Curated OER
Was Goldilocks Innocent or Guilty?
Fourth graders act out a mock fairy tale trial. They use a fairy tale like "The Three Little Pigs", "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", "Hansel and Grete"l, and/or "Little Red Riding Hood".
Curated OER
The Trial of Monty Terry
Young scholars research and analyze the Federal Reserve System. They participate in a reader's theater, acting out the roles typical of a courtroom drama as they determine whether the defendant, Monty Terry, is guilty or innocent of...
Curated OER
The Trial Martin Luther
Students investigate details about the trial of Martin Luther. For this Reformation lesson, students review the acts of Martin Luther concerning Reformation of the Catholic Church and then read proceedings from his trial. Students...
Curated OER
DNA Fingerprinting: You Be the Judge!
Students explore DNA fingerprinting. Students discover how DNA fingerprinting is done and judge the validity. They evaluate the use of certain prints in courts and address the ethics of establishing a national database of fingerprpints.
Curated OER
Mock Trial
Students, after the traditional read and discussion of BEOWULF, put one of the the main characters on trial.
Curated OER
The Animals vs. Napoleon
In this literature analysis worksheet, students read Animal Farm and complete a trial activity project based on the characters of the animals vs. Napoleon.
Other
Teachers Network: Witness for the Prosecution: Online Newspaper
This lesson plan uses Agatha Christie's novel Witness for the Prosecution as a starting point for students to learn about the sections of newpapers as they analyze articles from the various sections. This leads up to the students...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: The Eichmann Trial
The Eichmann Trial was the first time the world at-large heard copious amounts of evidence of the horrors that happened during the Holocaust. The prosecution used 100 witness and over 1600 documents to convict Adolf Eichmann. Watch video...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Trial of Gaius Verres: An Account (79 Bc)
The records of the trial of Gaius (sometimes spelled Caius) Verres reveal--far better than any other extant source--the corruption of the last years of the Roman Republic. Through a series of orations and witnesses, Verres's prosecutor,...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Beloved Trial
This lesson plan serves as a final assessment for Toni Morrison's novel Beloved. Learners need to have a thorough working knowledge of the story and characters in the book. They are asked to give Sethe a present-day trial since her trial...