Some of you are going to inform the others about different matters through the blog. To do so you have to write your text (with pictures if you want) in Publisher and save it as a GIF file. GIF = Graphics Interchange Format.
Then you sent me an e-mail elsebethskaalum@gmail.com, with your file attached, and I'll place it on the blog for you.
Enjoy!
Conclusion
Congratulations!
Your presentation to the board is over and the decision is now up to them. Regardless of the outcome, you can rest assured that you've made your position known and been a full participant in the process.
Remember, you make a better argument when you take the time to research both sides of an issue and base your stance on facts and research.
Your presentation to the board is over and the decision is now up to them. Regardless of the outcome, you can rest assured that you've made your position known and been a full participant in the process.
Remember, you make a better argument when you take the time to research both sides of an issue and base your stance on facts and research.
Evaluation
What do you think about your own work through the project?
What do you think about the work of your group?
What do you think about the work of the other groups?
Were the other grpups well prepared?
How well did you act as a trial participant?
Did you remain in your role?
Were you adequately prepared?
Do you think you did your best during the period of preperation?
Did you participate enough in the trial?
Why is the jury pick as described in "How the Federal court works in court” (posted on the blog)
What are the issues behind this case?
What were the motivations of the slaveholders?
What were the motivations of the Abolitionists?
What fundamental human right was at trial here?
Why did the court decide the way it did?
Do you think the trail is democratic?
What have you learned during the project?
How was it to work with a webquest?
What could you do to make this a better project?
What do you think about the work of your group?
What do you think about the work of the other groups?
Were the other grpups well prepared?
How well did you act as a trial participant?
Did you remain in your role?
Were you adequately prepared?
Do you think you did your best during the period of preperation?
Did you participate enough in the trial?
Why is the jury pick as described in "How the Federal court works in court” (posted on the blog)
What are the issues behind this case?
What were the motivations of the slaveholders?
What were the motivations of the Abolitionists?
What fundamental human right was at trial here?
Why did the court decide the way it did?
Do you think the trail is democratic?
What have you learned during the project?
How was it to work with a webquest?
What could you do to make this a better project?
Resources
You are mainly to find your information’s on the web. The following Internet sources are recommended:
Introductory Sites:
* The story of Amistad:
http://www.npg.si.edu/col/amistad/index.htm
* Story of the Amistad. A brief outline of the Amistad Story and links to some historical documents:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad/
Digging Deeper Sites:
* The Amistad Library. A library of historical documents including newspaper articles, court records and personal papers:
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/library/welcome.html
* The Amistad Resource Center. An excellent source for African American history and the Amistad case: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/index.htm
* The Federal Court Homepage. An overview of the federal judicial system:
http://www.uscourts.gov/about.html
* U.S. federal court:
http://www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf
* Search for laws:
http://www.findlaw.com/
* The declartion of independence: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
* The constitutions of United States: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
* An example of a trail:
http://www.ocgov.net/oneida/sites/default/files/youthcourt/Forms/Trial%20Script.pdf
* The Amistad Site. An extensive listing of links:
http://www.amistadamerica.org/
* The history of slavery: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/overview.htm
* Laws and more: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_MS.htm
* Timeline of slavery in America: http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/timeline_slave_3.htm
* Different things from the history of North America: http://www.dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Topic/Social_History/Oppression_and_Intolerance/Slavery/North_America/
* Letters:
http://www.farmingtonlibct.org/amistadletters.htm
* African American:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American
* African American history: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/aahm/index.html#
* American Anti-Slavery Society, "Constitution":
http://afgen.com/slavery2.html
*Online dictionary:
http://www.wikiled.com/
Introductory Sites:
* The story of Amistad:
http://www.npg.si.edu/col/amistad/index.htm
* Story of the Amistad. A brief outline of the Amistad Story and links to some historical documents:
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/amistad/
Digging Deeper Sites:
* The Amistad Library. A library of historical documents including newspaper articles, court records and personal papers:
