Seeking Facts to Solve Mysteries

In this lesson, students will discuss the difference between fact and opinion. They will role play a mock trial, decide the case, and justify their decision. Students will discuss why facts are more reliable than opinions, and understand why courts rely more upon facts than opinions.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/lesson-plans/middle-school/due-process/seeking-facts-to-solve-mysteries/
View Resource
Resource provided by American Bar Association

Standards

NCSS

Grades

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Subjects

Judicial Branch/Supreme Court

Issues

Civility, Ethics

Resource Types

Modules (Teaching Unit), Lesson Plans

Teaching Strategies

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

Tags

law, legal, courts