Fall
Semester 2008
Professor Doug Linder
| Grades for the Famous Trials
course will be based 50% on a 50-60 question in-class multiple choice
exam that will be administered during the last class. The other 50% of the grade will be based on student projects. Students may choose one of the two following options for their projects: 1. Students may assemble materials pertaining to one of the 20th (or 21st) century trials listed on the "Other Famous Trials " webpage. For each trial, students should write a 1000-word (minimum) to 2000-word (maximum) account of the trial (including background information), digitize at least two primary sources relating to the trial (e.g., trial testimony of a witness, appellate decision reviewing conviction, indictment), and prepare a chronology and bibliography (including books and Internet links). Please use endnotes, not footnotes, for your accounts. Students may choose to produce other materials that could be the basis for a website. 2. Students may write and answer a series of ten questions about one of the 20th (or 21st) century trials (except the trials covered in class this semester) that appear on the "Other Famous Trials" website. (You can see a sample Q & A page by clicking on the following link: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/jesusqanda.html ) You will be graded both on the quality of your questions and the quality of your answers. The entire assignment, questions and answers, should be no more than 2500 words. Assignments are due the last class of the semester. |