The lawsuits are based on evidence uncovered in the last five years in a judicial hearing and a Justice Department inquiry.
Benchmarks: Understands that historical accounts are subject to change based on newly uncovered records and interpretations Language Arts Standard 4 – Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Benchmarks: Understands that specific individuals and the values those individuals held had an impact on history; Understands that historical accounts are subject to change based on newly uncovered records and interpretations Language Arts Standard 4 – Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Benchmarks: Analyzes how specific historical events would be interpreted differently based on newly uncovered records and/or information; Uses historical maps to understand the relationship between historical events and geography Language Arts Standard 4 – Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Last year, after Mr. Lemus and another man, Olmedo Hidalgo, had spent 14 years in prison, their convictions were overturned, based on evidence uncovered by Mr. Cohen, a federal prosecutor turned private lawyer, and a police detective working with him.
Benchmarks: Understands that historical accounts are subject to change based on newly uncovered records and interpretations World History Standard 17- Understands the rise of centers of civilization in Mesoamerica and Andean South America in the 1st millennium CE.
Benchmarks: Understands that historical accounts are subject to change based on newly uncovered records and interpretations World History Standard 11- Understands major global trends from 1000 BCE to 300 CE.
Benchmarks: Analyzes how specific historical events would be interpreted differently based on newly uncovered records and/ or information; Knows how to perceive past events with historical empathy This lesson plan may be used to address the academic standards listed above.
Benchmarks: Analyzes the influence specific ideas and beliefs had on a period of history; Analyzes the effects specific decisions had on history; Understands that historical accounts are subject to change based on newly uncovered records and interpretations Science Standard 9- Understands the basic concepts of the evolution of species.
The roots of Mr. Morris's full-length "Romeo," which began a run on Thursday night at the Rose Theater, are curious too: the three-hour production, based on documents uncovered by the musicologist Simon Morrison, features Prokofiev's original 1935 score and follows its scenario (by the composer and Sergei Radlov), in which the lovers don't die.
