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Elementary criminal justice - law activities under $5
Fairy Tale Court - a mock trial mini unit
Fairy Tale Court is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that's highly engaging for students. Students will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. They will learn all about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesFairy Tale Court InstructionsCourt Procedures and EtiquetteSix Classic Fairy TalesExhib
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5th - 8th
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JUDICIAL SYSTEM - COURTROOM Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Introduce and review 24 vocabulary words for teaching about the judicial and legal system in the United States. This is a challenging and fun puzzle worksheet: students must first unscramble the words and then find them in the letter grid. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files.The vocabulary included on this worksheet
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5th - 8th
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History Crime Scene Investigation: Abraham Lincoln Assassination CSI
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine eyewitness testimony, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Abraham Lincoln Assassination CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from Ford's Theater to determine what happened to President Lincoln and who was responsible. While it is easy to det
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5th - 12th
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Courtroom Mock Trial | Reader's Theatre
Teaching 5th and 6th Grade students about the judicial system can be engaging when every child has a role to play in a mock trial. The Trial of Dayan drama script allows students to participate in various courtroom roles as a character is brought to the criminal justice system in a trial, and the “jurors” get to decide upon his verdict.The script has speaking roles for: Court Clerk Judge Prosecutor Defense Lawyer 3 Witnesses Dayan, the defendant 12 Jury Members (who will ad-lib their roles)Ther
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4th - 7th
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Wild West Activity - Wanted Poster Project (Digital and Printable Options)
Students will create a wanted poster of an infamous wild west outlaw. This project would be great for a forensic science class or even an american history project. This project includes BOTH a google doc digital version and a printable option. This way, if you are you looking for a print and go assignment, or a digital google classroom assignment, you are covered. Your students will love the custom graphics and realistic wanted poster templates I have created! To further understand what is inclu
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5th - 8th
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Grammar Court: Episode 1. A fun Grammar activity & game about homophones & more!
Grammar Court is an interactive activity that will add excitement and interest to any English class session. You'll select 5 students in your class as the "suspects" in a pretend crime - in this case, a stolen mandolin! The rest of the class becomes the "court" - needling the suspects with questions.
Students enjoy getting into the roles, with the "court" sternly demanding answers of the "suspects" - who are provided with a simple line to read and display to the class. The class must determin
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5th - 10th
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Detective and Fingerprint No Prep Activity Packet and Worksheets
This " Detective and Fingerprint No Prep Activity Packet and Worksheets " has 37 pages - no prep required - so the packet is a quick and fun way to teach about detectives and fingerprints with many printable worksheets.There are options with these activities for kids at all levels between Grades 1 and 5. Please note that not all activities in this packet will meet your class' particular levels, but there should be enough variation in the resources from your high flyers to those that are more c
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1st - 5th
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Also included in: Job and Careers Ever-Growing Activity Packet Bundle
Bill of Rights DIGITAL Escape Room | Bill of Rights Distance Learning Activity
In this Bill of Rights digital escape room student activity, students investigate eight different scenarios to uncover eight possible Bill of Rights investigations in a 100% digital format. This Bill of Rights Escape Room activity is an outstanding way to review the Bill of Rights, reinforce major ideas of the Constitution, and bring life, energy, and team-building to your unit on the US Constitution.This Bill of Rights Escape Room is an outstanding supplement to my Constitution Unit located he
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5th - 8th
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Rules vs. Laws - Picture Sort Worksheet
Need a quick way to review rules and laws? Do you need an activity to go with your current curriculum? Then answer both of those needs with this product! It's a simple picture sort.Check out the preview video for a better look at the product design.Looking for more rules vs. laws products?Rules vs. Laws Guessing Game - (video and recording sheet)Rules vs. Laws - Puzzle Game (video and 2 differentiated recording sheets)Credits:Fonts: Kimberly Geswein Fonts, Kaitlynn Albani
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Rules vs. Laws BUNDLE
Rules Vs. Laws Sorting Activity
This cute and easy product is ideal for teaching about Rules Vs. Laws. It includes a graphic organizer sheet as well as a page that includes various rules and laws. Students cut these out and glue them into the graphic organizer. This product also comes with an answer key for your convenience. Check out my other sorting activities! Wants vs. Needs SortMonuments Vs. Landmarks Sort Freebies & Discounts:Be sure to follow my store on teacherspayteachers.com to stay up to date on all my new produ
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K - 4th
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Reader's theater scripts: The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks + 2 more
Need a fun, fast way to make judicial proceedings come alive? Want students to be motivated to do cross curricular writing? Try this set of three scripts based on familiar childhood fairy tales that teach about the judicial system. The Three Bears vs. Goldilocks reader's theater script is written at a 4.3 reading level, this 8 page, 4 scene script (with 2 optional scenes) also includes writing assignments so students determine the outcome of both the civil and criminal trials. . Ms. Piggy v
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5th - 11th
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Rights and Responsibilities Canadian Citizen Grade 2 / 3
This is a 2nd grade social studies on rights and responsibilities of the Canadian citizen. Students in Canada can learn about the definition of rights as well as the rights laid out in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The unit uses simplified terms to teach students about a difficult concept. Even though government related concepts are more challenging for second graders, my students surprisingly love learning about rights and responsibilities using this unit. Last year one of my stu
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Canada / Canadian Social Studies BUNDLE 2nd Grade
Forensic science Worksheets , Word Scramble -Crossword -Wordsearch Fingerprint.
