American West L10 – Early Law and Order

This lesson contains:
A starter to study a source and say what we can learn about life in the towns.
An overview of the impact of the mass migration of people West.
An activity to note down the major issues with crime from on-board information, including the corruption, the unemployment, geography, racism and numbers of wild settlers.
An exercise to study the types of crimes on the worksheet and summarise the ones that may have caused the biggest problems.
A task to use the information provided to complete the worksheet mind map to note the roles of the different lawmen in the West and consider who would be in the best position to help. This includes vigilante committees, sheriffs and marshals.
 
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