TRIAL OF ROBESPIERRE In10th grade Global History classrooms students become lawyers and witnesses in this theatrical trial of Robespierre. This project explores the theme of social injustice as it asks “Do desperate times demand desperate measures?”
In TRIAL OF ORESTES, Orestes is put on trial for the murder of his mother. His mother, Clytemnestra, murdered her husband Agamemnon because he sacrificed their daughter, so that he could win the Trojan War. The play’s deeply rooted cycle of violence is fertile ground for heated theatrical debate by students as they identify the difference between justice, and revenge. Students act as attorneys, witnesses and jurors as they put Orestes on trial.