http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/library/welcome.html
* The Amistad Resource Center. An excellent source for African American history and the Amistad case: http://www.amistadresearchcenter.org/index.htm
* The Federal Court Homepage. An overview of the federal judicial system:
http://www.uscourts.gov/about.html
* U.S. federal court:
http://www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf
* Search for laws:
http://www.findlaw.com/
* The declartion of independence: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
* The constitutions of United States: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
* An example of a trail:
http://www.ocgov.net/oneida/sites/default/files/youthcourt/Forms/Trial%20Script.pdf
* The Amistad Site. An extensive listing of links:
http://www.amistadamerica.org/
* The history of slavery: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/history/overview.htm
* Laws and more: http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_MS.htm
* Timeline of slavery in America: http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/timeline_slave_3.htm
* Different things from the history of North America: http://www.dmoz.org/Society/History/By_Topic/Social_History/Oppression_and_Intolerance/Slavery/North_America/
* Letters:
http://www.farmingtonlibct.org/amistadletters.htm
* African American:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American
* African American history: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/aahm/index.html#
* American Anti-Slavery Society, "Constitution":
http://afgen.com/slavery2.html
*Online dictionary:
http://www.wikiled.com/
Historians Instruction Site
Historians
Examine how the society looks at this time in history? In two weeks you are to make a shot lecture about you findings for the rest of the class.
Who is the leader of the Aficans? Describe him.
Examine how the Afro-American conditions have changed up through time from the Amistad case until today. Highlight the most important events and changes in a timeline. The timeline is to be made here:
http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/timeline-chart.htm?id=42974&gclid=CKPr767zhpgCFU4e3godsh5pCg
Explain why you have chosen these situations and event and left others out.
This is to be put on the blog.
At the trail one of you will act as an African, representing the rest of them. Find out whom. The rest of you will have the function of witnesses, if the lawyers want you to.
Examine how the society looks at this time in history? In two weeks you are to make a shot lecture about you findings for the rest of the class.
Who is the leader of the Aficans? Describe him.
Examine how the Afro-American conditions have changed up through time from the Amistad case until today. Highlight the most important events and changes in a timeline. The timeline is to be made here:
http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/timeline-chart.htm?id=42974&gclid=CKPr767zhpgCFU4e3godsh5pCg
Explain why you have chosen these situations and event and left others out.
This is to be put on the blog.
At the trail one of you will act as an African, representing the rest of them. Find out whom. The rest of you will have the function of witnesses, if the lawyers want you to.
Lawyers: The Prosecution. Instruction Site
Lawyers: The Prosecution (Slave owners, pro slavery)
First you have to do some backup reading to understand who you are. What is your role in the society and how do you stand in the matter of slavery. You are to share information with the historians.
You are to prepare for the trail. Find evidence on the web and witnesses that supports your case. Remember you cannot present the evidence yourself. You may ask members of the historians to speak on behalf of the evidence you have found. You are to instruct them.
Submit a list of participants and the roles they are playing to the Judge or her clerk. Once you have your case outline, you may prepare your final argument before the court. Remember, at that time, you can only reflect upon evidence that has already been introduced. New evidence will only be considered your opinion and most likely objected and sustained by the judge.
In trail the judge or the prosecution can ask for documentation of your evidence. So remember to make notes on where you find your facts.
You are also to prepare 5 questions for the members of the jury. The questions must help decide whether or not each member of the jury is objective enough to be a member of the jury.
First you have to do some backup reading to understand who you are. What is your role in the society and how do you stand in the matter of slavery. You are to share information with the historians.
You are to prepare for the trail. Find evidence on the web and witnesses that supports your case. Remember you cannot present the evidence yourself. You may ask members of the historians to speak on behalf of the evidence you have found. You are to instruct them.
Submit a list of participants and the roles they are playing to the Judge or her clerk. Once you have your case outline, you may prepare your final argument before the court. Remember, at that time, you can only reflect upon evidence that has already been introduced. New evidence will only be considered your opinion and most likely objected and sustained by the judge.
