Jack the Ripper Coursework
For GCSE History, students undertake two coursework assignments. The first is a source-based enquiry on the Jack the Ripper murders of the late nineteenth century. There are five questions to answer with the combined assignment amounting to 12.5% of the overall GCSE grade.
Click on the icons below to find out more about the murders themselves and to access learning resources to help with your coursework, as well as useful internet links.
The Ripper Murders
Click here to find out all about the Ripper murders themselves. Find out who was killed, how it was done and to gather clues on who the killer may have been. This will help with your background knowledge when it comes to writing your actual coursework.
Learning Resources
Click here to view learning resources to help writing your coursework. You will find PowerPoint presentations offering advice on how to answer the coursework questions as well as written guidance that will complement your coursework booklet. Please note some of these have been created using the new Offce 2007 package. If you cannot access these, speak to Mr Barrett who can convert them for you to access them.
Suspects Task
Click here to access the website you need for the Ripper Suspects task that you will complete in class. Use your course booklet in conjunction with this website to work out who the Ripper was.