The Process
The following steps should be taken in order to complete the Webquest and produce your letter:
1. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/
2. Pick one of the boys and click on his picture. After you read his case, click on each of the links at the bottom of the page for the other boys' cases. You should read about Manny, Shawn, Marquese, and Jose. (One page of Cornell Notes should be focused on this step)
3. After you read about each of the boys, go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/kidslikeadults.html
Read all of the information on that page.
4. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/basic.html
Read all of the information on that page.
5. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/juvvsadult.html
Read all of the information on that page.
6. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/bench/race.html
Read all of the information on that page.
7. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/bench/different.html
Read all of the information on that page.
(Two pages of Cornell Notes should be focused on steps 3-7)
Once you complete all seven steps (with three pages of Cornell Notes), you are ready to write your letter. Remember, you are writing a letter to the judge in the boy's case either from the standpoint of the boy's defense attorney or the standpoint of the prosecutor representing the State of California. Use the information in the links provided as your evidence to help support your position.
If you write your letter from the viewpoint of the defense attorney, you want to argue that your client (whichever boy you choose) should be tried in juvenile court.
If you write your letter from the viewpoint of the prosecutor, you want to argue that the defendant (whichever boy you choose) should be tried in adult court.
Use all three persuasive appeals!
1. Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/
2. Pick one of the boys and click on his picture. After you read his case, click on each of the links at the bottom of the page for the other boys' cases. You should read about Manny, Shawn, Marquese, and Jose. (One page of Cornell Notes should be focused on this step)
3. After you read about each of the boys, go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/kidslikeadults.html
Read all of the information on that page.
4. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/basic.html
Read all of the information on that page.
5. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/stats/juvvsadult.html
Read all of the information on that page.
6. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/bench/race.html
Read all of the information on that page.
7. Then go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/bench/different.html
Read all of the information on that page.
(Two pages of Cornell Notes should be focused on steps 3-7)
Once you complete all seven steps (with three pages of Cornell Notes), you are ready to write your letter. Remember, you are writing a letter to the judge in the boy's case either from the standpoint of the boy's defense attorney or the standpoint of the prosecutor representing the State of California. Use the information in the links provided as your evidence to help support your position.
If you write your letter from the viewpoint of the defense attorney, you want to argue that your client (whichever boy you choose) should be tried in juvenile court.
If you write your letter from the viewpoint of the prosecutor, you want to argue that the defendant (whichever boy you choose) should be tried in adult court.
Use all three persuasive appeals!