Resources & Activities
Mock trials
Susan B. Anthony was arrested for registering and voting in the 1872 presidential election.
Recreate this famous trial with your class. (Appropriate for grades 6 and up.) The script is adapted to take about 20 minutes, plus 5-10 minutes for jury deliberation.
Exhibits for both sides are provided, as are discussion questions. Virtual backgrounds are provided for online classes. Permission to use mock trial content for educational use is granted by Judge Bremer.
Mock trial script and discussion questions
Government's exhibits: Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2, Exhibit 3
Defendant's exhibits: Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C, Exhibit D, Exhibit E
Virtual backgrounds for each role: Judge, Court Clerk, Plaintiff's Attorney, Defendant's Attorney, Plaintiff's Witnesses, Defendant's Witnesses, Defendant, Jurors, Jurors v2, Bailiff (optional)
For advanced and AP students, see U.S. v. Susan B. Anthony: The Fight for Women's Suffrage from the Federal Judicial Center's "Famous Federal Trials" project.
The Susan B. Anthony Mock Trial was written by U.S. Magistrate Judge Celeste F. Bremer, J.D., Ed.D., with law student interns: Emma Schulte, Catherine Chiodo, Denisha Renovales and Allison Adams.
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