KS5: CHOICE OF COURTROOM WORKSHOPS

LOCATION: NORTH

Students will:

• Explore the roles in a courtroom
• Prepare and enact a trial based on a real contemporary case
• Discuss and debate real sentencing options
• Learn about the law and justice system and consequences of breaking the law
• Be encouraged to use their rights and responsibilities to be become more active citizens

Contemporary Themes:

Hate Crime – The 19 year old defendant is accused of posting grossly offensive and racist material on her Instagram account

Knife Crime – The defendant is charged with stabbing a girl after a disagreement between a group of friends on a camping trip. He admits using the knife, but denies intending to kill the victim.

Deep Fakes - An 18-year-old is charged with creating a purported intimate image of an adult, he is accused of using Artificial Intelligence to alter a photograph without consent

Murder - The 18 year old defendant is charged with murder. There is extensive CCTV of him being in the area, but he maintains that it was not him who murdered the victim but another person. The prosecution will argue that there is enough evidence to charge the defendant through the principle of joint enterprise.

Historical Themes:

Capital Punishment - The case of Derek Bentley, who, under the principle of joint enterprise, stands accused of murdering a police officer, but it was his friend who fired the fatal shot.

Curriculum links: PSHE, Citizenship, English and Law