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Landmark Supreme Court Cases that ROCKED Our World! Research Project
Landmark Supreme Court Cases That Rocked Our World is a high-interest research project for high school government or for any content area. Students research Supreme Court landmark cases of historical or legal significance that impacted our individual rights and liberties while also shaping our history. After conducting research, students showcase their landmark Supreme Court cases by using the free Animoto website and creating an educational music video! Your students will love presenting their
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9th - 12th
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Death Investigation- Digital Assignment Grid for Distance Learning [Forensics]
Do you need Distance Learning Resources for your Forensics Science course? This DEATH INVESTIGATION-Digital Assignment Grid is a no-prep option for your digital classroom and online needs. All of my assignment grids include 6 ready-to-go assignments that require NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE and are perfect for digital learning platforms. I have included instructional videos that walks you step-by-step through the process of assigning this resource to your students via Google Classroom. What's Included:
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â FORENSICS CURRICULUM- ENTIRE YEAR COURSE BUNDLE (FORENSIC SCIENCE)
True Crime Research Project (Final Project/End of Semester Project/Easy/No Prep)
True Crime Research Project (Final Project/End of Semester Project/Easy/No Prep)Have your students apply what they have learned throughout the year/semester, as they research a famous or well known True Crime case. In this purchase you receive the complete teacher instructions, points breakdown, rubric, 34 case summaries for students to preview, a research and planning document, a vocabulary list, and an extra credit assignment. All of the cases have either a documentary, podcast, episode of Dat
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9th - 12th
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Psychology Activities Sociology Juvenile Justice Research Social Justice
The Juvenile Justice Research Project: Teens Serving Time is the perfect way to teach effective research skills and implement a high-interest research project into your Criminal Justice Course, Psychology, or Sociology classroom! This digital resource also includes research project templates and graphic organizers that can be used with any topic!You'll receive editable research project description sheets with requirements, research forms, source citation handouts, digital note-taking graphic org
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9th - 12th
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American Law: Criminal Law: Criminal Case Study PDF
This product is a case study of 11 fairly notorious criminals in American history (IE. Steven Avery, Dzohkar Tsarnaev). It begins with students identifying characteristics of types of homicides. I recommend having students fill this first part out during the teacher's direct instruction. (My Crimes Against Persons Teacher PPT may be purchased in my store if you're interested :) ) The rest of the activity calls for students to research these criminals and, using provided options, identify the
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â American Law: CRIMINAL LAW UNIT BUNDLE
Serial Killer Case Study Infographic One Pager Research Activity BUNDLE
PROFILE OF A SERIAL KILLER: This versatile BUNDLE of resources will be the perfect addition to your forensics or psychology course. Students use the internet to research serial killers & complete the infographic. Short on time? No problem, you can print the completed version as a handout or use projected as a way to introduce each case.Serial Killer One-Pagers can be used in a variety of ways:âž©Attention-Grabbing Introduction to the Unitâž© Supplement to Forensic Topicsâž©Enrichment & Extens
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8th - 11th
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Prisons Around the World: Research Jigsaw (Sociology - Deviance)
Perfect for use in a Sociology class during the Deviance and Crime unit! Students will become an expert on one of 9 prisons around the world. Hyperlinked resources (videos and articles) are already provided for students to use for research. Each student will complete a "doodle notes" style graphic organizer on their assigned prison before sharing with other students. During sharing, an additional graphic organizer is provided for the remaining 8 prisons. At the end of the activity, students will
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Sociology Growing Bundle (30% Savings)
Create a Netflix Series about a Supreme Court Case
There are several groundbreaking Supreme Court cases that every American should be aware of. These historical cases have had the biggest impact on our system of government and our laws. For this project, students will be assigned one of these cases and will need to create a Netflix docuseries about the case itself and the outcome. Using their knowledge of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Supreme Court, and basic ideas about law, students will research the case they have been assigned, and org
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6th - 12th
Nonfiction Analysis | Media and Nonfiction | Lizzie Borden Trial
This is a highly engaging resource for nonfiction analysis with a focus on media and how media can affect a trial or create bias. It includes articles from Lizzie Borden's trial, the actual verdict, group work instructions, Jigsaw activities, and a class debate!All of these come with detailed instructions and lessons. The news articles are in the public domain and I included links to further evidence from a public website. About Your Resource:Your resource is a Google Drive Slide and/or Doc.Plea
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8th - 12th
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Serial Killer Student Projects
With this project, your students will select from some of the world's most prolific and well-known serial killers, and will immerse themselves in the world of forensic behavioral analysis and research. Students are asked to complete a research paper and PowerPoint, and are provided a detailed outline to ensure that their research is completed in its entirety, and gives a thorough overview of their selected serial killer. A teacher rubric for grading student projects and presentations is includ
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
Do Crime Victims Have Rights? (CANADA)
As I say in the introduction to this product, "The road to an official recognition that Canadian victims of crime have rights has been a long and rocky one." The Canadian Victims Bill of Rights Act only came into existence in 2015, creating four areas in which victims' rights to information, protection, restitution and participation in the process (by making your views about decisions made by law professionals) were established. Your students' assignment is to investigate these four areas more d
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
The Role of Evidence in a Trial (CANADA)
I begin this product with a short examination of 'the CSI effect', which has varying degrees of support for its validity amongst lawyers. This leads to the real introduction about the two broad categories of evidence, direct and indirect (aka 'circumstantial') and the importance of various kinds of evidence in both civil and criminal trials. Your students are presented with terminology; several types of evidence; and the necessity of preserving its integrity in a trial setting, before being pres
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
What is Mediation? (CANADA)
Mediation is one of three most common forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), often offered as a more cost-effective and low-key approach to resolving disputes than going to court. Your students will learn the basics about mediation before you ask them to come up with a creative presentation that demonstrates what they’ve learned about the process and about the roles of the three people in it. This product includes 3 two-page fact sheets from the federal government's Occupational Health a
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
Common Law and Civil Law (CANADA)
Common law (aka case law) and civil law, together, are used by 95% of the world's countries, so understanding their characteristics and what makes them different from each other would seemingly be indicated. This product describes each system's characteristics and history of origin, as well as some features in present-day Canadian life that your students may already be acquainted with, e.g., common-law unions. And what topic would be complete, these days, without a mention of artificial intellig
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
Law Class- FBI Organized Crime Project
This is the Project I created for my Street Law Class. After learning about Organized Crime in the United States, the students had to pretend their were FBI agents and create classified folders for each crime family to present to the class. The handout provided is the sheet given to the students with the exact project directives.
