Exam

• This is an exam walkthrough on crime and punishment in Britain from 10000 to the present including the historic environment of White Chapel circuit 1870 to 1900 crime placing and the inner city
• Sections in the exam

  • Section A: Historic environment
  • Section B: Crime and punishment in Britain 1000 to the present day
• Section A: Historic environment


  1. Question 1: Describe two features

  2. Question 2A: How useful are sources A and B for an inquiry

  3. Question 2B: How could you follow up source A to find out more
• Question 1


  • Worth 4 marks
  • Describe two distinct features with supporting historical evidence
• Question 2A


  • Worth 8 marks
  • Analyse the content, provenance and use contextual knowledge to explain how useful the sources are for an inquiry
• Question 2B


  • Worth 4 marks
  • Pick a detail from source A, formulate a historical question to follow it up, identify a relevant source type, and explain how it would help answer the question
• Section B: Crime and punishment in Britain 1000 to the present day


  1. Question 3: Explain one way in which (similarities or differences)

  2. Question 4: Explain why

  3. Question 5 or 6: How far do you agree
• There are also SPAG marks for the 16 mark questions
• The historic environment is worth 16 marks total across the questions
• I wouldn't even write like letters so you want to be quite specific so as part of your rision you want to have a list of the different types of sources that were used at the time
• Letters that poor people wrote to the poor law commission about their treatment in the workhouse


  • Letters written by older people
  • Letters giving details about the kind of work that they did
• Looking at letters written by old and young people

  Can compare what kinds of work old people might have done
• This is how historians real historians work
• You really need to know your stuff around crime punishment and for these thematic style units
• Chronological knowledge


  Knowing exactly when things are happening
• Explaining one way in which attitudes towards the crime of poaching were similar

  1. Underline whether the question is asking for similarities or differences

  2. Have specific knowledge from medieval times and 1700-1900

  3. Use connectives to compare
• Explaining why there were changes in the use of prison as a punishment


  1. Use 3 distinct reasons

  2. Use causation language like 'this meant that', 'this led to'

  3. Go beyond the bullet points provided
• The idea of Retribution was the main factor affecting methods of punishment during the medieval period
• Evaluating the historical interpretation in the question

  1. Write 3 key arguments, at least 1 agreeing and 1 disagreeing

  2. Use detailed knowledge and analysis

  3. Conclude with a final opinion
• Deterrence was a key aspect of punishment in the medieval period