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Lesson 1 (from Boston, 1986; Woburn, Summer 1966; The Lawyer)

Objective

Boston, 1986; Woburn, Summer 1966; The Lawyer

This book is titled A Civil Action. In order to give the students some fundamental background for the book, this lesson focuses on what constitutes a civil action

Lesson

1. Put a general definition of a civil action and a criminal action on the board before the students come in. The definitions might be something like the following:

A civil action is a lawsuit where one person believes that another person or company has done something wrong to him/her and s/he takes that person or company to court to get money, to make them stop, or to make them do something. It is a dispute between private parties.

A criminal action is a lawsuit where a public prosecutor (a lawyer for the government) takes a person to court because s/he has committed a crime.

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