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11th - 12th
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21 Patterns of Episodic Aggressive Behavior: Serial Killer Lesson + Assignment
This lesson covers Dr. Joel Norris' 21 patterns of episodic aggressive behavior characteristic of serial killers.What's included:26 slides (PowerPoint)Case Study Assignment instructions + example (in slides)Guided Notes (Word doc)Case Study Assignment chart (Word doc) [The Guided Notes and Case Study Assignment are the same chart but the Guided Notes chart has more room for students to write their notes from the slides.]*This is the THIRD lesson in a series of six that colle
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9th - 12th
Genocide Case Study Project Bundle| For 10th,11th, 12th grade | Research Based
This Genocide Case Study Project Bundle is perfect for 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. Time and time again this editable project as one of the highest reviewed by my students and one of the most engaging/important week of in depth research into a case study of genocide. Students work individually or in small groups and will pick a historic case of genocide to study, organize research, integrate GIS tracking effects of genocide and present their findings to the class. The project takes one f
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10th - 12th
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What is Restorative Justice? (CANADA)
Restorative justice, like mediation, is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Coming into use in the 1970s informally, and then officially in Canadian jurisprudence in 1990, it's now considered to be a 'mainstream' form of conflict resolution for certain legal offenses. Your students will learn the basics about RJ before being given two assignment options, depending on whether or not a formal version of the process is being used in your school. NOTE: Depending on your individual school
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
Socratic Seminar: Privatization of Prisons
This has everything you need for a Socratic Seminar on the privatization of prisons.What's included:14 slides with seminar instructions, grading rubric, etc. (PowerPoint)Research Guide (PDF)Links to 4 articles and 1 video for research (in slides)Cornell Notes template (PDF)List of 14 advantages (PDF)List of 17 disadvantages (PDF)*This seminar is included in the Corrections listing.
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9th - 12th
Civil Law and Criminal Law (CANADA)
Civil law and criminal law are two of the most basic categories of the Canadian legal system. This product introduces your students to the basic concepts, with some compare-and-contrast examples. The assignment asks them to create their own chart/comparison infographic, from which they'll create their own inquiry question (incorporating the 'So what?' principle of inductive learning). An infographic on the Criminal Code of Canada is included as an additional source of information.This product wa
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11th - 12th
Also included in:Â Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
Business Law: Exploring Age Discrimination in Employment Law
Welcome to the Age Discrimination Court Case Research Assignment! In this assignment, students will delve into the realm of employment law by exploring five landmark court cases that have shaped the landscape of age discrimination in the United States. Age discrimination occurs when an individual is treated unfairly in employment decisions due to their age, and these cases highlight the legal battles fought to protect workers from such discrimination.Throughout this assignment, students will exa
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9th - 12th
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Forensic Career Research Project: Creating a job fair style poster
In this Forensic Career Research Project, your students with get an introduction to 16 different forensic careers. They will begin by selecting and researching 1 career to dive deep in to, but by the end of the gallery walk reflection, each student will have the full knowledge of all 16 careers. I typically give my students 4 class periods to complete the poster and 2 class periods to complete the gallery walk reflection. Everything included in this project:- PDF Research Project student paper-
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7th - 12th
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How Do Laws Get Made in Canada?
This product's title is a bit of misnomer: while it does review, briefly, the legislative process in both the House of Commons and the Senate, and makes clear that the same process is used in each provincial/territorial legislative assembly, it goes further, looking at the purpose of laws in all societies, i.e., to make life good and safe for its citizens. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and some of the freedoms it affords Canadians, is also mentioned, but in counterpoint, the slides before
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10th - 12th
Supreme Court Justice Job Posting Project
Perfect for hybrid, remote or in-person instruction!Students will be creating a job listing for a vacant seat on the US Supreme Court and then a resume for the applicant to fill the position. First students will do some background research on each current Justice on the Supreme Court and understand some information and ideologically info about them. Graphic organizer, resources and ANSWER KEY included.We know in real life these seats are filled by Presidential appointments and Senate confirmatio
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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