The London Archives’ Crime and Punishment Workshop
Key Info
Uncover life in a Victorian prison with your class! Through a close examination of a variety of original archival documents from the Victorian period, students will investigate a day in the life of a Victorian prisoner.
Working in pairs, small groups and as a whole class, they will uncover what a prison looked like, what prisoners ate, how they had to spend their time and how they were punished for bad behaviour.
The session culminates with students taking on individual case studies of prisoners, and considering how ‘fair’ they feel the sentences for different crimes were, as well as what might have led to increasing numbers of prisoners during the period.
About The London Archives
Following an exciting redevelopment of their learning programme, The London Archives are thrilled to introduce their new range of engaging and in-depth learning sessions for primary and secondary school students.
Each session supports the history curriculum at KS1 to KS4 showcasing their unique collection of historical documents and providing structured and well-paced activities designed to develop history enquiry skills, build confidence working with primary sources and support learning back in the classroom.
Led by experienced history facilitators, their free two-hour sessions allow students to get inspired by London’s past!
A lunch space is available to use for 30 minutes after morning workshops. Schools coming for afternoon workshops are asked to eat before arriving.
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