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Middle school criminal justice - law lessons under $5
Steps of Crime Scene Investigation- Lesson & Activity
Teach the 7 Steps of Crime Scene Investigation to your Forensics students with this ultra-engaging lesson & jigsaw activity! This lesson & activity bundle places the responsibility of learning on the students, making you available for more of a facilitator role. Need a digital option? No problem! Each resource in this bundle includes both a PRINTABLE & DIGITAL version, making it perfect for flipped classrooms, distance learning, online courses and traditional classrooms. *Note: the
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8th - 12th
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Forensics Chit-Chat: First Day of School Station Activity
Engage your forensics students on the first day of school! This station lab is meant to serve as an ice- breaker activity that will get your students up, moving around the room. They will be engaged in meaningful scientific conversations as they rotate through these 8 lab station tasks. Need a digital option? No problem! This resource includes both a print and digital version, making it perfect for flipped classrooms, distance learning, online courses and traditional classrooms. What's include
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8th - 12th
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Rwanda - Understanding the Road to Genocide
This 2-3 day lesson plan focuses on the factors that came together in Rwanda that led to the genocide of 1994. All needed materials are provided (including links to two online video clips) except for Post-It style notes which will be used for student groups when they share decisions with the class. In addition to the subject content, the lesson also addresses Common Core State Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies.I must say that I was pretty upset when Oklahoma's new state standards r
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7th - 12th
Slavery by Another Name Video Worksheet/Webquest
Slavery by Another Name Lesson Plan Most students do not have a good understanding of the discrimination and bias laws that were passed against African Americans after Reconstruction ended. The video Slavery by Another Name along with this video worksheet provide students with a strong understanding of the 13th Amendment and the abuse African Americans faced between the 1870s to the 1940s. This assignment will help students understand how African Americans were treated between the Civil War and
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7th - 12th
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African American History: Tulsa Race Riot Webquest
Students will gain a better understanding of the Jim Crow time period of the 1920s by completing an internet-based worksheet on the Tulsa Race of 1921. The Tulsa Riot was one of the worst race riots in American history. The Tulsa Race Riot Webquest uses a great website created by the Tulsa World Newspaper. The website allows students to explore the key events of Tulsa Race Riot in a very student friendly website. The following website is used: http://www.tulsaworld.com/app/race-riot/timeline.htm
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7th - 12th
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Info Reading Text - Freedom of Speech: Hate Speech (no prep/sub plans)
This article summarizes the history of "hate speech" what it is, what it protects, what is not protected, and court cases that helped to define this. This is a great way to introduce or review this topic! Makes for a great substitute teaching plan, homework, or in small group activity! All information comes from legaldictionary.net. MS Word doc for easy editing.
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Info Reading Text - Freedom of Speech Bundle (no prep/sub plans)
(No Prep) Law Lesson - Mock Trial!
This complete, ready-to-go lesson is a fun debating activity for ESL, English or Law students. It has a simple design with clear lesson plans, an easy-to-follow PPT and is quick and ready to go. It works on students' ability to research a topic and analyze a situation, helps improve speaking skills and confidence and also improves knowledge of judicial systems and courtroom norms. The lesson begins with a vocabulary warm up. The students then get a chance to work together to do some research
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: No Prep Law Lesson Double Pack
Info Reading Text - Crime: OJ Simpson is Acquitted (no prep/sub plans)
An informational text article about the dramatic arrest, trial, and acquittal of OJ Simpson in the double murder case. The information is from history.com, the questions are mine. A great supplement, fill in activity, substitute teaching plan, or extra credit. Can also be used as a web quest using the history.com website. MS Word doc for easy editing.
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8th - 12th
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Crime and Forensics - 4th Amendment: If Google can have your data, can police?
An informational text article about the 4th Amendment and an individual's right to privacy in the digital age. Also included is information about retrieving information from crime scenes. The information is from aetv.com, the questions are mine. A great supplement, fill in, sub plan or discussion starter! MS Word doc for easy editing.
