Hi I always played with the idea of having a mock trial of Hamlet, the perpetual question of whether he was insane or not. I also considered a mock trial of Mark david Chapman...but time is very important.
jim >From: Maxwell Gwynn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: mock trial? >Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:39:20 -0400 (EDT) > >Marcia: > >I'm wondering about the feasibility of using an episode from the new >series Crime and Punishment (a "reality" show from the makers of Law and >Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Law and Order: Criminal >Intent, and Law and Order: Attack of the Clones...). > >I haven't had the time to watch the episode I've taped, but I'm wondering >if all of the trials end in favor of the prosecutors, as these are the >people who seem to be followed throughout the show. > >Any comments from listmembers who have seen one of the first two episodes? >Alternatively, has anyone used a Court TV episode for a mock trial, for >pedagogical or research purposes? > >-Max Gwynn > > >On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, McKinley, Marcia wrote: > > > Has anyone ever tried having a class stage a mock trial? If so, how did > > you handle providing evidence, facts of the case, etc. > > > > I tried this for the first time last semester in a mock trial of a > > sleepwalking murder, but only gave them the most basic facts. I told > > them to make up the remainder, but then one side would end up having > > different facts than the other. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Marcia McKinley, JD, PhD > > Dept of Psychology > > Mount St Mary's College > > Emmitsburg, MD 21727 > > > > > >Maxwell Gwynn, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Department of Psychology (519) 884-0710 ext 3854 >Wilfrid Laurier University >Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 Canada > > > >--- >You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Matiya Carl Sandburg High School 131st and LaGrange Road Orland Park, IL 60462 Lewis University. Romeoville, IL Moraine Valley Community College. Palos Hills, IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webpages: http://www.d230.org/cs/matiya _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
