What are we doing?
During this unit, we mainly focused on if Ötzi was killed or not. We found a ton of info to determine what side we were on (murdered or not murmured) for the court at the end of the unit, and which was surprising that the judge was Mr. Degeer. By working with our little paper, we chose the lawyers, the expert witness, and or the court reporter, and lastly a bailiff. We also typed out this piece of paper from a list of questions to ask at the court.
What are we learning?
We learned many things about Ötzi. We watched videos and read articles to collect and gather important and useful information related to Otzi. By using the things, we learned from the research we filled out an online graphic organizer that talked about the questions we would say at the court. The organizer helped me a lot because I would not be able to remember all the questions in one day. The organizer then helped m=show our questions neatly in formal tone, one question stated if the arrow was man made.
What is working?
Something that is working is that I can talk a lot about Ötzi. When someone asks me a question about him, I can successfully answer the question with a lot of detail. With all the sentences that magic school gave me, I can convince the court that Ötzi was murdered.
What’s not working?
Some things that I need to improve on is being more fluent and clearer when I talk, I also was super surprised when I was talking into the mic because it felt weird hearing my voice coming out of a speaker louder than coming out of my mouth so for the 1st few questions I did not talk properly.
Personal Relevance
The court should continue throughout the other classes as they really teach us what would happen if we ended up in court and how the court works. The skills learned during this unit will help me during other times because I will have better skills than some other random people that might have ended up in court, especially during my future adult life. The court may help me a lot. This project also improved my time management, making me less stage fright, etc.