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Crime, Forensics and Psychology Bundle #1 (no prep/sub plans)
Goldilocks vs. The Three Bears: A Mock Trial
How can your students learn about the judicial system? Stage a mock trial! This packet contains everything you need to get started: a story, definitions, information character cards, and trial preparation, as well as a quiz and creative writing assignments. Your students will have so much fun putting Goldilocks on trial that they won't even realize how much they're learning.If you're interested in other mock trial materials, check out my 'The Third Little Pig vs. The Big, Bad Wolf: A Studen
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Stage Your Own Mock Trial Activity Bundle - Print
Plessy vs Ferguson Separate but Equal Background and Decision (Primary Source)
This homework or classwork activity gives students an opportunity to learn about the landmark US Supreme Court decision Plessy v Ferguson. It works great for a flipped classroom when you want students to have the background and a general understanding of the material before you can discuss it in class. Also works great for a homework or review after covering the material.This two-page sheet has all of the information that students need to know and covers the stuff that not all history books wi
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8th - 12th
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Frederick Douglass Primary Source Worksheet: Escape From Slavery
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about Frederick Douglass and his escape from slavery. I use this worksheet to help students better understand slavery and the early life of Frederick Douglass.This activity is very easy to use. All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions:http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/fdoug.htmClick here to visit the w
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5th - 12th
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Law Bundle:Everything You Need to Teach Law! (Week 2: Criminal Justice Process)
Law Curriculum, Lessons, Activities, Assessments, & More! Not a lawyer? That's okay- this one-week bundle has everything you need to teach a law course. This bundle is intended to be the second week of a law curriculum which is designed to be a full semester course.What's included in this bundle: - PDF and WORD.doc Versions of Lesson- One Week of Lesson Plans *(teacher notes included in each lesson- you'll students will think you were a lawyer in your previous life!)- One Week of Activities
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6th - 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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Miranda v. Arizona - Criminal Justice Worksheet and Answer Key
Crenshaw Criminal Justice Learning Tools Worksheets are designed to be an effective tool in the ongoing effort to encourage students to remain engaged with the information they are learning. The worksheets provided will: 1) Help students identify an underlying big picture, 2) Differentiate instruction, 3) Focus students’ attention, 4) Deliver and summarize content efficiently, and 5) Connect new information to previously covered material. This worksheet teaches students about Miranda v. Arizona,
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Landmark CASE LAW Bundle
Bryan Stevenson TED Talk Guide | Racial Injustice
This resource from Miss Nightingale introduces learners to some hard truths about America’s justice system and complements Bryan Stevenson’s TED Talk, “We need to talk about an injustice.” This Product Includes:A student TED Talk guide - printer-friendly version (2 pages)A student TED Talk guide - Google Slides version (2 pages) that can be edited and used with Google Classroom.An answer key (2 pages) is included with this resource.A post-viewing Quote GuideA post-viewing Takeaways ActivityGen
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Info Reading Text - Jury Duty: Juries (no prep/sub plans)
Do you need an assignment to give while you are out on jury duty, or a supplement to teach about juries? This reading is perfect! This is a short article about the role of juries in a criminal court case. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, americanbar.org. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you don't have a textbook! Also great as
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Info Reading Text - Jury Duty Bundle (no prep/sub plans)
No Prep Law Lesson Double Pack
This is a bundle of my two very popular no-prep law lessons. They are two very simple but effective lesson plans that I'm very proud of. I've had great feedback (both online and from my students) and I think they're two pretty unique takes on teaching law concepts. Both look at morality and ethics and investigate two interesting ideas. 1. Driverless cars and the trolley problemThis takes the classic moral conundrum and applies to the very real-life problems facing the companies manufacturing
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Info Reading Text - Jury Duty: Criminal Trials (no prep/sub plans)
Do you need an assignment to give while you are out on jury duty, or a supplement to teach about juries? This reading is perfect! This is a short article about how criminal court trials are conducted, focusing on the rights of criminals. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, criminalfindlaw.com. The information presented is theirs, I made up the questions. This can be done as a web quest assignment using the site. Perfect as a supplement, or if you
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Info Reading Text - Jury Duty Bundle (no prep/sub plans)
Cyber Crimes
A summary of various types of cyber crimes and how forensics is adapting to the problem.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Loving Movie Worksheet - Civil Rights Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court loving
loving movie. worksheet. Loving Movie. Loving v. Virginia. Supreme Court. Loving is a movie about inter-racial marriage in the 1960's during the Civil Rights era. I love it for school because it shows the process of how a case gets to the Supreme Court, and how the local, state, and federal courts work. I also love the way that it shows struggles of inter-racial marriage. Loving is PG-13 (mostly for themes and language). I believe that it can be used to teach Civil Rights or the court system. Th
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6th - 12th
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Shoe Print Investigation Lab: Forensic Science Impression Evidence Activity
This fun and engaging lab activity gets your students analyzing physical/impression evidence with an easy, low prep, no mess shoe print lab! Students get to use their own shoe prints as part of the investigation while trying to match their classmates prints. Resource includes:- Teacher step-by-step directions - Supply list- PDF copy of student lab analysis paper and post lab questions- Google Docs downloadable version of student paper for immediate upload to Google Classroom (editable)Looking fo
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7th - 12th
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War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration
Students learn all about America's "War on Drugs" and the mass incarceration of people of color while reading this modified interview of Michelle Alexander, the author and activist leading the charge to educate and reform. Here students read 10 questions and Alexander's 10 responses. As they read, they answer the same interview questions on a different worksheet, but in their own words, in an attempt to synthesize the concepts and prove their comprehension. Afterwards, I have students meet in pa
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8th - 12th
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Civil Rights Research Paper
Students will research a key event or person from the Civil Rights Movement. Students will learn about valid sources and how to write a research paper. I give students three weeks to write their papers, but only allow five class days for research and learning how to write a research paper. The Civil Rights Movement is a very large topic; this paper is a great way for students to focus on individual events and people. Please feel free to modify this assignment to fit the needs of your class. Spe
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7th - 12th
Also included in: American History Research Papers Collection
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