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128 Jury verdicts Lesson Plans
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a number of activities that demonstrate the importance of juries. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students investigate how a jury is chosen, and what the rights and responsibilities of juries are. They examine case studies to determine the role of the jury in both criminal and civil cases. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students work together in order to reach an agreement. They must analyze the evidence and write a paragraph based on their decision. They share their verdicts with the class. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine the jury system used throughout history. They act out a conflict in class and use different types of juries and conflict resolution methods. They write their reactions to each of the different types of resolutions. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students discover their responsibilties of being a citizen by conducting an interview. They discuss the rights and freedoms given to them and review the rules of eligibility for being a member of a jury. They write an essay about why participating in a jury is important. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze an article that illustrates evidence of racial inequalities in the criminal justice system. They break up into groups to discuss, research and evaluate the concepts of plea bargaining, jury verdicts and sentencing. After drawing various conclusions from research found, they report back to the class their conclusions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students simulate the jury selection process to produce a fair and impartial jury in a mock murder trial. They review the procedure for jury selection and the constitutional amendments which dictate when a jury trial is to occur. Each student is assigned as an attorney, judge or potential juror. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students are taught about the civic responsibility of jury duty by conduting an interview. They write an essay explaining why participation in the jury systems is important. Students name some of the rights and freedoms affored to citizens of the United States. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students study the history of the jury system in the United States. They enact a number of different types of trials including trial by jury. They complete a worksheet that compares the trials systems before writing a persuasive essay for homework in which they choose one of the methods of trial to defend. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read a text about a murder trial. They review related vocabulary, complete a matching exercise and take a quiz. Afterwards, they play a game called 'alibi' where the group with the weakest alibi is found guilty. Full Review »
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