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Criminal justice - law Common Core SL.11-12.1 resources
Mock Trial Assignment for Any Story or Novel - Script, Outline, Universal Rubric
Mock trials don’t need to be daunting! Your students will absolutely love this assignment for any short story or novel. It includes a mock trial script, 30+ mock trial roles, an objection cheat sheet, an editable mock trial rubric, and more. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Mock Trial Assignment for Any Story or Novel:✏️ Legal Trial Slideshow - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides®, and PDF✏️ Various Mock Trial Role Descriptions for up
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7th - 12th
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Salem Witch Trials Primary Documents Exploration
Need to integrate primary documents into your curriculum? Engage students with this task for examining primary documents connected to the Salem Witch Trails of 1692.What's included . . .►Teacher instructions with options►Student handout with directions and link to online documents►2 page graphic organizer for students to record accusers, witnesses, charges, and evidence in specific cases. Students also draw conclusions from their research.This lesson gets students analyzing and synthesizing thos
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8th - 12th
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Forensics Crime Scene Investigation: Search - Lab (Kinesthetic Activity)
Are you looking to teach a unit on crime scene in your Forensic Science course? Maybe you teach criminalistics or criminal justice? Are you looking to have an activity that can help address this topic in an exciting, engaging way? Have you ever tried a crime scene search with your class? This is a twist on a classic crime scene search, where your class will split into two teams, hiding "evidence" (pasta!) for the other group to find. This is a fun, hands-on activity involving cooperation, teamw
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation CSI UNIT BUNDLE
Juvenile Justice / Youth Justice Mini-Unit
Unlock engaging conversations in your English class with this thought-provoking Juvenile Justice Slide Deck! Designed for collaborative learning, this resource pushes students to:-engage in meaningful discussions-work together to analyze videos-identify and apply textual evidence.-foster critical thinking skills and empathy-building-dig a deeper understanding of the legal system-take a stance on the issue-use evidence to support their ideas-write a letter to their local court system convincing t
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Issue Module, Juvenile Justice / Youth Justice
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell - Mock Trail Assessment and Outline
Mock trials don’t need to be daunting! Your students will absolutely love this activity for Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game.” Explore themes and teach students about legal trials with this comprehensive resource. Suitable for online learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Mock Trial Assessment for “The Most Dangerous Game”:✏️ Legal Trial Slideshow - Microsoft PowerPoint®, Google Slides®, and PDF✏️ Various Mock Trial Role Descriptions for up to 30+ St
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8th - 12th
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And Justice for ... The Supremes' Greatest Hits (& Misses) 2021
Do you ever wonder what important issues the US Supreme Court decided this year? Well look no further … The project lets students work with 10 actual US Supreme Court (USSC) cases. The primary activity is an appellate court argument on this year’s most interesting case, Mahanoy School District v. B. L., a minor (A high school cheerleader posting a profanity-laced Snapchat). Some of your students will act as lawyers and argue the case, while other students act as justices. You have the option of
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9th - 12th
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$$$ Is Speech – Citizens United v FEC
Four activities that teach students to research, analyze, and discuss issues about campaign fundraising and spending, and how money influences elections. 1) Students become Congress and write campaign finance legislation; 2) They run for president and role-play candidates, speech writers, pollsters, and the media; 3) in Moot Court, students argue the Citizens United case; using the excerpts from the actual US Supreme Courts case opinion; 4) They have a debate on the issues. The PDF Includes sub
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9th - 12th
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The Seventh Amendment, What’s that?
$20? Is that all?Here’s your chance to have fun putting on a civil jury trial, while your students learn about the importance of the 7th Amendment.Did you know that there is a right to a civil jury trial if the amount in controversy is $20 (a lot of money is 1789). Use something that happened with your class. Everything you need to put on a successful trial is included:Trial script, detailed information on civil jury trials, Teacher's Guide and Handouts, Courtroom Setup Diagram and more.
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9th - 12th
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And Justice for ... The Supremes' Greatest Hits (2014)
Want your students to speak with confidence and be able to think on their feet? This project is designed to do just that. The project lets students work with 11 actual US Supreme Court (USSC) cases. A primary activity is an appellate court argument on the groundbreaking case, Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage). Some of your students will act as lawyers and argue the case, while other students act as justices. You have the option of having them portray the actual US Supreme Court Justices.*
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9th - 12th
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Is Justice Blind or Political? – The Judicial Nomination Process
"I won the election, so I get to appoint the judges."The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices with “the advise and consent of the Senate.”This power has become increasing political with successive presidents appointing justices to their political liking: liberal or conservative. And the court nomination hearing have become exercises in political posturing by the senators.Is this the way it was supposed to be?Your students will become the Senate an
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9th - 12th
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The Very First Amendment
The 1st AmendThis project has 6 lessons the explore the First Amendments important provisions:Free Speech, Free Press, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Religion and the Establishment Clause, and Redress of Grievances.They will be A) Creating a policy for handing use of schools by outside groups and what limitations on speech and religion they will allowB) Deciding how much government can help private schools without running afoul of the Establishment Clause.C) What are the limits for freedom of a
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9th - 12th
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The Founders Are Spinning in Their Graves: Here’s Your Chance To Let Them Rest!
Did you know that when asked, many of our citizens don’t know or recognize what is in the Bill of Rights? Do these lessons and your students won’t be among that group.After doing this project, your students will have a good, clear understanding of the Bill of Rights. It is a has eight lessons: three introductory lessons plus one each for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Amendments (for lessons on the 1st Amendment see The Very First Amendment.Three of the lessons are based on recent
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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They Said What??? Turn Your Students’ Words Into a Jury Trial
Use something that happened with your class to put on a civil jury trial.Did you know that there is a right to a civil jury trial if the amount in controversy is $20 (a lot of money is 1789). So here’s your chance to have fun putting on a civil jury trial, while your students learn about the importance of the 7th Amendment. Everything you need to put on a successful trial is included.
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9th - 12th
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Vice News: India Burning
We seem to be in the midst of a second wave of Nationalism, and it can happen anywhere in the world, including in the world's largest democracy: India. Vice covers the sectarian strife occurring within India. This worksheet can be supplemental to your lesson or unit objectives. Vice covers stories from around the world and brings light to many social issues that our global community can understand.
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9th - 11th
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A Murder at Harvard Medical School
This slideshow is an interesting introduction to forensic science using a historical case of a murder at Harvard Medical School in 1850.The Webster case of 1850 set an important precedent for the law in all future murders. Most importantly, Judge Shaw’s jury instructions changed the requirement for conviction from “proof to an absolute certainty” to “proof beyond reasonable doubt.” This would become the new standard for every future criminal case in this country.By using this slideshow as an int
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9th - 12th
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HS-PS1-5
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