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=Objective 5: Understand the role and function of juries in criminal trials =

By the end of the lesson students should be able to: ====Download a copy of the worksheet and sample answers: [|NSW Sherriffs Office Webquest Worksheet.doc] ==== || 10 ||
 * describe the role and function of juries in criminal trials; and
 * identify key aspects of the process of jury selection.
 * **Level C** || ** Points ** ||
 * ====**Define** and **contextualise** the following terms and phrases by completing a 'context and connection chart' for each: jury, empanel, ‘challenges for cause’, ‘peremptory challenges’. A sample context and connection chart can be [|downloaded here.] ==== || 5 ||
 * Create a mindmap **summarising** the key responsibilities of members of a jury in a criminal trial. You mindmap should include at least six ideas. || 5 ||
 * ====Write a **list** of eight questions a newly empanelled juror might ask a court officer, and record the likely answers to those questions. ==== || 5 ||
 * Prepare a sign for display in a courthouse that **identifies** five key rules that must be followed by members of a jury in a criminal trial. Use words and images to make the sign visually appealing. || 5 ||
 * Demonstrate your **understanding** of the role of a jury in a criminal trial by reading page 72 of the //Cambridge Legal Studies Preliminary// textbook and answering the following questions:
 * 1) How many jurors are there in a criminal case?
 * 2) **Describe** the role of the jury in a criminal case.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Summarise** the process of jury selection.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Identify** why the members of the jury play an important role in the criminal justice system. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prepare a ‘plus, minus and interesting chart’ on the role of a jury in a criminal case. This chart should **identify** and **describe** aspects of the jury’s role that you consider to be plusses (ie, positive), minuses (ie, negative) or which you think are interesting. Include at least three ideas in each column. A template for the chart can be found [|here]. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">5 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Level B** ||  ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Carry out** an Investigation into the jury system in New South Wales by completing the webquest on the [|website of the NSW Sherriff Office]. **Record** and **organise** your findings using the webquest worksheet. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Carry out** an Investigation into the jury system in New South Wales by completing the webquest on the [|website of the NSW Sherriff Office]. **Record** and **organise** your findings using the webquest worksheet. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Prepare a flow chart or other visual aid which **organises** and **outlines** the steps involved in empanelling a jury in a criminal trial. ==== || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">10 ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Read each of the articles in the ‘Jury Media Articles’ document. **Organise** the information in these articles into a table **outlining** the arguments that can be made for and against the jury system. Use quotes from the articles as **evidence** to support each argument. ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Download the media articles: [|Jury media articles.doc]
|| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Information to help you may be found on the [|website of the NSW Sherriff’s Office]. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">10 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Write an extended response (1-2 pages) addressing the following question:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Assume the role of a community member called up for jury duty. Write a letter to the NSW Sherriff’s Office **outlining** why you are unable to act as a juror. This requires you to **apply** your knowledge as to why a person may be excused from for jury duty.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Level A** ||  ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">** D **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**esign** and **create** a comic strip setting out a week in the life of a juror in a criminal trial. You may create your comic strip by hand or use an online tool such as [|Strip Creator]. ==== || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">20 ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">** D **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**esign** and **create** a comic strip setting out a week in the life of a juror in a criminal trial. You may create your comic strip by hand or use an online tool such as [|Strip Creator]. ==== || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">20 ||

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The jury system in New South Wales is outdated and in need of reform. Do you agree? **Justify** your response. // || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">20 ||
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">In groups of 3-4, **create** a script for and **present** a 5 minute role play of the empanelling and swearing in of a jury in a criminal trial. ==== || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">20 ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Investigate** the role and conduct of the jury in the case of Bilal Skaf, a young man who was tried and convicted of gang rape offences. Use this [|media article] as a starting point for your research. Using your findings, prepare a report in which you:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Outline** the facts of the case, and the outcome of the case for the accused.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Outline** the conduct of the jury in the case.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Critically evaluate** the role of the jury in ensuring justice for the accused in this case.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Suggest** what steps the jury should have avoided, or what the jury could have done differently, to avoid the situation which arose. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">20 ||