In this lesson students have to persuade others to become a highwayman and then have to work out why they would have stopped. It is highly active, involving students in card sorting classification, and prioritization activities. I would like to acknowledge that the inspiration the teacher used for this lesson came originally from Ian Dawson’s excellent website . If any of you do not know about this site, then shame on you! It is a real gem.
Learning objectives
- students understand the reasons why highwaymen developed in the 1700s, can classify them, and can distinguish between major and minor causes
- they can recall a range of reasons and explain why they were significant
- they can also offer reasons for their decline
Step 1
Play Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants, (now on YouTube) quietly in the background as pupils arrive. Then steer them through the first few slides of
