PROFILE

Witnesses must provide a profile of your character. It must include the following:

    1) A short biography of your character  

    2) A lists of the direct examination questions worked on with the attorneys.

    3) What you plan to say on the stand

Know Your Part

     • Witnesses must learn their character.

     • Witnesses are to prepare for their role by studying evidence in Public Folders and doing their own research.

     • Addtional evidence must be approved by teacher and shared with attorneys on both sides.

     • Witnesses will have to answer questions that CAN BE SUPPORTED by the documents in Public Folder or approved research. (This may be explicitly written in the text or implied)

THE DAY OF THE TRIAL

     •      Witnesses may be interviewed by the attorneys prior to the trial.

     • Anticipate questions that attorneys might ask you and prepare to answer those questions.

     •     Each witness will be questioned by the attorneys that called them to the stand and will also be cross-examined by the other team of lawyers.

     •     Witnesses should bring a packet of supporting info to the stand to use as evidence in case of challenge.

     • Witnesses should dress the part

          DID YOU...

     •     Explain the contact you had with the Mongols (how they impacted you)

     •     Figure out what you would say about the Mongols if you were put on the stand

     •     Include copies of internet sources or documents that you used

PROSECUTION

DEFENSE

• Victim of the Siege of Baghdad

• Russian Prince

• Japanese military lord

• White Lotus Society member

• Italian resident of Genoa with the plague

• Khwarazm Shah

• Temujin

• Marco Polo

• Jebe “The Arrow”

• Lamaist: Buddhist Monk

• Christian Silk Road Trader

• Chabi (wife of Kublai Khan)