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Virtual Author Visit
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The Tale of Two Trials of the Twentieth Century
Virtual Author Visit in the Middle School Library 04/10/2008 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. In this webinar, Chester County author Jen Bryant will discuss how she combined real events, settings, and people with fictional plots and characters to create two of her recent historical novels. She will discuss elements of the writing process and also how she conducted research to better understand the historical facts behind each of these famous trials. Jen will share slides depicting the main characters and settings for each of the trials: The 1935 Lindbergh baby kidnapping trial in Flemington, NJ and the 1925 Dayton, Tennessee evolution trial. Participants will be invited to compare and contrast the two trials, to discover their differences and similarities, and to debate among themselves whether justice was truly served. Participants are encouraged to have at least a familiarity with one of the two novels, and to read both if possible. More information about THE TRIAL and RINGSIDE 1925 can be found at: www.jenbryant.com; http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/home; http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm http://www.nj.com/lindbergh http://www.njspmuseum.org/lindbergh/index.html The webinar will target grades 6 - 12. This presentation will be of interest to Language Arts, English, Creative Writing, Journalism, and History classes and their instructors, as well as middle school, high school and public librarians.