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Star Chamber

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.
  • Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources, and evaluate the reliability of each of these sources.

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

Take part in a role-play of a Star Chamber case.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To take part in a role-play of a Star Chamber case.

Children will:

  • Take part in a role-play.
  • Understand how Star Chamber worked.

Provided Resources

  • Character sketches for roles in the role-play

You Will Need

  • Device for recording video if you want children to create the summative video in session 6
  • Paper doilies
  • Circular piece of paper

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