In trail the judge or the prosecution can ask for documentation of your evidence. So remember to make notes on where you find your facts.
You are also to prepare 5 questions for the members of the jury. The questions must help decide whether or not each member of the jury is objective enough to be a member of the jury.
Lawyers: The defence. Instruction Site
Lawyers: The defence (Abolitionists; against slavery)
First you have to do some backup reading to understand who you are. What is your role in the society and how do you stand in the matter of slavery. You are to share information with the historians.
You are to prepare for the trail. Find evidence on the web and witnesses that supports your case. Remember you cannot present the evidence yourself. You may ask members of the historians to speak on behalf of the evidence you have found. You are to instruct them.
Submit a list of participants and the roles they are playing to the Judge or her clerk. Once you have your case outline, you may prepare your final argument before the court. Remember, at that time, you can only reflect upon evidence that has already been introduced. New evidence will only be considered your opinion and most likely objected and sustained by the judge.
In trail the judge or the prosecution can ask for documentation of your evidence. So remember to make notes on where you find your facts.
You are also to prepare 5 questions for the members of the jury. The questions must help decide whether or not each member of the jury is objective enough to be a member of the jury.
First you have to do some backup reading to understand who you are. What is your role in the society and how do you stand in the matter of slavery. You are to share information with the historians.
You are to prepare for the trail. Find evidence on the web and witnesses that supports your case. Remember you cannot present the evidence yourself. You may ask members of the historians to speak on behalf of the evidence you have found. You are to instruct them.
Submit a list of participants and the roles they are playing to the Judge or her clerk. Once you have your case outline, you may prepare your final argument before the court. Remember, at that time, you can only reflect upon evidence that has already been introduced. New evidence will only be considered your opinion and most likely objected and sustained by the judge.
In trail the judge or the prosecution can ask for documentation of your evidence. So remember to make notes on where you find your facts.
You are also to prepare 5 questions for the members of the jury. The questions must help decide whether or not each member of the jury is objective enough to be a member of the jury.
Reporters Instruction Site
Reporters
You have to make your own newspaper that follows the case from the moment the Amistad reach Americans sole. Each week every one of you has to write articles regarding the envelopment of the case. Interview the different parts (the lawyers, the judge and others, who you may find interesting in this matter). The articles are to be put on the blog. You are going to read the proofs of each others articles, before they are being published. Remember to make a nice design for the articles and find or take pictures.
At the trail you will become members of the jury. You are going to take the roles of ordinary working people. Ask the historians and the court officials for further information about your character.
You have to make your own newspaper that follows the case from the moment the Amistad reach Americans sole. Each week every one of you has to write articles regarding the envelopment of the case. Interview the different parts (the lawyers, the judge and others, who you may find interesting in this matter). The articles are to be put on the blog. You are going to read the proofs of each others articles, before they are being published. Remember to make a nice design for the articles and find or take pictures.
At the trail you will become members of the jury. You are going to take the roles of ordinary working people. Ask the historians and the court officials for further information about your character.
Courtroom Officials Instruction Site
Courtroom Officials (Judge, jury members, court reporter, bailiff)
You are to examine how a trail is to be set.
Is this trail going to be in federal or in state court?
Witch function does the judge, the jury, the court reporter and the bailiff have?
As a judge you have to know the law by heart. Make sure to know the basic rights and what the law says about slavery.
You are to inform the other groups about the procedure in court, so they are ready for the upcoming trail. Exam these areas:
- Procedure
- Jury
- Evidence
This is to be written on the blog for everyone to read.
You are also to make the courtroom for the upcoming trail. You also need an oath to swear in the witnesses and to divide the roles of judge, jury members, court reporter and bailiff.
You are to examine how a trail is to be set.
Is this trail going to be in federal or in state court?
Witch function does the judge, the jury, the court reporter and the bailiff have?
As a judge you have to know the law by heart. Make sure to know the basic rights and what the law says about slavery.
You are to inform the other groups about the procedure in court, so they are ready for the upcoming trail. Exam these areas:
- Procedure
- Jury
- Evidence
This is to be written on the blog for everyone to read.
