SkillBuilder discussion Using historical sources 1. SOURCE4 is an illustration of a public execution. What emotions and reactions can you observe in the audience watching the execution?
SOURCE4 A public execution complete with audience
2. How does the image depict the method of
execution and the role of the executioner?
3. What can the setting
and surroundings in the image tell us about the significance of public executions in medieval society?
3.7 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES 1. Review this lesson for the different forms of punishment dealt out in the medieval period. List them in your exercise book. 2. For each of them, write either ‘obsolete’, which means that it is completely out-of-date, or ‘connections to today’. For those for which you can see connections to today, write a few sentences and explain how they relate to today’s justice system. 3. Share your list with the class and see if you have any common elements. As a class, discuss whether you believe that the modern Australian justice system has any common elements developed from medieval European justice.
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