This section of "The American Jury" is devoted to jury trials that participating teachers researched, designed, and field-tested in their classrooms. It also includes lessons that integrate a jury component into mock trials based on historical or hypothetical fact patterns.

LIST OF TRIALS

Chicago 7
Civil War
Comparative Trials
Haymarket
Immigrant Trials
Mock Trials
Sacco & Vanzetti
Scottsboro 9
Sam Sheppard

CHICAGO 7
Chicago 7 Trial
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

CIVIL WAR
The Trial of Henry Wirz

COMPARATIVE TRIALS
The American Jury: Four Cases in Legal and Historical Perspective
Additional Resources

HAYMARKET
Analyzing the Haymarket Riot
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

Good Men and True? Lesson on the Voir Dire in the Haymarket Trial
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

Haymarket Affair: Exercises with the Jury
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

IMMIGRANT TRIALS
Immigrant Trials in America
The Immigrant in America: 1850s to 1920s

MOCK TRIALS
... And Justice for All
The Jury in the Classroom: People v. Carter (pdf)
Philosophical Chairs

SACCO AND VANZETTI
Sacco and Vanzetti: Voir Dire of Prospective Jurors
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

Guilty as Charged? The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

SCOTTSBORO 9
Bringing the Scottsboro Boys Into the U.S. History Classroom
Portfolio Assignment: The Scottsboro Boys
Scottsboro Boys Quiz
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

If you could create the perfect jury, what would it look like?
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

Additional Resources
Norris v. State of Alabama , 294 U.S. 587 (1935)

SAM SHEPPARD
Sam Sheppard Trials

An Impartial Jury: Legal Requirement or Idealistic Goal?
Resources from the Chicago Historical Society

Additional Resources
"The Killer's Trial"
Sam Sheppard
Sheppard v. State of Ohio , 352 U.S. 910 (1956)
Sheppard v. Maxwell , 384 U.S. 333 (1966)