Twelve Angry Men (2020)

Build background knowledge on the justice system through an interactive lecture and reading on the American criminal justice system.

Review parts of a drama. 

Make inferences about character roles and relationships by conducting pre-reading for Twelve Angry Men.

Make inferences about character motivation and setting through both stage directions and direct lines.

Demonstrate knowledge of the characters by acting/reading aloud Act I.

Analyze the conflicts that emerge between the jurors. 

Define “reasonable doubt” and determine whether or not there is evidence of the defendant’s guilt/innocence. 

Analyze how the playwright propels action in the plot. 

Evaluate Juror 8’s persuasion technique based on logic and rational, rather than emotion and gut feeling. 

Analyze how the playwright uses Juror 8 to propel action in the plot.

Analyze the playwright’s deliberate choices of character actions and words. 

Analyze the irony at the end of Act I.

Connect the symbolism of the hot weather and the rising tension.

Explain how the stage directions help to create the mood in the jury room.

Analyze the symbolism of each character's actions during Juror 10's monologue.

Explain how the stage directions contribute to Rose's message about justice.

Debate whether Rose is skeptical or optimisitic about the American Justice System in the 1950s through his teleplay Twelve Angry Men.

Take a position in writing about Rose’s ultimate message about the American criminal justice system.