Mongol Trial #2

Process of the Trial

Wait for it...Mongols Crash Course (they're the exception!)

To guide your progress a bit -

If you are a witness, start to create a backstory for yourself.  Creating an identity will help you place the facts into a context and will help you remember your role.  For example, if you are a Chinese peasant - what is your timeframe?  where would you have lived?  what would you have done there?  How did the Mongols change your life? If you are a named witness, like Guillaume Boucher, find out as much about that person as possible and then think about how they would have thought about the Mongols/how their life was impacted by the actions of the Mongols. Besides knowing your character inside and out, think about what questions/points the other side MIGHT ask you.

If you are a lawyer, you can break up the roles and have one person in charge of a opening statement, one person in charge of the closing argument, maybe two in charge of direct questioning of your witnesses, and two in charge of cross-examining witnesses.  

Trial Definitions

Yesterday in class we created the following working definitions of the charges brought on the Mongols. 

Terrorism - the act of causing fear, terror, or physical harm to others, usually for a specific reason or cause. 

Genocide - the systematic, deliberate, mass extermination of a race, culture, or a group of people.  

Kidnapping - the deliberate stealing of a person for an intended purpose without their consent. 

Things to be working on

• Chapter 18 reading - on your own.  18 will be on the midyear and the information will be IMMENSELY helpful in your trial prep. Sooner better than later! 
• Know your role.  Who are you going to be and what do you need to know to get your stuff done?
• Within your groups - group witnesses meet with your other witnesses to see who's saying what/focusing on what; lawyers meet with lawyers to see who's doing what; lawyers meet with witnesses to focus on questioning and what needs to be said in the courtroom
• Social Media - group blog = what your group worked on that day; personal blog = what you are doing to prepare, your plan of action.  Each one every day! Twitter will be a bigger deal during the trial.  
• Send me your group blog addresses.

Timeline

Tuesday - Finish Ghengis Khan bio.  Time to work in groups.

Wednesday - 20min. world conquerors video, time to work in groups. 

Thursday - Tartars video - time to work in groups. HW - Khan of Khan video (on last blog post - youtube) 

Friday - Final day to work in groups, finalize plan. 

Monday - Trial Day One

Tuesday - Trial Day Two /Wrap Up