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What is a courtroom?

Topics Year 3
This unit is part of Crime and Punishment Courts

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Objectives

History

  • Study an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066 such as crime and punishment from the Anglo-Saxons to the present.
  • Address and sometimes devise historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance.

English

  • Become more familiar with and confident in using language in a greater variety of situations, for a variety of audiences and purposes, including through drama, formal presentations and debate.

Lesson Planning

Learn about the history of courts of law and take part in a role-play representing witnesses in a court.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To take part in a role-play representing witnesses in a court.

Children will:

  • Devise questions for historical research.
  • Undertake historical research guided by questions.
  • Learn about the history of courts of law.
  • Take part in a role-play of an enquiry.

You Will Need

  • White wig
  • Gavel
  • Black cloak
  • Devices for searching the web

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