H at Teach-In

MrsShawanaB

H stopped in my classroom today for the Great American Teach-In.  He doesn't have a lot of free time so I wasn't sure if he was going to make it, but he came and had lunch with me (my lunch is at 1030am by the way, lol) and then he stayed for the following period. 

He spoke to my 11th graders about being a lawyer and then he did a mock trial with them.  It was so cute, my kids got so into it and they were playing their parts so well.  I could tell he was a little nervous but he did really well interacting with the kids and kept them so engaged. 

 

lgrn22

Aww that's really cute!

SouthSeasBride

That is so cool!  How fun!  I used to coordinate career day at the high school I worked at pre-babies.  The students always loved the lawyers and doing mock trials as well!

moonstone523

Sounds like fun, and something very meaningful.

BTW - I need to clean my bookshelf.  Would you like some books for your kids? 

blondeG8Rbride

That's awesome.  Just yesterday, an organization that I'm a part of was discussing putting together some mock trials at local high schools.  Do you know if he got his material for the mini-mock trial somewhere or did he just make it up himself?

Mrs.Jason.9.15.07

That's awesome!  Things like this are so great for HS students!  It gets them thinking about the future and that there is a purpose to school, it helps prepare you for the future!

diamondgrrl5

How cool!  Loved that your H was able to do that for your class.

Floridamom224

Aw, that is so awesome!!!  How fun!  I saw on FB that it is his bday!  Enjoy !

MrsShawanaB

moonstone523:

Sounds like fun, and something very meaningful.

BTW - I need to clean my bookshelf.  Would you like some books for your kids? 

That would be awesome!  I would love that.  My email address is shawana143@aol.com if you want to email me so we can arrange it.  Thank you so much!!!

MrsShawanaB

blondeG8Rbride:

That's awesome.  Just yesterday, an organization that I'm a part of was discussing putting together some mock trials at local high schools.  Do you know if he got his material for the mini-mock trial somewhere or did he just make it up himself?

Did it ourselves.  He just based it on a case he has had himself and then we made up "characters", wrote their info on notecards, and assigned kids to play the characters.  It wasn't a totally accurate trial, he just cross-examined them (we only had about 40 minutes) but it was just to give them an idea of it.

I'm sure if you google it you can find some materials or information.  Anytime I'm trying out a new teaching idea or lesson, I just google it and usually someone else has put info online about it somewhere.