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Criminal justice - law projects $5-10
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
The Innocence Project | Create a Podcast | Project Based Learning
Have your students investigate the trail and ultimate exoneration of wrongly convicted ex-prisoners who gained freedom as the result of The Innocence Project. This is a powerful social justice topic for your students to research while using 21st century skills such as podcast creation. Your students will have the opportunity to be their very own true crime investigator like all of the podcasts they listen to and love! This product includes: (1) 6 page assignment sheet which can be printed and s
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mock Trial: People vs. Woodstock
I searched and searched for a good Mock Trial to use with my govt. students. After not finding what I wanted, I created my own.This document contains everything you need. It includes all witness statements, handouts, info on presenting the different aspects of the trial.The project takes about a week of class time.
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9th - 12th
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Forensics Case Study Project
Case studies are a great way to join concepts taught in Forensics and Criminal Law classes with real life cases. Netflix's documentary Making a Murderer showcases one of the most controversial criminal cases of all time and is sure to get your students TALKING! This 10-assignment case study project is designed to supplement the Netflix documentary Making a Murder (10 episodes; season 1) and features an assignment for each episode that engages students and ultimately sets the stage for your stude
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10th - 12th
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Forensics: Cyber Crime Student Projects
Engage your students in the world of cybercrime with this student-centered project. Given 30 high-level topics, your students will pick 3, conduct research, and create a visual presentation to demonstrate their cohesive understanding of their chosen topics. A teacher grading rubric, peer review sheets, and student checklist are included! Be sure to include 2-3 days of time for research, and 1-2 days for in-class presentations.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Forensic Arson Project PBL
Are you ready to take your forensic science classroom to the next level? If you are looking for an amazing, hands-on arson project and you are brave enough to let out the inner arsonist in your students, this Forensic Arson PBL experience is for you.This is the project that my students look forward to all year long. They have the opportunity to become the arsonist to create a crime scene and then put their CSI knowledge to the test as they analyze another crime scene created by their peers. T
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: HUGE Forensic Science Bundle
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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Supreme Court Case Projects - Brochure, Powerpoint, & Infographic
Three projects that have students research Supreme Court Cases. I have typically used it for my Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Unit so I have included a list of the Court Cases that I have my students pick from as well. Included in this product: 1. A complete lesson plan with objectives, Bloom & DOK levels noted, materials needed, vocabulary/content to preview, instructional tips, common student misconceptions, and additional resources. 2. Court Case Powerpoint Project Direction Sheet fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Business Law Class Career Exploratory Project-Based Learning PBL Activity/Lesson
This Business Law Careers Project-Based Learning (PBL) activity is a great discovery activity for the Branches of Law. BUSINESS LAW BOULEVARD is an excellent way to get students to think like business owners and make the connection between Law Careers and Entrepreneurship (a concept listed in the National Business Education Association (NBEA) standards).This resource could be used in any Business Law or Career Exploration/Research class.**The file includes step-by-step instructions and a video
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9th - 12th
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Three Little Pigs Mock Trial Activity - Digital - Project-based Learning
Take your civics, government, criminal justice, or bias & perspective learning digital with this mock trial project! Your students will listen to several version of The Three Little Pigs, then put the Third Pig on trial after walking through a series of slides about how a criminal trial looks in the American justice system. Assign some slides or all of them - they are all created for you.This product includes:- teacher pages with directions, the link to copy the Google-compatible presentat
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Three Little Pigs Mock Trial Project I Print & Digital Learning
Exploring Careers: Law, Public Safety,Corrections & Security | Distance Learning
This career unit gives students an introduction to the law, public safety, corrections and security career cluster and what a career in this field would be like. This is perfect for a career, technology, CTE or business class. The included PowerPoint presentation can be used by the teacher for whole class instruction, or provided to the students electronically (or as a printout) for them to review individually. Students use close reading skills with a short informational passage to learn abou
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6th - 10th
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Criminal Mock Trial Attorney Scripts
These mock trial templates are designed for middle and high school students that are either enrolled in a law class or are participating in criminal mock trials. These templates not only explain how to write an opening statement, direct examination, cross examination, and closing argument, but they also provide a template for writing each of them. Moreover, the opening and closing sections include templates for both the prosecution and the defense. These templates are designed for criminal mo
Lincoln's Assassination- True Crime Detectives with Primary Sources
Primary Sources, Autopsy, Civil War, Ford's Theater, Confederacy, Union...Students will use artifacts and primary sources to learn about the President's last few hours. This is a great way to start your Civil War or Reconstruction Unit.Primary Sources Included: Autopsy Report, Playbill, Blood-Stained Dress, Blue Print of the Peterson Boarding House, Telegraphs, Diary Entries, Witness Statements, PhotographsHOOK YOUR STUDENTS with this True Crime Investigation of President Lincoln's Assassination
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8th - 12th
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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
Criminology - Cold Case Podcast Project
Elevate your classroom experience with my comprehensive 10 day lesson designed for students to craft a true crime podcast exploring an infamous cold case. This engaging package comes complete with a meticulously crafted rubric, providing clear assessment criteria to evaluate students' research, storytelling, and production skills. Facilitating seamless organization and content development, graphic organizers are integrated into the lesson to guide students through the complex process of creating
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9th - 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
Lawyers in Hollywood - STUDENT CHOICE! Film Analysis Project
Excellent (and super fun) comprehensive research project for any Street Law, Law, Criminal Justice, or Civics course that deals with the responsibilities of a lawyer. Students LOVE this project!! It is such a blast- and they learn so much! Students choose a lawyer from their favorite law-related movie or tv show to research the responsibilities of practicing law. This is easily Common Core aligned, requiring use of primary/secondary sources and is writing oriented.I offered extra credit to my st
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9th - 12th
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Bundle: "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" Case Study and Final Project
This is a unit I ended my Intro to Forensic Science class with. They got to choose to listen to a podcast series or watch a Netflix docuseries. This bundle includes:Editable episode guides that have comprehension and analysis questions for students to answer as they watch each episode of the Netflix docuseries "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez." The series investigates the tragic death of an 8-year-old California boy who endured horrific abuse by his mother and her boyfriend, along with the fr
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Slides + Prison Design Project
The Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design unit covers the following:CPTED definitionElements of defensible spaceCost-benefit analysis of potential offendersIntermediate goals of CPTEDThe impact of physical design (type 1/2/3 effects)The effects of individual factors (lighting, alarms, street layout, etc.)What's included:31 slides (PowerPoint)Media Review handout (Word)CPTED Word Search + Answer Key (PDFs)2 articles + 1 video on prison design, linked in slides (both articles also provided
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9th - 12th
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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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: 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: 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: 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: Canadian Law Studies Bundle II
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