TRUE CRIMES

Introduction

First of all, copy out the lesson in Task.  Then follow the links in Process to answer the questions. 

Task

Copy out in your book as a lesson the following :

Je sais illustrer mes propos avec des exemples.

True Stories

Real life can inspire stories. For example, Jack the Ripper is very well-known and has been written about extensively. Other serial killers, such as the Yorshire Ripper, Harold Shipman aka Doctor Death or Fred and Rosemary West are still very famous in Britain. But other crimes also fascinate. For instance lots of films have been made about bank robbers, such as the Great Train Robbers or the Baker Street Robbery.

Process

T1

Which famous criminal does this clip talk about ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwblAEU6qg0

Where did the murders take place ? Who was on the throne at the time ? Was it a rich area ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i3m8R0qF0c

Make a list of the 1888 victims.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIeOV_ZhE5s

Where did the first attack take place ?

T2

http://www.yorkshireripper.com/peter-sutcliffe-the-yorkshire-ripper/

What is the name of the Yorkshire Ripper ?

How many women did the Yorkshire Ripper murder ?

What was the name of the first victim ?

Where was the second victim found ?

When was the last victim found ?

T3

http://www.truelifecrimes.com/harold_shipman.html

Who was Harold Shipman's first victim ?

He was convicted of killing how many patients ?

How did he kill them ?

How many people did he probably kill ?

T4

http://www.murderuk.com/serial_rosemary_fred_west.html

What was Fred and Rosemary's home called ?

What happened to their daughter ?

What else was found in the garden ?

What happened to their house ?

T5

What was the name of this robbery ?

When did it take place ?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2763296/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

How many robbers took part ?

How much money was taken ?

Was it a violent attack ?

How much money was returned ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Train_Robbery_%281963%29

T6

What happened to Charlie Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. ?

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/Lindbergh-Baby-Kidnapped.htm

T7

What was Le Sac ?

http://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-baker-street-burglary

This bank robbery inspired a film. What was its name ? Who starred in it ? And what is it in French ? Where did it happen ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3671166/Revisiting-the-riddle-of-Baker-Street.html

Evaluation

  • First of all prepare a short summary of the crime attributed to you.  This will become your script. Then get ready to present it orally as a group.   The work must be divided equally. Your work must be illustrated with something found on the Internet (a photo/a newspaper article/a web page/.....).  Then construct your film using ideally Movie Maker, if not OpenOffice Impress or something equivalent, using both your illustrations and your script which must be recorded.