Helping students research their court cases Students can use worksheet 7-1 to organize and present their information. The worksheets are intended to give students a simple way of organizing their information so they can identify the witnesses to be called and the questions to be asked of each witness. It is important to the success of the trial that students organize and present their information in a systematic way. The defence will assume that, because the prosecution has explained the background events, there is no need for them to explain their version of events. Students will need help in to identify witnesses they can call.
Witnesses can be mythical, provided the evidence they are presenting is historically valid.
The simplest way for student lawyers to prove their cases is to have them call appropriate witnesses to testify to each part of the case they are trying to prove. Students should be helped to see that the answers to the questions asked of each witness ought to convince the jury of the validity of the case being presented. Assigning responsibilities within the groups. At this point each group should decide upon the responsibility of each group member for some aspect of the case. One or two students should be prepared to take on the role of lawyer.