OVERVIEW:
We did a unit on Julius Caesar's assassination and I had my students study a mixture of primary, secondary, and imaginary sources pertaining to the crime in order to uncover who killed Caesar.
There are 9 "stations" where testimony and evidence (Click Here) are presented for the student. At each station they must make observations (i.e. "Is this person a suspect?"). When they complete the stations and record their observations (Click Here), they must film a movie using iMovie showing their theory as to "who done it." The students must recreate a crime scene and record their movie as
though they are filming an episode of CSI: Rome. They are encouraged to imitate the opening scene of a crime drama from television...especially the cheesy pun while putting on sunglasses!
This was a great way to allow students to tell the story of Caesar's death they way THEY saw it.
You can take this idea and use it for any other well-documented murder (or other crime) where you want your students to investigate and reach their own conclusions.
A lot of this activity was taken from and inspired by Mr. Roughton's website (www.mrroughton.com/ ) and Mr. Kash's website (mrkash.com/?page_id=274 ). Please visit their sites for other great ideas!
Evidence :
docs.google.com/document/d/1F673WVYugjYFmynj6Vnzw-vFNCisZqRhUWoLLM85jYE/edit?usp=sharing
Observations:
docs.google.com/document/d/1lC_VfrASBwHV4tyH3H3yrqNF30Gqcr-BDkIJdWZRV0k/edit?usp=sharing
CSI Video Guidelines:
docs.google.com/a/dunhamschool.org/document/d/1b_sABOqBLhQXZAXJ_juMJikEqaJXhjj4v_5-f_Y8zcw/edit?usp=sharing
We did a unit on Julius Caesar's assassination and I had my students study a mixture of primary, secondary, and imaginary sources pertaining to the crime in order to uncover who killed Caesar.
There are 9 "stations" where testimony and evidence (Click Here) are presented for the student. At each station they must make observations (i.e. "Is this person a suspect?"). When they complete the stations and record their observations (Click Here), they must film a movie using iMovie showing their theory as to "who done it." The students must recreate a crime scene and record their movie as
though they are filming an episode of CSI: Rome. They are encouraged to imitate the opening scene of a crime drama from television...especially the cheesy pun while putting on sunglasses!
This was a great way to allow students to tell the story of Caesar's death they way THEY saw it.
You can take this idea and use it for any other well-documented murder (or other crime) where you want your students to investigate and reach their own conclusions.
A lot of this activity was taken from and inspired by Mr. Roughton's website (www.mrroughton.com/ ) and Mr. Kash's website (mrkash.com/?page_id=274 ). Please visit their sites for other great ideas!
Evidence :
docs.google.com/document/d/1F673WVYugjYFmynj6Vnzw-vFNCisZqRhUWoLLM85jYE/edit?usp=sharing
Observations:
docs.google.com/document/d/1lC_VfrASBwHV4tyH3H3yrqNF30Gqcr-BDkIJdWZRV0k/edit?usp=sharing
CSI Video Guidelines:
docs.google.com/a/dunhamschool.org/document/d/1b_sABOqBLhQXZAXJ_juMJikEqaJXhjj4v_5-f_Y8zcw/edit?usp=sharing