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1. GCSE – History Assessment TasksCrime and Punishment Please use these with students to assess progress. Give students the mark schemes and ask them to peer assess their work EVERY time they complete a question. Mark students’ work and provide feedback Allow your student to improve their work to achieve their target grade or better
2. Source A: A drawing of prison inmates on a treadmill at Devizes Prison in the late nineteenth century. Source B: From a speech by a government minister in June 2010, explaining the government’s attitude towards prisons. Too often prison has failed to turn criminals into law-abiding citizens. Prisons are supposed to deter crime, protect the public, punish offenders and cut re-offending. Prisons are places of punishment, but also of education and change. What can you learn from Sources A and B about changes in attitudes towards prison as a punishment? Explain your answer, using these sources. (4)
3. 3 How successful were attempts to enforce law and order during the period c1450–c1800? (12) You may use the following in your answer and any other information of your own. In the sixteenth century, the position of village constable was unpaid. 1718: Jonathan Wild gave himself the title of ‘Thief Taker General of Great Britain and Ireland’. 1749: Henry Fielding established the Bow Street Runners. (Total for Question 3 = 12 marks) 
4. Explain why Vagabonds in the Tudor period (sixteenth century) were punished so harshly at the time. (9)
5. 4. How much has the role of the police changed since the mid-nineteenth century? 1877: The Criminal Investigation Department () was set up. 1937 : 999 emergency phone number introduced 2002 : Police Community Support Officers introduced Target: Evaluation of change (AO 1 & 2 : 12 marks)
6. (b) ‘The attitude of the authorities was the most important reason for the increase in witchcraft accusations in Britain.’ Do you agree? Explain your answer. (16)You may use the following in your answer and any other information of your own.James I wrote a book called Daemonologie.Matthew Hopkins called himself the ‘Witchfinder General’.Many people were very religious during the seventeenth century.
7. 4 Why did the government punish Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters so severely? You may use the following in your answer and any other information of your own. A drawing showing the execution in 1606 of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters who had been found guilty of treason. (Total for Question 4 = 12 marks)
8. 4 Why did the government punish Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters so severely? (12)
9. Question 1 Study Sources A and B. Source A: A proclamation by King George III in 1780 saying that the army will be used to deal with riots. A great number of people have gathered together in a riot. It has become necessary to use military force in order to deal with these disturbances, to protect the lives and properties of individuals, and to restore the peace of the country. Source B: Police in riot gear controlling a demonstration in London in 1999. 1 What can you learn from Sources A and B about changes in riot control in the period from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth century?
10. Question 1 Study Sources A and B. Source A: A vagabond being punished during the Tudor period. Source B: From a statement announcing a new government programme, made in December 1999, by Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of Britain. Tonight and every night hundreds of people are sleeping rough on the streets of our towns and cities. These people need to know that there are places they can go and sleep; they need someone to help them find a job. Some of them need skills and training. We can provide that help. 1 What can you learn from Sources A and B about changes in attitudes towards the problems of homelessness? Explain your answer, using these sources. (4)
11. 4 How far did attitudes towards punishment change in the period c1450–c1850? (12) You may use the following in your answer and any other information of your own. In 1531 an act of parliament said vagabonds should be dragged behind a cart and whipped. In 1723 the Black Act created 50 new crimes which were punishable by death. By 1841 only murder and treason still carried the death penalty.
12. 3 Why was it so difficult to deal with smuggling and poaching in the eighteenth century? You may use the following in your answer and any other information of your own. In 1723 the Black Act brought in harsh punishments for poaching. Landowners employed gamekeepers. Customs officers tried to stop smuggling. In 1748, when a cargo was seized by the Customs officers, the Hawkhurst gang of smugglers attacked the Customs House to take it back.
13. 6 (b) ‘The acceptance of scientific explanations was the main reason why trials for witchcraft ended.’ Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. (16) You may use the following in your answer and any other information of your own. Most executions for witchcraft occurred during the Civil Wars of 1642–49. By the end of the seventeenth century, Britain had become a wealthy country. In 1751 a man was hanged for killing a woman suspected of being a witch.
14. 1. What can you learn from Sources A and B about changes in police uniform? Source A : A photograph of policemen in Manchester in the 1850s wearing the standard uniform. Source B: From an article written about an English police service in 2007. The Chief Constable said: ‘We need a uniform that is suitable for modern policing. The black shirt with zip neck fastening, for both male and female officers, is designed to be worn under body armour, and replaces the white shirt and tie. However, officers based in the police station will continue to wear the traditional uniform’.
15. Question 1 Study Sources A and B. What can you learn from Sources A and B about changes in crime using a false identity? (4) Explain your answer, using these sources. Source A: From the records of the Old Bailey Court, 1695. David Davis was accused of cheating the Bank of England. Davis forged a false statement claiming to be Charles Lloyd and saying he was entitled to inherit £1,858. He then used this false statement to take out a loan from the Bank. Source B: A pie chart showing the different ways that a false identity is used to commit theft in the twenty-first century. Theft committed by opening new accounts under a false name Theft committed by opening new accounts under a false name
16. 6 (a) Why were so many women accused of witchcraft in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? Target: Recall; analysis of key features (AO 1 & 2 : 9 marks)
17. In what ways did religion influence people’s reactions to witchcraft? (9)