-THIS LISTING IS AN INSTANT DIGITAL DOWNLOAD – PLEASE NOTE : NO PHYSICAL ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED!Forensic Science Worksheets Quiz,Wordsearch & CrosswordIdeal for both as an individual or a group activity, let your pupils find key vocabulary on the subject.Wordsearch Contains 20 clues.Crossword Contains 17 clues.Word Scramble Contains 20 cluesThere Are 37 Terms Included In This Puzzle:CrosswordIdentificationDr. Karl LandsteinerIndividual EvidenceCriminalMicroscopeLab CoatHazardInnocentGuiltyCop
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4th - 12th, Staff
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Mock Trial: The Case of SpongeBob SquarePants Versus Seamart
This is a fun mock trial that involves SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends. SpongeBob is given round pants instead of square pants at Seamart. The students need to read/listen to the facts in the case, and determine how to reach a verdict. The script is great for grades 2-5.This lesson will help students learn how to do evaluative thinking when problem solving and thinking like a judge. They will also learn the judicial system and how a courtroom operates by acting out a fun mock trial. Includ
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2nd - 5th
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United States Constitution: Mock Congress: How A Bill Becomes A Law
I use this mock Congress after The How A Bill Becomes A Law PowerPoint found in my TPT store and before The How A Bill Becomes A Law quiz found in my TPT store. This is a fun activity for students because students come up with their own idea for a law and they are actively engaged in every step of the process for how a bill becomes a law.
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1. Teacher Directions
2. Student directions
3. Handout for students to fill out when they write their bills.
4. Handout for
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5th - 12th
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D.B. Cooper Unsolved Mystery Lesson
Full week lesson on the unsolved mystery of D.B. Cooper. What happened to D. B. Cooper?? This resource presents a non-fiction mystery in which students have to read to understand clues and piece this story together. Your students will talk about this lesson for months after! "D.B. Cooper” was the alias used by a still-unidentified man who, the day before Thanksgiving, 1971, hijacked a commercial airplane and extorted a ransom of $200,000. After receiving the money, Cooper parachuted from the pla
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3rd - 8th
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Rules vs. Laws - Guessing Game (video and recording sheet)
Are you working on a rules and laws unit? Do you need a fun way to check for student understanding (pre and/or post assessment)? This is the product for you!This file contains one "Rules vs. Laws" guessing game video and one recording sheet. The video is 4 1/2 minutes long and RUNS ITSELF! Students even check their answers with the video.Check out the preview video for a better look at the product design.Credits:Fonts: Kimberly Geswein Fonts, Kaitlynn Albani
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Rules vs. Laws BUNDLE
Mock Literary Trial Elementary/ Civcs/ Cardigan Jones/ Criminal Justice
This trial is based off of the book , The Trial of Cardigan Jones, by Tim Egan. It is a mock literary trial where students take roles of the character from the book and decide if the main character is innocent or guilty. The kids get dressed up and have an absolute blast! I have tied this activity into lessons about inferencing, character, and bias. It is made with fourth graders in mind, but a group of high level third graders can pull this off too.
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3rd - 5th
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Reconstruction Amendments Cut and Paste Foldable
This is a cut and paste foldable for a Social Studies interactive notebook. Students will cut out the correct action for each amendment and glue it under the correct number. Students can draw a picture to represent each amendment.
Grades:
4th - 8th
Judicial Review Activity - Interpreting a Student "Constitution"
Students will be given 3 scenarios involving a decision that was made by a school (Executive Branch) or teacher (Legislative Branch). An example would be a student coming to school with a mohawk and the school deciding to send them home. The students will then pretend to be the Supreme Court and interpret an excerpt from a Student Handbook (Constitution) that connects with the scenario; for example, a Dress Code Policy. They will discuss and decide based on the Handbook whether the decision was
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4th - 12th
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Branches of Government Jeopardy Review
This Branches of Government Jeopardy game is a PowerPoint document that allows students to play just like the contestants on the popular game show. Great as an activity during a unit on the U.S. Government or as a review before the test. Topics include 'U.S. Government,' 'Legislative Branch,' 'Judicial Branch,' 'Executive Branch,' and 'Texas Government.' (The category of 'Texas Government' is easy to edit to match your curriculum needs).
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4th - 6th
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LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES Word Search Puzzle Worksheet Activity
Your students will enjoy reviewing the names of 13 landmark US Supreme Court cases in this engaging word search puzzle worksheet. Puzzles make fun no prep activities for early finishers, bell ringers, morning work, handouts, homework, unit or lesson plan supplements, sponge activities, introductions to new topics, classroom themes, and sub files. The 13 Supreme Court cases included are: Marbury v. Madison (1803)McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
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5th - 8th
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Year 4 ACARA Civics and Citizenship 8 Page Work Booklet
This work booklet will help you cover much of the content in the Australian Curriculum for Year 4 Civics and Citizenship!The booklet has 8 pages and covers the following descriptors:The role of local government and the decisions it makes on behalf of the community (ACHASSK091)The differences between ‘rules’ and ‘laws’, why laws are important and how they affect the lives of people, including experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (ACHASSK092)*Can be purchased in bundle: htt
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3rd - 6th
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Crime Scene Reading Comprehension Passage,PUZZLE,Quiz,Digital BUNDLE
Crime Scene BUNDLEExplore crime scene investigation with our engaging bundle! Includes reading comprehension activities and puzzles like word search, crossword, and word scramble. Available in digital and printable formats, perfect for students, educators, or crime enthusiasts.(100 % Digital Download)Products in this BUNDLE:Crime Scene Reading Comprehension PassageCrime Scene Vocabulary ACTIVITIESTAGS:police, crime, criminal, evidence, scene, investigation, murder, detective, law, violence, hom
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4th - 7th
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