You are also to make the courtroom for the upcoming trail. You also need an oath to swear in the witnesses and to divide the roles of judge, jury members, court reporter and bailiff.
Process
The process will take four steps: Fact Finding, Group Fact Finding, Evidence Selection and Trail Preparation. Each group will use the Internet to gather information. If you select information from a site to use in the case, please note the URL of the site for future reference.Remember this is a court case, and all evidence may be called into question. Everyone in the group should take notes about the information you find.
1. Fact Finding:
Reviewing the basic facts of the Amistad Case. When you visit the Introductory sites you will only be looking for general information about the case. However, when you visit the Digging Deeper Sites, you will begin to gather information specific for the case you want to make.
2. Group Fact Finding:
Will you be ready to argue your case? Will you have enough research necessary to participate in this courtroom? Will you be able to prove your point with the right piece of text, either projected to the class from the Web or in hard copy? What other sources might you use? Select your group from the list below. Go to your group's instructions and complete the specific directions located there.
3. Evidence Selection:
As the trial approaches, you must be sure of your evidence. Because information is found on the Internet, this does not mean it is correct or factual. Like all information we gather, each of you must be ask critical questions regarding all your sources of information.
4. Trial Preparation:
Gather together evidence, consider procedures, and prepare for the actions you wish to use in court.
5. The Trial:
Come to school dressed for you role. Bring important papers and practice your speeches. Take a peak at the trial proceedings the group of Court Officials have made, to make sure you are ready.
6. Evaluation:
The trial is over. You will be asked to reflect upon these prompts.
How well did you act as a trial participant?
Were you adequately prepared?
Did you participate each day of the trial?
Did you remain in your role?
Did you dress and act the part?
What are the issues behind this case?
What were the motivations of the slaveholders?
What were the motivations of the Abolitionists?
What fundamental human right was at trial here?
Why did the court decide the way it did?
1. Fact Finding:
Reviewing the basic facts of the Amistad Case. When you visit the Introductory sites you will only be looking for general information about the case. However, when you visit the Digging Deeper Sites, you will begin to gather information specific for the case you want to make.
2. Group Fact Finding:
Will you be ready to argue your case? Will you have enough research necessary to participate in this courtroom? Will you be able to prove your point with the right piece of text, either projected to the class from the Web or in hard copy? What other sources might you use? Select your group from the list below. Go to your group's instructions and complete the specific directions located there.
3. Evidence Selection:
As the trial approaches, you must be sure of your evidence. Because information is found on the Internet, this does not mean it is correct or factual. Like all information we gather, each of you must be ask critical questions regarding all your sources of information.
4. Trial Preparation:
Gather together evidence, consider procedures, and prepare for the actions you wish to use in court.
5. The Trial:
Come to school dressed for you role. Bring important papers and practice your speeches. Take a peak at the trial proceedings the group of Court Officials have made, to make sure you are ready.
6. Evaluation:
The trial is over. You will be asked to reflect upon these prompts.
How well did you act as a trial participant?
Were you adequately prepared?
Did you participate each day of the trial?
Did you remain in your role?
Did you dress and act the part?
What are the issues behind this case?
What were the motivations of the slaveholders?
What were the motivations of the Abolitionists?
What fundamental human right was at trial here?
Why did the court decide the way it did?
Task
Prepare for trial! You must decide whether the Africans will be set free or forced into slavery. You will use the argument of the time to make the best case possible. There are no right answers. If you argue more effectively then your opponent, you win regardless!
Each of you will be assigned to one of the groups involved in the Amistad case. Some of you will play the role of greedy slaveholders, out to obtain more human beings for forced work. Others will play the role of noble abolitionists, there to free the African captives so they can return to their homeland. Other class members will play the role of court officials including a judge to keep order and a jury to decide the African's fate. Finally, others in the class will play the role as historians, trying to cover the history of the African American people though time.
