Direct Examination Tips
Opening and Closing Argument Examples
Tips for Everyone
For the above link look at the table of contents and scroll to the part that pertains to you.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Mock Trial Videos
These are the videos that we will have watched during class in case you want to get some refreshers.
Videos
Videos
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Reconstruction Quiz Format
1) 5 matching
2) 15 Multiple choice
3) One written response
For a grand total of 21 questions.
2) 15 Multiple choice
3) One written response
For a grand total of 21 questions.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Reconstruction Quiz
Some things you should know...
1) Wade-Davis Bill, Freedmen's Bureau, Military Reconstruction Act, Tenure of Office Act, Panic of 1873
2) Main conflict between Lincoln and Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction
3) How did Civil War affect Southern economy?
4) How did black codes affect African Americans?
5) How did African-Americans seek to improve their lives once they gained their freedom?
6) What supposedly were the provisions of the Compromise of 1877?
7) What motivated Radical Republicans to pass civil rights legistlation on behalf of African Americans?
8) When was the KKK formed and what were their goals?
9) President Johnson's impeachment
10) What was the goal of the Office of Tenure Act?
11) Constitutional Amendments
12) Tactics that the Southern Democrats used to try to regain political power?
1) Wade-Davis Bill, Freedmen's Bureau, Military Reconstruction Act, Tenure of Office Act, Panic of 1873
2) Main conflict between Lincoln and Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction
3) How did Civil War affect Southern economy?
4) How did black codes affect African Americans?
5) How did African-Americans seek to improve their lives once they gained their freedom?
6) What supposedly were the provisions of the Compromise of 1877?
7) What motivated Radical Republicans to pass civil rights legistlation on behalf of African Americans?
8) When was the KKK formed and what were their goals?
9) President Johnson's impeachment
10) What was the goal of the Office of Tenure Act?
11) Constitutional Amendments
12) Tactics that the Southern Democrats used to try to regain political power?
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Mock Trial Proposal - Due Wednesday
PART 1
Either email, share, or bring in to class Wednesday your proposal for which side you'd like to be on and why. Relate your reasoning back to the case and why you think that you'd be a good asset to that team.
I should be able to tell that you're familiar with the case through your proposal.
PART 2 (optional)
You can also write a separate proposal (on the same paper or doc) that outlines your reasoning for why you'd like a certain specific role -
BE SPECIFIC - I want to be an attorney for the PROSECUTION or I want to be a witness - specifically Mason Spencer because...
Either email, share, or bring in to class Wednesday your proposal for which side you'd like to be on and why. Relate your reasoning back to the case and why you think that you'd be a good asset to that team.
I should be able to tell that you're familiar with the case through your proposal.
PART 2 (optional)
You can also write a separate proposal (on the same paper or doc) that outlines your reasoning for why you'd like a certain specific role -
BE SPECIFIC - I want to be an attorney for the PROSECUTION or I want to be a witness - specifically Mason Spencer because...
Friday, October 17, 2014
Mock Trial Homework - Tuesday
Hey ya'll,
Below (along with a works cited which I know you all LOVE!) should give you an idea of what I would like you to do between class ending today and Tuesday's class. It's from the famous O.J. Simpson case. Make sure you have read OUR case. It may seem long but it's not really that long when you look through it.
Also while you read it you'll probably find yourself reading one part and thinking, "HEY, there is no way this guy is innocent". But then you will read the defendant's side and think, "wait a tick, this guy is getting stonewalled!". That's the beauty of mock trial.
You will put the pieces together to fit the story that you want to tell - THE STORY THAT YOU WILL PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (if you're the prosecution).
We will actually end up having a defense and prosecution team in each class. So Period 1 will have a defense team AND a prosecuting team just like Period 3.
The matching bloody gloves found at the murder scene and outside Simpson's home
9:36 P.M. Simpson, wearing a dark
sweat
suit, is seen by Kato Kaelin.
9:30-9:45 Charles Cale, walking his dog by Simpson's Rockingham residence, does not see Bronco.
10:02 Simpson attempts to call Paula Barbieri on the cell phone from his Bronco.
10:15 (prosecution)-10:40 (defense) Period during which murders took place.
10:22-10:30 Limo driver Allan Park, scheduled to take Simpson to airport, does not see Bronco on Rockingham.
10:40, 10:43, 10:49 Allan Park buzzes Simpson's intercom, but gets no response.
10:50 White or light bronco observed at the intersection of Bundy and Dorothy.
10:51 or 10:52 Kato Kaelin hears three thumps on the wall outside his room.
10:54 Allan Park sees a man wearing dark clothes, about 6-feet tall and 200 pounds, walk across the driveway of the Simpson residence.
10:55 Simpson lies to Allan Park.
Below (along with a works cited which I know you all LOVE!) should give you an idea of what I would like you to do between class ending today and Tuesday's class. It's from the famous O.J. Simpson case. Make sure you have read OUR case. It may seem long but it's not really that long when you look through it.
Also while you read it you'll probably find yourself reading one part and thinking, "HEY, there is no way this guy is innocent". But then you will read the defendant's side and think, "wait a tick, this guy is getting stonewalled!". That's the beauty of mock trial.
You will put the pieces together to fit the story that you want to tell - THE STORY THAT YOU WILL PROVE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (if you're the prosecution).
We will actually end up having a defense and prosecution team in each class. So Period 1 will have a defense team AND a prosecuting team just like Period 3.
OJ SIMPSON CASE
The matching bloody gloves found at the murder scene and outside Simpson's home
9:30-9:45 Charles Cale, walking his dog by Simpson's Rockingham residence, does not see Bronco.
10:02 Simpson attempts to call Paula Barbieri on the cell phone from his Bronco.
10:15 (prosecution)-10:40 (defense) Period during which murders took place.
10:22-10:30 Limo driver Allan Park, scheduled to take Simpson to airport, does not see Bronco on Rockingham.
10:40, 10:43, 10:49 Allan Park buzzes Simpson's intercom, but gets no response.
10:50 White or light bronco observed at the intersection of Bundy and Dorothy.
10:51 or 10:52 Kato Kaelin hears three thumps on the wall outside his room.
10:54 Allan Park sees a man wearing dark clothes, about 6-feet tall and 200 pounds, walk across the driveway of the Simpson residence.
10:55 Simpson lies to Allan Park.
Works Cited
"The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Incriminating Evidence." The O.J.
Simpson Trial: The Incriminating Evidence. University of
Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014
<http://www.law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/simpson/
evidence.html>.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Parents - Student Led Conferences
Hi All,
Here is the link to sign up for student led conferences.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C48A9A72EA4FD0-student/3871374
Here is the link to sign up for student led conferences.
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0C48A9A72EA4FD0-student/3871374
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