Chicago Public Schools to Offer Students ABOTA CD-Rom on 7th Amendment Right to Jury Trial.CHICAGO Chicago, city, United States Chicago (shĭkä`gō, shĭkô`gō), city (1990 pop. 2,783,726), seat of Cook co., NE Ill., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1837. -- Illinois' American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Chapter President John W. Bell announced today that the Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. agreed to add to their middle school offerings ABOTA Foundation's Justice by the People, an interactive curriculum CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . It follows on the heels of the April announcement by the Chicago Public Library to carry the CD-ROM at several of its locations. The Justice by the People curriculum includes four lesson plans aligned with national teaching standards for social studies, civics civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent. and language arts language arts pl.n. The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. so they can be easily integrated into the existing program of study and help teachers reach No Child Left Behind and state curriculum goals. The CD-ROM displays attractive graphics and includes the topics: Making Decisions by Group: The Jury System; A History of Conflict Resolution and the Jury System; Participating in the Jury System; and Preparing for Trial. The CD-ROM also features the Make Your Case interactive computer-based video game. Make Your Case allows students to control either the plaintiff or defense attorneys in a personal injury trial involving a car and bicyclist. The scenario is played out using professional actors. Players pick from multiple choices at each stage of the trial to proceed. They select evidence for their opening statements and earn points depending on how well they do. They also question witnesses for both sides of the case. A case file provides summaries of the witness depositions, a diagram diagram /di·a·gram/ (di´ah-gram) a graphic representation, in simplest form, of an object or concept, made up of lines and lacking pictorial elements. of the accident, a police report and a tip sheet to prompt players about when they should object. When the trial ends, the students choose what to emphasize in their closing statements. Throughout the trial, they earn additional points by making good decisions for their client. Bell explained that ABOTA's primary mission is to, "Preserve the right to trial by jury. One of the scopes of that mission is to educate people about that constitutional right. We feel the best place to start is in the school systems." Justice by the People is a project of the ABOTA Foundation and the association's chapters. The Foundation is the association's non-profit 501(c)(3) educational arm. For further information on the ABOTA Foundation's Justice by the People CD-ROM, please contact Bell at (312) 372-0770 or bellj@jbltd.com. |
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