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Criminal justice - law graphic organizers $5-10
Mock Trial Graphic Organizers and Procedures
Overview: This mock trial bundle has graphic organizers designed to help middle school classes transition from written arguments to verbal interactive debating. Specifically, I use this to support imagining an “other” when designing an argument rather than writing in a vacuum as is often required of students in standard essays. Students are engaged in the simultaneous collaborative yet competitive nature of the activities, and this excitement translates to more sound reasoning and an increased
Grades:
6th - 9th
Mock Trial Graphic Organizers
USE THIS PRODUCT WITH ANY MOCK TRIAL!This is a collection of graphic organizers and scripts that can be used with any mock trial, civil or criminal. Each item below includes scaffolded support in order to help students understand the main roles in a mock trial. In addition, there is a witness organizer and a court reporter organizer to engage those students who do not have a direct role in the trial. Included are the following resources to help students prepare, participate in, and reflect on cr
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Create Your Own Prison Student Project
This is the "create your own prison" group project that I use in my classroom at the end of the corrections unit. It includes everything that the students will need to prepare for the prison project. It includes a grading breakdown, planning sections for students to plan the different aspects of their prison (design, daily schedule for inmates, inmate uniforms, rules violation procedures, inmate visitation procedures, work, school, and treatment procedures, etc). Also included is a group evaluat
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Corrections Unit Bundle
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
Fairy Tale Trials (Mock Trial Activity)
Perfect activity to teach students about multiple perspectives while introducing them to the justice system! In this activity, students will examine the acts of villains in various fairy tales, and determine arguments for how they could be considered innocent or guilty. Pack includes charts for organizing arguments, brainstorming witnesses and evidence, and opening statements. Also includes a list of suggested text resources and links to sampe mock trial scripts. This pack can be used for a true
Grades:
5th - 12th
The US Constitution - Cheat Sheet
The Constitution has never been easier to teach or to learn. With the use of this one page organizer, students will find it easy to ace Constitution Assessments - including STATE TESTS!! Most questions can be readily answered through this intuitive and informative tool!! A great resource for Government and Civics teachers at all levels!!Topics:Preamble explainedArticlesAmendmentsBig IdeasKey Concepts*Color-coded for all of your visual learners.1 page front and back.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CCSS:
Mock Trial Guidelines and Graphic Organizers
Secondary students love to persuade and prove a point. Why not harness their super sceptic powers by facilitating a mock trial? These mock trial resources work perfectly when paired with literature, current events, or historical events.
You and your students can choose to use the Pre-made Mock Trial Scenarios (in this store) or create your own based upon:
-events in literature,
-events in history,
-current events,
-or scenarios created by your students.
This PDF includes:
- Trial Roles Page
Grades:
5th - 10th
Hitler & The Holocaust - 8) Unit Eight The Nuremberg Trial
This is unit eight of an 8 unit course on the history of Hitler and the Holocaust. The PowerPoints are designed for a High School or College course on this important time period in history. Unit eight explores the search for justice for "Crimes Against Humanity" at the Nuremberg Trial. Will "Just Following Orders" hold up in court or will the Nazi leadership be held accountable for their crimes? This unit incorporates the TNT movie Nuremberg into the PowerPoint for a showing of the film in cla
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education
Business Law "Contracts" Unit note guides; graphic organizers
This file includes note guides for six chapters in a high school Business Law class covering the "Contracts" unit. I made these guides to accompany the PowerPoint notes I would give in class. The guides were made from the textbook (chapters 6-11) that our district uses for Business Law. The text is called Law for Business and Personal Use, 19e.These guides could also be used as a self guided activity that would require the student to read through the text and fill in the proper information.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Legal Studies Extended Response
Visual guide to assist students with working their way through a legal studies (Queensland) extended response. All definitions come from the QCAA syllabus.