Each of you will be assigned to one of the following groups:
• Courtroom Officials
• Reporters
• Lawyers: The Prosecution
• Lawyers: The Defence
• Historiens
In order to participate in this trial, you must be prepared. The judge and jury member must know about trial procedures, weighing evidence, and how to arrive at fair decisions. Trial lawyers on either side must know the facts of the case and the arguments which will win over the jury's mind. The reporters and witness must know how to present evidence to the court and how to tell a story.
You will find special instructions for each group to help you conduct your research. You will use the Web, classroom resources and your own imaginations to prepare your role for trial. During the discovery phase, you will gather evidence, define your roles, and learn the procedures of the courtroom.
Next, the research at the computer will stop. Private investigations will no longer be allowed. Should the court need to display evidence, the projector will be used.
You will now enter into trial preliminaries. During this phase, court officials will make the classroom ready, trial lawyers will solicit their witnesses and reporters will interview the important persons.
The trial. Everyone will be called to order. A jury will be selected. Witnesses will be sworn in. Each side will present their case. The prosecution will go first. The defence will follow with their arguments. In the end the jury will decide who has made the best case. During the trial, some of you will be called as witnesses. Others will keep order in the courtroom. Jury members must keep notes for their deliberations.
After the trial, an evaluation of the entire proceedings will be conducted. You will be asked several questions including:
How well prepared were you?
Who did you think did the best job presenting their case?
What can we learn from this case regarding human nature and freedom?
Each of you will be assigned to one of the groups involved in the Amistad case. Some of you will play the role of greedy slaveholders, out to obtain more human beings for forced work. Others will play the role of noble abolitionists, there to free the African captives so they can return to their homeland. Other class members will play the role of court officials including a judge to keep order and a jury to decide the African's fate. Finally, others in the class will play the role as historians, trying to cover the history of the African American people though time.
Each of you will be assigned to one of the following groups:
• Courtroom Officials
• Reporters
• Lawyers: The Prosecution
• Lawyers: The Defence
• Historiens
In order to participate in this trial, you must be prepared. The judge and jury member must know about trial procedures, weighing evidence, and how to arrive at fair decisions. Trial lawyers on either side must know the facts of the case and the arguments which will win over the jury's mind. The reporters and witness must know how to present evidence to the court and how to tell a story.
You will find special instructions for each group to help you conduct your research. You will use the Web, classroom resources and your own imaginations to prepare your role for trial. During the discovery phase, you will gather evidence, define your roles, and learn the procedures of the courtroom.
Next, the research at the computer will stop. Private investigations will no longer be allowed. Should the court need to display evidence, the projector will be used.
You will now enter into trial preliminaries. During this phase, court officials will make the classroom ready, trial lawyers will solicit their witnesses and reporters will interview the important persons.
The trial. Everyone will be called to order. A jury will be selected. Witnesses will be sworn in. Each side will present their case. The prosecution will go first. The defence will follow with their arguments. In the end the jury will decide who has made the best case. During the trial, some of you will be called as witnesses. Others will keep order in the courtroom. Jury members must keep notes for their deliberations.
After the trial, an evaluation of the entire proceedings will be conducted. You will be asked several questions including:
How well prepared were you?
Who did you think did the best job presenting their case?
What can we learn from this case regarding human nature and freedom?
Introduction
Introduction:
In 1839 a Cuban schooner named La Amistad was found off the coast of Long Island, New York. It was a slave trading ship with 53 Africans on board. There had been a mutiny, two officers had been killed. The Africans were seeking to turn the boat back to their home in Africa. They were not successful and were instead taken into American custody. A trial was held to decide whether the Africans would be free to return home or whether they would be treated as property and face a life of slavery.
In 1839 a Cuban schooner named La Amistad was found off the coast of Long Island, New York. It was a slave trading ship with 53 Africans on board. There had been a mutiny, two officers had been killed. The Africans were seeking to turn the boat back to their home in Africa. They were not successful and were instead taken into American custody. A trial was held to decide whether the Africans would be free to return home or whether they would be treated as property and face a life of slavery.
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