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Provide explanations in the first person of reasons to agree with death penalty for them to write as reasons in the third person. Extension – Write a speech defending the death penalty. Timing title Subject specific detail Guidance Learning activity Resources Lesson 15 The penalty 2 The death penalty – arguments against this punishment to provide a contrasting view to Lesson 15. Students will be able to: understand attitudes which do not support the death penalty understand religious attitudes do not support the death penalty know about religious persons who fight the death penalty be able to contrast attitudes for and against the death penalty. Students might be asked to categorise arguments for and against the death penalty ie, card sort. They might be asked to sort religious teachings into those agreeing with and those disagreeing with the death penalty. They might be asked to decide on the strength of different arguments against the death penalty – best argument to weakest. Students could be given information on religious attitudes to the death penalty,including Christian attitudes and on organisations which work to end the death penalty. Working in small groups, students could research the work of Amnesty International in regard to the death penalty, and of religious organisations such as Catholics Against Capital Punishment (CACP) in the USA. Guided worksheets on why religious believers disagree with the death penalty. Also on religious people who have campaigned against the death penalty. A suitable textbook on this topic. Access to the internet for research tasks. Suitable and relevant film clips.
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