Mr Trump later posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, for the first time since January 2021. He shared the address of his website and the mugshot with an all-capital letters caption: “Election interference. Never surrender!”
He joins the ranks of American public figures who have had arrest booking photos, including Frank Sinatra, Al Capone and Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
Objective:
- To help students learn about former president Donald Trump’s criminal charges and the consequences of his actions.
- To develop students’ critical thinking and analytical skills.
Materials:
- The current web page context, the mug shot from prison, a projector or a smart board, paper and pencils, access to news articles, and other sources of information about Trump’s criminal charges.
Procedure:
- Warm-up:
- Ask students what they know about Donald Trump and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. Write their answers on the board.
- Explain that Trump has been charged with multiple crimes in different states and has to surrender to the authorities.
- Ask students to brainstorm some possible consequences of Trump’s actions.
- Presentation:
- Read this Trump indictments: A very simple guide to his four big legal cases
- Trump is facing 13 counts in Georgia, including racketeering, conspiracy, and soliciting a public official to violate their oath of office.
- Trump tried to pressure Georgia election officials to help him overturn the results, filed meritless lawsuits, and put forward fake electors1.
- Trump agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions, including not using social media to target the co-defendants and witnesses in the case.
- Trump has also been charged with other crimes in New York, Miami and Washington, DC, related to hush money, mishandling of classified documents and attempts to overturn the election3.
- charges, such as news articles, court documents, and social media posts.
- Practice:
- Divide students into groups of four or five.
- Ask each group to read a different news article about Trump’s criminal charges.
- Have each group write a summary of the article in their own words, using no more than 100 words.
- Remind them to include the main points and use their own words.
- Give them 15 minutes to complete the task.
- Evaluation:
- Have each group present their summary to the class.
- Compare and contrast the summaries with the original articles.
- Give feedback on the accuracy, clarity, and language use of the summaries.
- Ask students to revise their summaries based on the feedback.
- Extension:
- Ask students to discuss in their groups the following questions:
- What do you think of Trump’s actions and his criminal charges?
- How do you think these charges will affect his political future and his supporters?
- What are some of the lessons that we can learn from this case?
- Have a whole-class discussion based on the group discussions.
- Summarize the main points and opinions.
- Emphasize the importance of respecting democracy, law, and ethics.
- Ask students to discuss in their groups the following questions:
- Wrap-up:
- Have a whole-class discussion based on the group discussions. Summarize the main points and opinions. Emphasize the importance of respecting democracy, law, and ethics.