Year 9 Homework-Enquire
Homework-Capital Punishment-Due /b 8th January
Tough- Step 5 Tougher- Step 6
Research Derek Bentley Write a speech for your
case on capital year group to persuade
punishment. Create a case them that the death
profile. penalty should or should
Success Criteria: not be brought back to
• Find out his date of the UK.
birth and date of +++++++++++++++++++9+
death. +++++++++++++++++++++
• Explain where the +++++++++++++++++++++
execution took +++++++++++++++++++++
place. +++
• Explain what
happened for him to Success Criteria:
be killed. • Have a clear
• Describe how the introduction.
case supports and • Explain why you feel
does not support. that way about the
death penalty.
PYT – Explain what • Give at least 5
happened in 1998 to reasons why you
Derek Bentley’s case. think that.
• Use examples to
back up your points-
from past cases UK
and USA. bbb
• Give a few reasons
for the opposite
opinion and then
explain how they are
wrong (set them up
to knock them down)
• Conclude your
argument.
PYT – Explain why England
abolished Capital
Punishment,
Toughest- Step 7
“Capital punishment is our
society’s recognition of
the sanctity of life”
Evaluate this statement.
Success criteria –
• Explain what the
sanctity of life is.
• Explain and give
examples of what
capital punishment
is.
• Explain what the
statement means.
• Give 3 reasons why
someone would agree
with this statement.
• Give 3 reasons why
someone might
disagree with this
statement.
• Refer to one religion
other than
Christianity and
Islam.
• Conclude your
argument.
 PYT – Give examples of
more than one religion to
back up your argument.

• A little help… Helpful words

• https://politicalscrapbook.net/2011/0
• Capital
9/fiveuk-wrongful-executions/
Punishment
• http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/b
• Sanctity of
entley.html
Life
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/capitalpuni
• The Death
shment/against_1.shtml
Penalty
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/15007
• Execution
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• Innocent
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