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Grades:
11th - 12th
Bundle of Just Mercy Movie and Book Viewing and Reading Guide + 13th Movie Guide
Equip your students with an expansive understanding of social justice issues, racial bias, and the criminal justice system with our "Exploring Social Justice" bundle. This comprehensive package features an in-depth reading guide for Bryan Stevenson's transformative work "Just Mercy," a viewing guide for the movie "Just Mercy," and a viewing guide for the poignant documentary "13th."The bundle includes:"Just Mercy" Reading Guide: This kit deepens students' understanding of Stevenson's exploration
Grades:
7th - 12th
Nonfiction Unit: Writing a Position Paper on Assisted Suicide or Mercy Killing
Guide your students on the process of writing a Position Paper on the very controversial topic of either End of Life Care, Assisted Suicide or Mercy Killing.The lesson includes a selection of nonfiction texts and videos to read with your students, including graphic organizers to track ideas and to plot the argument for the position paper (essay).Resource Includes:1. List of nonfiction texts (including videos), source information, teaching strategies and teaching points2. Graphic Organizers to gu
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Just Mercy Pre- and Post- Reading/Viewing Interactive Notebook
This resource can be used for anyone studying the book, film, or both. This file contains both a digital interactive notebook (slides 1-10) and a printable interactive notebook (slides 11-20). In the notebook, you will find:3 pre-reading activities including: VocabularyPunishment and Rehabilitation in the Correctional SystemTimeline on the History of the Death Penalty4 Thematic Connection pages for students to trace themes present in both the book and the film
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Summer Bundle: Literacy for Social Justice
Intro to Legal Reasoning
Intro to Legal Reasoning offers a high interest look at real-world legal cases in a writing focused mini unit. Contents include: 1) vocabulary exercise + introduction to legal concepts 2) case analysis example 3) FIHRR graphic organizer for legal writing with additional case example 4) synthesis writing exercise with additional with new case 5) teacher guide with suggested answers. This 2-day unit can spark conversation and provide robust material for compare and contrast and synthesis writing.
Grades:
10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Types:
CCSS:
Police Violence PARCC Research Writing Task
This resource combines three texts on the same topic, police violence in the United States, and is used to help guide students toward writing a research writing task comparing at least two texts.
The texts are multimodal: a video, a poem, and an informational article, and are engaging for students to read together. Included is a mnemonic strategy for helping students to master the PARCC-style research writing task, using resources from (https://theliteracycookbook.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/parcc
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Grades:
7th - 12th
13th Movie Questions with ORQ and Paragraph Template
This product contains movie questions for Ava DuVernay's award-winning documentary 13th. There are 30 fill-in-the-blank and short answer questions plus an Open Response Question (ORQ) as well as an Answer Key for the Movie Questions.I have also included my Paragraph Template product which includes a template with a box for the prompt, a large box for the response, and an editing checklist at the bottom. There is also a TPEE Graphic Organizer with a spot for a concluding sentence as well, and a 2
Subjects:
Grades:
10th - 12th
Supreme Court Flow Chart (AP GOV)
A flowchart to help students visualize the processes and functions of the Supreme Court (SCOTUS). Includes what happens before a hearing (appointment of justices, routes of cases), where powers of SCOTUS originate, what factors into a SCOTUS decision, judicial activism v restraint, and how decisions are executed. I had my students tape and fold together to create a long graphic.(pages in PDF are out of order, it should be ordered 1) Becoming a Supreme Court Justice 2) Supreme Court of the United
Subjects:
Grades:
9th - 12th
Supreme Court Landmark Cases
This is a PowerPoint presentation containing the following information on over 40 landmark Supreme Court Cases:
Background of Case
Question to the Court
Decision
Impact of Decision/Precedent
Cases are divided into the following areas:
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Assembly
Freedom of Religion
Rights of the Accused
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Right to Privacy
Civil Rights
Federalism
This is a great resource to learn these cases in preparation for classroom exams
Grades:
9th - 12th
Criminal Law Vocabulary Organizer
Use this Criminal Law Graphic Organizer to introduce students to the basics of criminal law and have them research definitions and pictures to associate with each term. The organizer breaks the terms into categories including: Elements of a crime, classifications of crimes, parties to a crime, crimes against people, crimes against property, crimes against businesses and defenses to crimes. The organizer is set-up with a picture control for students to click on and insert a picture from the inter
Grades:
7th - 12th
Guns in School Debate
-This is a great lesson for older middle school and high school students to debate the topic of whether teachers should be armed in school.
-This is a sensitive topic so make sure your class is prepared to discuss this topic in a mature manner.
-The lesson plan includes a classroom poll, introduction video, several websites and resources, debate points, debate ballot, graphic organizers for information, persuasive essay template and directions, key terms, and a answer key/rubric.
-This is a w
Grades:
9th - 12th
Fire Department Communications Workbook
This resource follows along with this Powerpoint/Google Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1D-WYLUZbxkHJYk3_GJZ5frxtFHcGo_W4YQVEWqBBa3U/edit?usp=sharing that is taken from the Texas CTE website here I use these as guided notes in my Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security class that is an introduction into the fire science pathway at my high school. I just started using them this year and the kids love them and I'm noticing an increase in student understanding of the subj
Grades:
9th - 12th
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