Judge+&+Jury

toc =Real World Examples= Trials are run everyday and it is interesting to learn about them as well as to understand the important skills used during a trial. All members must be able to persuade the other judge/jury that their side should win, and must be able to research effectively to prepared for any information that might come up during the trial. Also, as part of any government class, it is important to understand how our system of government makes some of its decisions and proceedings during an actual trial.

=Performance Task= Possible performance tasks for this genre could be learning how to research a particular topic effectively, learning how to write persuasively, or even how real trials are run.

=Audience= Classmates could be become members of the jury to decide the fate of the defendant.

=Role= Possible roles the students could take on are Judge, Jury, Historian, Police Officers, Defendant, Prosecuter, etc.

=WebQuest Examples= [|The Life of Ned Kelly] This webquest fits the genre of judge and jury. The roles of each of the groups are well laid out, with all of them given fair amounts of research related to their final presentation. This is great example of role. The audience is also a great example as the audience is eachother. Each group plays substantial role in the trial of Ned Kelly, deciding together the fate of Ned Kelly, thus they are all members of the audience at some point.

[|The Trial of Creon] This webquest fits the genre of judge and jury. This webquest requires students to do a mock trial of Creon from greek mythology. Roles for this webquest are clear and it provides links for courtroom procedure and information about Greek mythology.

[|Supreme Court: Equal Protection Under the Law]: This WebQuest focuses on a case that could potentially go before the Supreme Court. Students play the role of the justices and are required to read several historical cases and discern what from those previous cases may apply to the case they are reading. They also read about the Court and look at policies and procedures to ensure they are recreating the situation as accurately as possible. This WebQuest is a very deep, multifaceted quest that will require substantial time from the student.

[|Ulysses S. Grant: Honorable War Hero or Lazy President]: This WebQuest puts the students in multiple roles that would occur in a courtroom: judge, prosecutor, witness, jury, defendant, etc. Students are required to research Ulysses S. Grant from the persona of whatever role they are assigned. The ultimate goal is to prove whether or not Ulysses S. Grant was a war hero or a lazy president using accurate evidence.

[|Shakespeare webquest]:In this WebQuest students are arguing that either Shakespeare a person or more than one person. Students will also have to take on the role of a jury and listen to everyones argument. Students are working in groups to prepare their arguments and at the end students will have to make their own conclusions as to what or who Shakespeare really was.