1. The History of Newcastle... Crime and Punishment

2. Unfortunately, crimes of all descriptions have been carried out for many, many years and are not something new in any city. As a result there has always had to be appropriate forms of punishment to match the crime committed. Which crimes do you think people carried out in past centuries? How do you think criminals in the past were punished?

3. So many questions. So many possible answers. But how could we actually find out about the history of crime and punishment in Newcastle? Who could help us? Where could we look? What could we read?

4. Learning Objective To establish questions we would like answered about crime and punishment in Newcastle. YOUR TASK Complete your own question web about what you would like to find out about the history of crime and punishment in Newcastle. Include in your web your ideas about how you might find some of the answers.

5. PLENARY Are there any facts that we already know about the history of crime and punishment in Newcastle?

6. PLENARY What are we going to do to find out about crime and punishment in Newcastle? How would the following ideas help? ? Police officers ? The library ? The internet ? Museums ? Members of your family ? Law courts