When a Pretend Trial Goes Wrong...

Acting the part of a lawyer questioning a witness as the judge (another homeschooled boy) listens from the bench. Scripts that we found online helped when we were first beginning with mock trials.

Or... Learning Doesn't Have to Come From Textbooks. Even in High School

What do you if, when touring a museum and discovering an historic courtroom that's been preserved, you hear the children pretending to part of a real trial, but you realize that they are doing it all wrong? They didn't understand enough of how courtrooms are supposed to work to get their play-acting right. If you're a homeschool parent, you might go home and research mock trials and reserve the courtroom to act out a mock trial. This was such a more interesting way to learn about civics and our government than just reading through laws or boring details about our legal system.

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