President Snow Convicted in Mock Trial
In honor of ‘Take Your Child to Work Day’, the attorney’s office at Florida’s Broward County Courthouse held a Hunger Games themed mock trial. President Coriolanus Snow was charged with ‘kidnapping, child abuse and other heinous crimes for forcing children into the deadly Hunger Games.’
Prosecutor Tim Donnelly, head of the public corruption unit, scripted the courtroom play.
“We just want to expose them to [the system],” Donnelly said. “We’re not going to debate philosophy with them; we just want them to have fun and hopefully they retain something.”
After seeing the movie little more than a week ago, Donnelly, a father of four, ages 9 to 16, had the idea to adapt the popular young-adult novel and movie into a courtroom play.
Donnelly worked evenings developing The Nation of Panem v. President Coriolanus Snow and recruited fellow prosecutors to play the roles.
Even though it’s obvious he doesn’t know the whole story (Seneca Crain is a star witness), I think this was an amazing way to expose kids to the legal system and what happens during a trial.
It also made me think of the trial at the end of the third book, the one where we hear the outcome but never get to see any of the proceedings. Do you think they’ll add scenes from the trial to the end of the ‘Mockingjay’ movie?
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That would be awesome if they added scenes of the trial!
this is an awesome idea. i don’t think we even have “take your child to work” days in my country, but it’s great to have the kids not only learn what their parents do, but also learn about the legal system, at least a little, and have fun while at it.
meanwhile, i do hope we get to see some of the trial in mockingjay part 2– since we’re getting two movies, they could just expand it some, show us scenes at the courtroom interspersed with katniss’s breakdown. i think that could be really good.
Gosh, never thought of showing the trial. That would be incredibly intriguing
its crane!senca crane not crain
What a fabulous idea! I remember participating in a few staged mock trials as a child, and I learned so much more from them than any normal test cramming on the same subjects ever could have hammered into my brain.
What a fun and intuitive idea for a trial, too!