CRFC THE AMERICAN JURY
BULWARK OF DEMOCRACY
About the Project
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
Chicago Historical Society
National Endowment for the Humanities
AN ONLINE RESOURCE GUIDE
Listing of Lessons and Activities
Lessons and Activities

Jury Trials for the Classroom

Resources
from the Chicago Historical Society


Web Resources

Print Resources

Site Index

HISTORY AND PURPOSE

Origins of the American Jury

Formation of the American Jury

STRUCTURE

Introduction to Trial by Jury

Grand Jury

Right of the Accused to Trial by Jury

Jury Selection: Voir Dire

Jury of One's Peers

Jury Deliberation

ISSUES

Evidence

Jury Nullification

Jury Trials and the Media

Jury Damage Awards

Comparative Jury Systems

FUTURE

Jury in American Society

Jury Reform

Future of the American Jury


Alphabetical

An Impartial Jury

Civil Discussion Jigsaw

Duncan vs. Louisiana

Each One Teach One Strategy

Is 12 an important number?

Jury Duty Experience

Sheppard Trial
--Lesson 1
--Lesson 2
--Lesson 3
--Lesson 4


To Nullify or Not to Nullify

Trial by Oath, Combat, and Ordeal: Comparing Justice Processes
--Lesson One
--Lesson Two
--Lesson Three
--Lesson Four

Twelve Angry Men

Voir Dire Teaching Instructions

What are the purposes of the American Jury?

Why is the jury system important?


Thematic

Origins of the American Jury
Trial by Oath, Combat, and Ordeal: Comparing Justice Processes
--Lesson One
--Lesson Two
--Lesson Three
--Lesson Four

Formation of the American Jury
What are the purposes of the American Jury?

Introduction to Trial by Jury
Each One Teach One Strategy

Right of the Accused to Trial by Jury
Duncan vs. Louisiana

Voir Dire
Voir Dire Simulation

A Jury of One's Peers
Is 12 an important number?

Jury Deliberation
Jury Duty Experience

Twelve Angry Men

Issues of Evidence
Sheppard Trial
--Lesson 1
--Lesson 2
--Lesson 3
--Lesson 4

Jury Nullificatin
To Nullify or Not to Nullify

Jury Trials and the Media
An Impartial Jury

Jury Reform
Civil Discussion Jigsaw

Why is the jury system important?