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8th grade criminal justice - law resources for Microsoft Word $10 and up
MOCK TRIAL! - The Guide, Rubrics, and Handouts to the Ultimate Project
Would you like to see your students rise to the highest of expectations? Watch your students transform into lawyers pushing the envelope of persuasion, witnesses carefully building a case, or judge/jury to conduct it fairly and appropriately. Do you want to have some of the most fun in your teaching life? Then purchase this Word document - easily my most downloaded and highly rated product - and customize it for your students and the trial of your choice. There are role descriptions and customiz
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Introduction to Criminology- A four to five week course
Updated August 2021 with working current links. Please re-download the unit if you purchased it previously. This unit presents a complete overview of criminology and includes daily lessons (along with articles, materials, and web quests) games and activities and three short assessments. Everything needed to teach the introduction tocriminology is present in the unit and students in grades 8-12 would be appropriately and actively engaged in the activities, readings, and supplementary materials.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Classroom Historical Mock Trial - R. v. Louis Riel (1885)
The original trial of Louis Riel in 1885 is arguably one of the most famous trials in Canadian History. The trial, which took place in July of 1885, lasted only five days and resulted in a guilty verdict. Riel was subsequently executed by hanging, and outcome which has had a lasting impact on French-English relations in Canada.In this activity students will recreate the trial of Louis Riel and learn about the events of both the Nortwest Rebellion (1885) and, to a lesser extent, the Red River Reb
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8th - 11th
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Supreme Court Cases: Teens on the Docket Project
What's the best way to get a teenager interested in learning about the Supreme Court? Put 'em on the docket!This project looks at 10 United States Supreme Court cases that have every teenager's favorite topic: other teenagers. It is a highly motivating topic and gives you the opportunity to have students examine the nuances and purpose of the judicial system. The project culminates in a trifold presentation and I have included the model that you can make and students can follow.I designed th
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Serial Podcast: Episodes 1-6 Materials.
These materials follow the newly popular Serial Podcast. There are 35 pages in total and include the following.
-Pre-Podcast assignment
-Worksheet/questions to follow each of the first six episodes of Serial
-Primary Document analysis activities
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Salem Witch Mock Trial
Do you want your students to experience a real court room experience using an event of American history? This activity allows your classroom to become the courtroom. Your students will be assigned specific roles like defense attorney, judge, or witness for the prosecution and will have to research and prove the "accused witch" guilty or innocent. Included in this package is the description of the activity, descriptions of students' character roles, trial procedures and a grading rubric. Let
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6th - 12th
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The 4th Amendment YOU BE THE JUDGE
Students adjudicate real life scenarios where the 4th Amendment against Search and Seizures are questioned.The answers are provided after initial pages. I typically will review the class's findings for each case and then reveal the actual ruling on the projector. This means I do not share this entire document with the student ONLY THE FIRST THREE PAGES.
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Grades:
8th - 9th
First Amendment Case Study: Mahanoy Area School District vs. B.L. 2021
This is an amended article by David L. Hudson, Jr. outlining a 1st Amendment Supreme Court case that will strike a chord with your students- Is Snapchat covered by the 1st Amendment? There are a couple of questions for discussion within the reading as well as a Majority and Minority Opinion Summarizer at the end (No Answer Key)
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8th - 9th
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate Webquest ( Task, Process, Resources, Rubrics)
On this web-quest students will learn to debate using the Lincoln- Douglas debate format. Students will have all the tools needed to research and debate relevant debate topics, rules, formats, regulations, instructions, graphic organizers, and multiple rubrics. This website which I created has introduction page, task, process page with guiding questions, resources, and accompanying rubrics. Great for in class or after school programs! This web-quest should take an entire two weeks to learn the a
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Civics Unit 10 Plan Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Covers These Topics and Vocabulary: - Supreme Court Cases: Marbury v. Madison, Tinker v. Des Moines, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, Morse v. Frederick, In Re Gault, Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, District of Columbia v. Heller, Bush v. Gore, United States v. Nixon- Major Amendments: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14- Vocabulary: Executive Privilege, Rights of the Accused, Precedent, Judicial ReviewThis Plan includes: > Objectives based off the FL EOC Ci
Grades:
7th - 8th
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Authority-Government
This would be helpful in explaining how the different types of authority/governments throughout time have maintained controls.
Grades:
5th - 8th
The 4th Amendment - Understanding Search & Seizure
This reading is an amended article by Atty. Micah Schwartzbach. It reviews the 4th amendment asking students to put it into their own words. The reading breaks down what/who is covered and not covered by the 4th Amendment. There are review/discussion questions at the end. No answer key.
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8th - 9th
2nd Amendment - YOU BE THE JUDGE with Actual Ruling
This real life 2nd Amendment Case allows students to learn the background and facts behind the real case of Mirko Chardin, an upstanding citizen who was not allowed to attain a license to carry in the state of Massachusetts due to a crime he committed as a juvenile. The reading allows students to "rule" on the case base on the information provided. The next class period (next day), we discuss their findings and then share the actual findings of the case (attached news article on last page of do
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Grades:
8th - 9th
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