Courts today

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.
Construct informed responses that involve thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant historical information.

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

Perform a presentation about modern courts to your class.

Teaching Outcomes:

To perform a presentation about modern courts.

Children will:

Devise research questions to direct their web research.
Address research questions in their web research.
Present the results of research to the class.

Planning

Provided Resources

Research template and suggestions
Information about how courts work

You Will Need

Devices for researching on the web
Device for recording video if you want children to create the summative video in session 6

Weblinks

How modern courts work from open.justice.gov.uk
More information about how modern courts work from citizenadvice.org.uk
Further information about how modern courts work from nationalarchives.gov.uk
About different courts from judiciary.gov.uk