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Thursday, December 5th

12/5/2013

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Objectives:
1.  Begin preparing for the final SFoC seminar:  Deconstruct themes in literature in order to become a more enlightened and insightful individual!!

2.  Continue mock trial work!  Stay on track with your team requirements.

Starter: 
  • Time manager reviews today's goals and upcoming deadlines for the group.  As a group, decide what your team needs to accomplish today and by Monday.  
  • What questions does your team have at this point?
  • Spokesperson, be ready to report out to Ashley when she comes around during work time.

**Reminders

  • Comparison chart of Zinn v. Patriot's History chapters needs to be done by next Friday, 12/13
  • SFoC Seminar is next TUESDAY, 12/10 and seminar PREP is due Monday

Agenda
1. 1st block: trial work



2.  2nd Block: Review individual seminar prep guidelines and begin working on it.

Homework/Work Deadlines

JUDGES: Complete Step 1 by end of class tomorrow--> Share the google doc with me for the mock trial schedule.
HMWK WITNESSES:  Finish 1 of your witness testimony/bio by Monday
HMWK ALL:  individual seminar prep. Due Tuesday.
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Friday, December 6th

12/5/2013

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Objectives:
1.  Keep crankin' on mock trial prep!
2. Create insightful commentaries on themes in SFoC

Starter:
Watch the cross-examination scene from Amistad and identify an example of leading questions by the lawyer

Agenda
Mock Trial Prep time and Seminar Prep 
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Wednesday, December 4th

12/4/2013

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Objective:
1.  Understand your requirements for the mock trial

Starter:
1. Go to the Korematsu project page and find the mock trial student resources google doc folder.  Check out the various roles' folders.  Lawyers, this is where you can snoop on the other team's witnesses.  All students, this is where you can get electronic copies should you lose a hard copy.  In your google doc, give me one piece of feedback for how I could better organize the mock trial folder and/or the project resources in general on my dp.

2. Take the yearbook survey on winter sports: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/77ZSKZK

Agenda:
1. Announcements:

  • Quiz corrections (see instructions below)
  • Individual Seminar Prep is available. This is due Monday. Feel free to get a jump started on it today during work time if you want.  Otherwise, we'll go over it in class tomorrow and have structured work time on seminar prep.
  • Honors lunch meeting today
  • Paul Padilla's email address is on the white board in class. Feel free to contact him with questions!  Also, his powerpoint is posted on yesterday's dp and in the mock trial google doc folder.

2.  Trial PPT

3.  Get into teams and begin orienting yourself to your team's requirements and folder contents

Mock Trial Roles


Instructions for Quiz Corrections for SFoC chapters 16-32 
DUE: MONDAY, 12/9
Rewrite the answers to all the questions you got either completely wrong or partially wrong.  You can earn back 1/2 the points you missed on the quiz.  Ex:  If you got a 36/46, you could earn back 5 points to get a 41/46.  Please type your answers, print them out and STAPLE them to your original quiz.  Make sure to number them correctly so they align with the # and section on the quiz.  


Resources
  • Mock Trial Folder (This is also on  the Korematsu v. U.S. project page)
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Tuesday, December 3rd

12/3/2013

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Objectives:  
1. Get acquainted with the justice system
2. Prepare for the final seminar on SFoC

Agenda
1.  Guest lecture by Paul Padilla (Attorney) and Judge Martha Minot: 
8:15-9:15; 1:10-2:10 Paul Padilla's Powerpoint
  • Introduction / bio
  • The basics of jurisprudence (history of law, theory, etc.)
  • Court structure (federalism, progression from trial to appeal)
  • Judicial Procedure / process / etiquette
  • Discussion / questions

2. Assign groups' chapters of the book and begin  SFoC Group Seminar Prep 

2's 16-18
J's:  19-21
Q's:  22-24

K's: 25-27
A's: 28-32
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Monday, December 2nd

12/2/2013

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Objective:
  • Review the second half of SFoC 
  • Understand the big picture of our mock trial
Starter:
How was your Thanksgiving?  Share some highlights in small groups.

Agenda:
1. For those in my afternoon class last week, get back into your groups for the Theme Response activity and write or revise your paragraph synthesis of your theme.  



  • Miles/Chase/Kohler:  Done
  • Rachel/Noah/Conner:  Finish the paragraph
  • Emily/Kyle/Sean/Bebout: Write the paragraph
  • Johnny:  Revise
  • Quinn/Araaa/Dylan: Revise
  • Dalton/Tyler: Revise


2. Review the second half of the novel from chapter 16 on:
  • On your starters google doc, write down 3-5 thought-provoking seminar questions about the novel! These should be different from those you created with your group before break.

3.  Final quiz on chapter 16-end of novel


4.  If time, review the answers from the quiz


5.  Introduce Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) trial and possible roles: 
  • Trial PPT 

6. Ashley reads description of the trial roles and witnesses and if time, y'all complete the homework in class.

Homework
Fill out the trial role selection handout with your top three preferences.

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