- Enter deadlines into your planner for the week: Check-in with your trial group. Decide what your group needs to accomplish today and this week. Spokesperson- report out.
- **Remember- Comparison chart of Zinn v. Patriot's History chapters needs to be done by Friday for class discussion.
Agenda
1. Announcements and Plan for the Week
- Ashley's Appreciations
- Seminar- move to Wednesday? Vote
- Quiz make-ups: If you got lower than a 90% on the quiz, you can use the answer key to rewrite incorrect answers in your own words for an additional 3% points.
- Time frame for the trial (5 minutes opening/closing, 4 minutes witness questioning, judges' decision on Friday)
- Check out the resource links below (also on project resources page)
- Honors conferences in place of lunch meeting
- Answer Key- SFoC Final Quiz- Coming soon!
- Conference sign-up starting Wednesday with me about your writing or research for trial.
- Notebook check due Thursday- I'll hand that out tomorrow.
- Get out your SFoC Annotations for me to check
2. Freeman Children
8:15-9:20: Seminar Prep
9:25-10:20: Mock Trial Work Time with Guest Attorneys- Shay Dennings and Becky Briggs!
- Witnesses and Lawyers- meet up to review testimonies and begin crafting direct-exam questions
- Judges- work on Step 2
2. Spicy Unicorns
10:25-11:30: Mock Trial Work Time with Guest Attorneys- Shay Dennings and Becky Briggs!
11:35-12:30: Seminar Prep
RESOURCES
A. Direct-Examination Video (see the embedded video below)
B. More Info on Curtis Munson and the Munso report- GOOD source for both prosecution and defense. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Munson_Report/
C. Great website in general for all things Internment camp related: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/contents/
D. Final Report on Japanese Evacuation of West Coast (authored by Dewitt with contribution by Bendetson)
DIRECT EXAMINATION QUESTIONING
HOMEWORK: See homework/class notes tab for the week's homework AND your trial team's calendar.
A. Direct-Examination Video (see the embedded video below)
B. More Info on Curtis Munson and the Munso report- GOOD source for both prosecution and defense. http://encyclopedia.densho.org/Munson_Report/
C. Great website in general for all things Internment camp related: http://encyclopedia.densho.org/contents/
D. Final Report on Japanese Evacuation of West Coast (authored by Dewitt with contribution by Bendetson)
- Excerpts: http://www.sfmuseum.org/war/dewitt1.html
- Full-text: http://www.internmentarchives.com/showdoc.php?docid=00008&search_id=&pagenum=001
E. Examples of Opening Statements:
F. Examples of Closing Statements:
- From the Film: Amistad- John Quincy Adams delivers Closing Statement before Supreme Court Justices
- Criminal Case Closing Statement Example (not a real trial)
- From the film A Time To Kill (murder trial- sensitive content here)
G. Examples of Cross Examination Questions:
DIRECT EXAMINATION QUESTIONING
HOMEWORK: See homework/class notes tab for the week's homework AND your trial team's calendar.
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