The judicial system and children's lit

Our social studies standards can sometimes be difficult for first graders, particularly trying to teach government and how it works. One of the answers is to conduct a mock trial.

First we read The Three Little Pigs and began a Venn diagram for the story. Then we read The True Story of the Three a Little Pigs. Before reading, I showed the students and Augmented Reality using aurasma. I created a target for the front of the book that allowed students to see the wolf blowing down the house. This served a video evidence during the mock trial. Anyway, we also read The Wolf's Story. I assigned jobs for the students and they set to work.

 

I don't have pictures of the mock trial but the defense won. They were able to convince the jury that the video evidence was digitally edited and that the Wolf was innocent. And I also think the defense attorney found her calling!