starter activity Watch this clip from ‘Horrible Histories’ on the highwayman Dick Turpin. What can you learn about his life? According to the clip was

starter activity

Watch this clip from ‘Horrible Histories’ on the highwayman Dick Turpin. What can you learn about his life? According to the clip

was he a ‘gentleman thief’ or a ‘violent thug’?

Was Dick Turpin Was Dick Turpin a gentleman thief a gentleman thief or a violent thug?or a violent thug?

TBAT distinguish ‘myth’ from TBAT distinguish ‘myth’ from ‘reality’‘reality’

Identify reasons why Identify reasons why highwaymen grew & declined highwaymen grew & declined

in popularityin popularity

Learning objectives

Key words: highwayman

Read about the real life of Read about the real life of Dick Turpin in Wilkes (p.64-Dick Turpin in Wilkes (p.64-5) or Dawson (p.84).5) or Dawson (p.84).

How similar/different is his How similar/different is his life to another outlaw we’ve life to another outlaw we’ve studied?studied?

Which of these words Which of these words describes the real life describes the real life highwayman? highwayman?

Dashing, brutal, ruthless, Dashing, brutal, ruthless, handsome, scruffy, handsome, scruffy, fashionable, common, fashionable, common, gentlemanly, romantic, gentlemanly, romantic, mysterious, frightening, mysterious, frightening, heroic, murderous, craftyheroic, murderous, crafty

Visit the sources around the room & make a Visit the sources around the room & make a note on your data collection sheet on what note on your data collection sheet on what type of source it is, who produced it and whentype of source it is, who produced it and when

What words from the list below would you use What words from the list below would you use to describe the Dick Turpin in your source? to describe the Dick Turpin in your source? Make a note of these words on your sheet. Make a note of these words on your sheet. You can also add your own description words.You can also add your own description words.

Then make a judgement- does it show Turpin Then make a judgement- does it show Turpin as a gentleman of the road, a common thug or as a gentleman of the road, a common thug or somewhere in between? somewhere in between? Explain why?Explain why?

dashing brutal ruthless handsomescruffy fashionable common gentlemanly romantic

mysterious frightening heroic murderous crafty

Richard Bayes, The Genuine History of the Life of Richard Turpin, (1739)

Accordingly, having broke open the Door, they beat and abused Mason in a most terrible Manner, and when they had beat him as they thought enough, they kicked him under the Dresser and there left him... Mason’s little Girl in her Fright got out of bed, and without any Clothes ran into the Hog-sty and there hid herself... Then they went up Stairs and broke every Thing they could lay Hands to... found a hundred and twenty Guineas, which they took after they had done as much Mischief as they possibly could, they went away very satisfied.

A



This is the front cover of a magazine in 1905.

These magazines turned the story of the famous highway robber, Dick Turpin, into an

adventure.

In one particular story, Turpin tries to reassure a

young woman while he holds up and robs a

stagecoach.

B



This is an e-fit of Dick Turpin produced by

North Yorkshire Police in 2009.

Police experts used descriptions from

newspapers which were issued to aid his capture

in 1739.

He was heavily scarred from an outbreak of

smallpox that he had as a child.

C


mysterious frightening heroic murderous

This is an illustration from William Harrison Ainsworth’s

novel Rookwood, written in 1834.

Dick Turpin was one of the leading characters in the

novel.This shows the scene in the novel where Turpin escapes

on Black Bess. Although most of the novel was not about Turpin it was the bit

that appealed most to readers rather than any of

the rest of the work.The appeal of the scene

was to create a new legend about Turpin and his

exploits.

D


mysterious frightening heroic crafty murderous

Use extract from text book with students

(Extract from the Crime and Punishment Through Time OCR textbook, 2010)

E



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh3KgdD7HWE&feature=relmfu

This is a family drama series than

ran on TV between 1979-1982.

The series starred Richard O’Sullivan

as Dick Turpin.

It was loosely based on the

adventures of the 18th Century

highwayman.

F



Your taskYour task

Study Dawson p.85. Draw a line down Study Dawson p.85. Draw a line down the centre of your page. On one side jot the centre of your page. On one side jot down reasons why highway robbery down reasons why highway robbery became more common. On the other became more common. On the other side reasons why it became less side reasons why it became less common.common.

How important was the government How important was the government compared with other factors in reducing compared with other factors in reducing the threat of highway robbery?the threat of highway robbery?

HomeworkHomework Produce a wanted Produce a wanted

poster for the ‘real life’ poster for the ‘real life’ DT. Your poster should DT. Your poster should tell us about:tell us about: His background before His background before

becoming a highwaymanbecoming a highwayman Those he worked withThose he worked with Examples of his crimesExamples of his crimes It should have the ‘look It should have the ‘look

and feel’ of a wanted and feel’ of a wanted posterposter

Was Dick Turpin Was Dick Turpin a gentleman thief a gentleman thief or a violent thug?or a violent thug?

TBAT distinguish ‘myth’ from TBAT distinguish ‘myth’ from ‘reality’‘reality’

Identify reasons why Identify reasons why highwaymen grew & declined highwaymen grew & declined

in popularityin popularity

Learning objectives

Key words: highwayman

Plenary

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starter activity Watch this clip from ‘Horrible Histories’ on the highwayman Dick Turpin. What can you learn about his life? According to the clip was