Resources
Standard Alignments
Mock Trial is aligned to the Indiana Academic Standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts. To view the alignment of the program, download this alignment guide.
Lessons and Graphic Organizers
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Comparing Events and Actions Among Mock Trial Witnesses
This graphic organizer can help students look at how different witnesses know, understand, and portray the events and actions within a case. This is also a great tool to build literacy skills of reading across multiple texts. (Download Word version)
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Analyzing Mock Trial Witness Statements from Multiple Points of View
This worksheet will help students understand each witness better and having them read deeply into the role the witness plays from the prosecution, defense, and witness points of view. It will also help students enhance their metacognitive knowledge of the witnesses and gain the literacy skill of reading a document from multiple points of view. (Download Word version)
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This can help students begin to learn who their witnesses are, their personalities, how to portray the character, and their role within their team’s trial strategy. (Download Word version)
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Reading and Understanding Witness Statements
This Lesson is created by Mock Trial advisor Robert Browning from Carmel High School. Use this lesson to help you enhance the skills of our students to read and understand the witness statements in a mock trial case.
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This lesson is created by Mock Trial Advisor Allison Skertic from Merrillville High School. Use this lesson and the accompanying PowerPoint presentations to help teach cross examination to your students.
PowerPoint: Basics of Cross Examination
PowerPoint: Writing Cross Examination Questions
Video Resources
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Watch a full length Mock Trial to see the process and procedures involved.
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Understanding Direct Examination
Renee Ortega, from ROK Legal Group in Crowne Point, discusses direct examination, its purpose, and tips for having an effective direct examination at trial.
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Judge Melissa May from the Indiana Court of Appeals explains what to keep in mind as teams begin their case organization and creating case theories.
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Two mock trial advisors, Alison Skertic from Merrillville High School and Corbin Mathias from Fishers High School, share their experiences with what to do at the beginning of the year to start a mock trial team, how to work together as a team, and working with legal advisors.
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Learn about the roles attorneys take when preparing for and during a trial from Levy Walsh, deputy prosecuting attorney for the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office.