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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Jury's Still Out

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the trials and executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. In groups, they use the internet to research the impact of the executions in the shape of political cartoons and writings. They discuss an...
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Activity
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive site that provides the trial transcript and summary of evidence, as well as a chronology, biographies of trial participants, and information of the Red Scare.
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Primary
Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Digital Collections: Sacco Vanzetti

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents and texts related to the Sacco-Vanzetti Case.Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were admitted anarchists who were tried and convicted of killing two men during an armed robbery. The materials include court...
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Article
The Atlantic Monthly Group

The Atlantic: Vanzetti's Last Statement: A Record by w.g. Thompson

For Students 9th - 10th
From the February 1928, edition of The Atlantic magazine, the attorney for Bartolmeo Vanzetti recounts the last detailed conversation he had with his client on the day he and Sacco were executed.
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Article
Ohio State University

E History: Clash of Cultures in the 1910s and 1920s: Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the arrest, trial, and conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti, with a link to Felix Frankfurter's book on the subject, published in 1927, which concludes that the conviction was the result of the anti-immigration fury of the time.