2.2 After the hijacking, the FBI opened an investigation. Listen to a detective give details of the investigation and make notes.
Evidence Witness questions Experiment Theories
8 Do you think Cooper survived? Make a list of possible outcomes and then critically evaluate each one. Witness accounts 1 2.3 Listen to a detective interview two witnesses about a bank robbery. Make notes in the table below for each statement. Description of the robbers Sequence of events
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In pairs. Compare your notes and highlight any differences in the two statements. Decide which version is the most believable.
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Use your notes to retell the story. Put all the events in sequence.
English for the 21st Century • Unit 2
C21 SKILLS CRITICAL THINKING: Evidence and witness accounts
Two people often see the same event differently. They notice different things and remember events differently. Can you think of any reasons for this? What does this tell us about evidence and ‘the truth’?
