Transcript Capital Punishment

L.O:
To know what Capital punishment is.
To reflect on the arguments for and
against capital Punishment.
What have these 38 States got in
Common?
Alabama: Arizona: Arkansas: California,
Colorado: Delaware Florida: Georgia:
Idaho Illinois Indiana: Kansas: Kentucky:
Louisiana: Maryland: Mississippi:,
Missouri: Montana: Nebraska Nevada:
New Hampshire: New Jersey: New
Mexico: New York: North Carolina: Ohio:
Oklahoma: Oregon: Pennsylvania: Rhode
Island: South Carolina: South Dakota:
Tennessee: Texas: Utah: Washington:
Wyoming
What are these?
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 Indiana - 16
Texas - 355
 Delaware - 14
Virginia - 94
 Illinois - 12
Oklahoma - 79
 Nevada, California - 11 each
Missouri - 66
 Mississippi, Utah - 6 each
Florida - 60
The amount ofMaryland,
peopleWashington - 4
Georgia - 39
each
who
North Carolina
- 38have been executed
 Nebraska, Pennsylvania - 3
inAlabama
the USA
since
1976
South Carolina,
each
34 each
 Kentucky, Montana, Oregon
Louisiana, Arkansas - 27
- 2 each
each
 Colorado, Connecticut,
Arizona - 22
Idaho, New Mexico,
Ohio - 19
Tennessee, Wyoming - 1
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each
US government - 3
Keyword:
 Capital
Punishment:
Is the ultimate
punishment,
it is the death penalty.
Dead Man Walking
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Watch the Clips
from Dead Man
Walking
My opinion
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Do you agree/disagree with Capital
punishment?
Write down your ideas in your book – give
reasons for your answer!
Methods of Capital Punishment
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Draw a mind map in
your book.
Write Methods of
Capital Punishment
in the centre.
As we read through
the slides which
follow, summarise
each method using
no more than 10
words.
Capital Punishment
E _ _Electric
c _ r _ _Chair
C_a__
For execution by the
electric chair, the person
is usually shaved and
strapped to a chair with
belts that cross the chest,
groin, legs, and arms. A
metal skullcap-shaped
electrode is attached to
the scalp and forehead
over a sponge moistened
with saline. A jolt of
between 500 and 2000
volts, which lasts for
about 30 seconds, is
given.
The current surges and is
then turned off, at which
time the body is seen to
relax. The doctors wait a
few seconds for the body
to cool down and then
check to see if the
inmate's heart is still
beating.
Hanging
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The neck is broken and
death comes quickly
unless the free fall
distance is inadequate
and the prisoner ends
up being slowly
strangled to death. If
the distance is to great
the rope will tear the
prisoners head off .
This was used in the
UK for many years!
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A black hood is
pulled over the
prisoner's head. A
doctor locates the
inmate's heart with a
stethoscope and pins
a circular white cloth
target over it. The
prisoner is shot
through the heart by
multiple marksmen.
Death is quick.
Firing Squad
The Guillotine
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A famous French
invention
severing the
neck. Death is
quick.
Many famous
Queens died in
this way.
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Lethal drugs are injected
into the prisoner who is
strapped to a table. If the
dosage is too low the
person may linger for
many minutes,
experiencing paralysis.
Post mortems have been
carried out showing that
the levels of anaesthetic in
many cases is very low.
Many people consider this
the most humane way as it
looks as if the person is
going to sleep – this is not
the case.
The first drug paralyses
all of their muscles so that
they are unable to show
pain visibly – however
they are in pain.
Lethal Injection
Crucifixion
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Jesus was brutally
put to death by
crucifixion, a roman
method of capital
punishment, also
used by the
Japanese during
World War II.
It takes hours if not
days to die in this
way.
Methods of capital punishment used in
Ireland & Britian
Hanging has been the principal form of
execution in Ireland & Britainsince the 5th
Century, although other methods such as:
 drowning,
 burial alive,
 hurling from cliffs
 boiling alive,
 burning at the stake
 shooting.
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Paired discussion
Inhumane or Humane?
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Is there a difference between
killing someone legally and
murdering someone?
Does it make sense to show
killing is wrong by killing?
Are all methods of Capital
punishment inhumane? Are
some worse than others?
Weighing up the arguments
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In pairs make a list of reasons:
For Capital Punishment and a list
against Capital Punishment.
You might want
To reflect on the
Images on the next
Slide for some
Help……
Kenneth Boyd video clip
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Watch and listen
to the news report
carefully.
What arguments
for and against
the death penalty
are shown?
‘Capital Punishment is always wrong’. Do
you agree?
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Some people agree with this
statement because…………….
However on the other hand
some people disagree
because…………………..
Religious people may say
that………..
My opinion on this issue is…….
Remember to use
the arguments that
were discussed in
the film Dead Man.
Peer Assessment
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Swap your answer with
your partner.
Assess their answer
and give it a level
according to the level
assessment grid.
Level
Description
1
 A simple sentence to explain a viewpoint.
2
 An opinion given backed up by an example/s.
3
 A simple two sided discussion of the statement with your
own opinion.
4
 A well explained two sided discussion of the statement,
with your own opinion given with a reason/s.
5
 A well explained two sided discussion of the statement,
with your own opinion explained in detail and backed up by
examples. You refer to the moral issues.
6
 As above but in addition the religious implications are
explored in detail.
Draw this template into your books! It
Key
word
Bingo!!!
needs to
be big
enough
to write 1 word in
each square!
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Execution
Lethal injection
Guillotine
Firing squad
Inhumane
Justice
Electric chair
Crucifixion
Kenneth Boyd
Hanging
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
Choose 6 of the
words in the box and
put them in the grid
in your book!
Have we met the L.O of today’s lesson?
 To know what Capital punishment is.
 To reflect on the arguments for and
against capital Punishment.