Inroduction: Helpful background
1. Fifties Timelinen Fifties facts : American Cultural History
a) Events and Technology
b) Art and Architecture
c) Books and Literature
d) Education
e) Fads and Fashion
f) Music
g) TV and Movies
h) Theater, Film and Radio
i) The Best American Movies of the Fifties
2. Women in Politics. A timeline of XIX, XX and XXI centuries
A World Chronology of the Recognition of
Women´s Rights to Vote and Stand for Election
I. The Playwright. Reginald Rose
II. The Play
III. The Movie
1. Sydney Lumet. The director
a) Introduction
¨ Behind the scenes
¨ Plot summary
¨ References
b) Henry Fonda, an American Icon
2. Director Sidney´s Lumet´s Movie´s View of the Law.
Excerpts of an interview
IV. Using the movie as a teaching tool
a) The Annotated Script
b) The Jurors. Characters and steps in decision making
c) The Movie Seating Chart
d) A social psychological Analysis of 12 Angry Men
e) Critical Thinking of Twelve Angry Men
f) An Approach to the American Jury
1.Origins
2. Rights of the accused
3. Voir dire
4. The Jury in the American Society
5. Jury Reform
6. Future of the American Jury
g) Follow-up Assignments for the Movie
1. Discussion Questions
2. Readings
t Excerpts of “The Struggle for
Women´s Jury Service 1920-1924”
Roger Ebert Review Twelve Angry Men
High Court Warns about Test for
Reasonable Doubt
Roger Ebert Review The Verdict
Roger Ebert Review Find Me Guilty
3. Writings and essays
4. Debates and Oral Presentations
5.Building-up vocabulary
Bibliography, Filmography and Related Links
1. Websites Reviews Filmography
2. Selected Films by Sidney Lumet
3. Best Trial Movies