I want students to come away with a sense of how important the American jury system is to our country. I also want them to see how prejudice shapes peoples' lives and what an impact it can have on not only the individual, but the people around him or her. Students need to really understand the prejudice, ingorance, stereotypes, classism, racism and any other ism are unintelligent, and potentially very destructive. In addition, students will come to understand characterization, I want students to be able to tell something about a character from one line he or she says. It is important for students to understand that what someone says is a reflection of who they are and that as important as what you say is how you say it. This will, hopefully, lead to better communication skills. Finally, as compare/contrast essays are common in college I want students to master this form. We will do a lot of comparing and contrasting of characters through out the play which will eventually lead to an essay c/c two characters and perhaps c/c the movie and the play.

Students will write a comparing and contrasting essay (c/c) on two characters that are very different. Students will write a c/c between the movie version and the play. (Maybe) Students will be given an object exam consisting of multiple choice, matching, true/false, and vocabulary.