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GCSE history topic - Jack the Ripper.

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seeker · 05/06/2009 08:05

I know I am very old, and very old fashioned, but SURELY Jack the Ripper is not a suitable topic for a GCSE History module?

It seems to me to be wrong on so many levels that I don't know where to start!

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chosenone · 05/06/2009 08:11

A History teacher friend of mine swapped syllabuses to the exam board that does this as itb engaged the children more. Teenagers do like thw more dramatic elements of History! They used to do a trip to LOndon to a museum or exhibition on the topic too

EyeballshasBackBoobs · 05/06/2009 08:10

I can sort of see what you mean but it was a historical event that shook the whole of London (well, the East End anyway!) at the time. Who defines what history is? If it's in the past, and noteworthy then it's history I suppose...

cocolepew · 05/06/2009 08:07

I can understand the 'whodunnit' angle, but that's all . I wouldn't be impressed.

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