Resource created by Calderdale Museums: Bankfield Museum.

Curriculum Links

• KS2 History: Theme extending knowledge beyond 1066
• KS2 English: Planning, drafting and writing; Reading aloud; Listening; Evaluating and debating
• KS2 PSHE: Relationships, Rights, Responsibilities, Community and Global Citizenship
• KS2 Citizenship
• SMSC: British Values

Activity Ideas

• Using the information from the resource create a letter from one of the criminals that are facing the gibbet next market day. Why did you steal what you did?
• Design a Wanted poster for the Runaway Man.
• In your class split into 2 groups those for the Gibbet and those against. Debate as if it is 1650, should the Gibbet stay or go?
• Research other crimes and punishments from other periods of time, such as the Anglo Saxons, Romans and the Tudors.
• Invite a Police officer into your school to find out more about the roles of the police today, how they help us and what your rights are as a citizen.

Discussion Ideas

• Research other punishments used in Britain in the past, should any of them come back?
• What range of punishments do we use in Britain today?
  Are they effective?