Capital Punishment

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Capital Punishment
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• You must know
• The definition of capital punishment
• Different methods of capital punishment
• Use in the UK
• Use around the world
• Arguments for and against its use
• Religious response (Christianity)
• Non-religious response (Amnesty International)

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What is Capital Punishment?

• Capital punishment is executing (killing) someone
  as punishment for a crime.

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• GROUP TASK
• In groups you are going to make posters which
  show reasons why some people would agree with
  capital punishment and reasons why some people
  would disagree with capital punishment.

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• Put these titles on the two big sheets of paper
• Reasons For Capital Punishment
• Reasons Against Capital Punishment
• Each person should write at least two reasons for
  each (use a post-it for each idea)
• Stick your reasons onto the big sheet of paper
  with the strongest (most convincing) reasons at
  the top.

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Reasons For Capital Punishment
Reasons Against Capital Punishment
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Capital Punishment For and Against

• Using your own groups ideas and others from the
  class create tables like these in your jotter.

Reasons for having capital punishment 1 2 3 4 5
Reasons for not having capital punishment 1 2 3 4
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Remainder of class

• Class
• Read P16 of your booklets and start questions on
  page 17.

Homework This is due to be returned on Monday
Period 1.