Students explain why there was a further increase in lawlessness in the West and how the Federal government began to tackle lawlessness. Includes groups such as the Reno Gang, Wild Bill, Jesse & Frank James, Pinkerton Detective Agency and more.

The lesson resources include:

• 1 x A4 Workbook Style Fact Sheet (PDF & PPT) – Included in every American West lesson!
• 1 x Main Power Point Lesson

The 27 slide fully resourced lesson contains activities, tasks, practice exam questions, printable resources and all background knowledge:
Slide 1: Title slide
Slide 2: Warm Up - Students focus on an illustration of a typical saloon and discuss the types of violence they can see.
Slide 3-4: Recap - Students use facts to explain the causes of lawlessness. Answers given.
Slide 5-7: Starter - Useful key term match up. With answers and printable worksheet.
Slide 8-10: Starter 2 - A cut out and sort activity
Slide 11: Background information covering the link between the American Civil War and lawlessmess.
Slide 12: Background information covering the causes of further lawlessness.
Slide 13: Background information covering the crimes of highway robbery and bank robbery.
Slide 14: Background information covering the crimes of train robbery and shootings.
Slide 15-16: Background information covering the forms of law enforcement used to tackle law enforcement such as the Federal government, local government.
Slide 17-18: Task 1 - A tasks which gets students to outline different forms of law enforcement and people involved in lawlessness. Includes printable worksheet.
Slide 19-21: Task 2 - A sorting task with printable worksheet and answers.
Slide 22: Challenge questions
Slide 23-24: Learning Review - Who am I? With answers
Slide 25: Example assessment/exam questions
Slide 26: Lesson fact sheet - knowledge organiser.
Slide 27: More from RA Resources

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