JUST MERCY CURRICULUM GUIDE

Download your complimentary JUST MERCY companion Curriculum Guide today!  This Curriculum Guide is for Middle School, High School and College and features 3 interdisciplinary lesson plans in Social Studies/Civics, English Language Arts, and Visual Arts.  All lesson plans meet Common Core and NCSS Standards and are supported by additional materials found easily online including photos, videos and more.

Viewings of this film and lesson plan discussion meet Common Core Standards.

ABOUT JUST MERCY:

A powerful and thought-provoking true-story, "Just Mercy" follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan might have had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson.) One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx,) who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds-and the system-stacked against them.