Battle for Truth: It’s Your Witness

Students will use role playing to learn about the procedure and purpose of questioning witnesses for determination of fact in the adversarial process. They will discuss the evolution of justice over time, and so come to understand the historical motivations for our current system.

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Standards

NCSS

Grades

6, 7, 8

Subjects

Judicial Branch/Supreme Court

Resource Types

Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans

Teaching Strategies

Small Group Deliberation, Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion, Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion

Tags

adversarial process, courts, trial procedure