISATIONS.
Online resources for further investigations
Queensland http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html
National http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ http://www.convictrecords.com.au/facts
Australian Capital Territory http://www.canberrahistoryweb.com/convicts.htm
New South Wales http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/
state-archives/indexesonline/
indexes-to-convict-records http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/
state-archives/researchtopics/convicts http://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm
http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/research_guides/convicts/index.html
A FLOOD OF PRISIONERS
- Below is a link to a handwritten record Report of Convicts under Sentence of Transportation. Can you gather any information from this source? What questions do you have have about the source?