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Mock Trial
Teaching Timeline
DAY 2
Determine, as a class, who should be charged
This lab schedule is designed to take 6-8
for each crime.
days, with 45 minutes of class time per day.
Put students into brainstorming groups. Allow
all groups to develop hypotheses regarding
how each fact may support the case-in-chief of
the prosecution or how each fact may support
the case-in-chief of the defense. Additionally,
DAY 1 groups should identify critical weaknesses in
the reliability of each fact.
Discuss with students the procedures
for trial of criminal cases and the simplified DAY 3
rules of evidence. Additionally, lessons
designed to familiarize students with the
court system and judicial procedure may Review the brainstorming results as a class and
prove beneficial. instruct students to connect various facts and
evidence to make logical assumptions about
the case.
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