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7th grade criminal justice - law resources for Microsoft Word
"Lamb to the Slaughter" Mock Trial Directions
My students read "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl every fall and this mock trial is always a lesson they remember and ask to do over and over. Unfortunately it doesn't fit with every piece of literature. The lesson requires close reading, critical thinking, argument writing, oral communication, as well as comprehension of the story.
This product includes a one-page directions sheet for the teacher, as well as directions to be printed and handed to each of the following: prosecution, defe
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6th - 10th
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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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Scooby Doo - Clue Analysis and Video Guide for Criminal Justice Students
Scooby Doo - Clue Analysis and Video Guide for Criminal Justice Students.Track evidence, sketch the villain, build an evidence board and determine who done it!Law & Public Safety students love it!Episodes can be found for free on Youtube.
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5th - 12th
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2nd Amendment / Gun Control Analysis
This engaging packet provides students with the opportunity to analyze various types of political information related to the Second Amendment. Through analyzing charts, graphs, infographics, political cartoons, and text descriptions of political party stances, students will gain a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding the topic. Key features include:Analysis of various types of political information related to the Second AmendmentDiscussion questions that promote critical thinking
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7th - 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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Preamble Test
This is a fill in the blank test or quiz over the Preamble to the Constitution. It has 15 blanks and a word bank for students to select from.
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6th - 12th
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Quote Analysis Activity: Gun Control
This product includes a list of 18 quotes from various sources on the issue of gun control. Teacher instructions on how to conduct the activity are included. Perfect prereading activity for researching a debate on the Second Amendment and targets Common Core Anchor Standard 8:
Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
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6th - 12th
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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)
Criminal Podcast Listening Guide with Answers- Ep 135: 527 Lime Street
This listening guide (questions with answers, along with discussion questions) in an editable .docx format goes along with an episode of Criminal, my favorite true crime podcast. Listen to the episode titled 527 Lime Street HERE. GREAT FOR REMOTE AND HYBRID CLASSROOMS!!!Episode 135: 527 Lime Street- Just before midnight on October 15, 1990, police arrived at 527 Lime Street in Jacksonville, Florida to find the small wood-frame house on fire. A man named Gerald Lewis was standing in the front yar
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Criminal Podcast Listening Guides - 10 episode bundle
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)
Holocaust Primary Sources Worksheets
This activity includes six primary documents worksheets on the Holocaust. The websites used are from a great primary source site, the Eye Witness to History site. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.htmlThe following topics are covered in the primary document readings:Adolf Hitler Attempts a Coup 1923Hitler Comes to Power: Reichstag Fire 1933Nazi Occupation of Poland WorksheetInside a Nazi Death Camp, 1944 WorksheetDachau Primary Source American GI WorksheetNuremberg War Trials WorksheetStu
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6th - 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
Human Trafficking Assignment
This assignment poses the "Big Question" of what is the worst form of human trafficking in the world. Assignment is perfect to engage students in slavery, trafficking, child labor, bonded labor, child soldiers, organ trafficking and other human trafficking violations in the world.
Students are challenged to research, develop and persuade their teacher, a United Nations Human Rights Council Representative, to address their plan to stop their form of trafficking. Self Organized Learning Enviro
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7th - 12th
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SPY CASE activity: Rosenberg espionage trial. Cold War
Fun and engaging activity where students take on roles in the criminal case against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg for intent to commit espionage. Students will research Cold War relations between the US and the Soviet Union and learn the basics of criminal justice as they play the part of prosecutors, defense attorneys and jury members; deciding the fate of the accused. Included is a Word document with research paper guidelines, role descriptions for criminal case and criteria for grading.
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7th - 12th
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Trial by Jury Four Minutes Video Worksheet
This video worksheet allows students learn about the process of trial by jury. The video clip is only four minutes long, but it is packed full of information that will keep your students engaged.This video worksheet works great as a “Do Now Activity” or as a complement to any lecture or lesson plan on government or criminal justice. The worksheet helps students understand how rare jury trials are in the United States. The video is great for visual learners and helps break up class time so studen
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6th - 12th
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Great Depression 1930s Primary Source Worksheet: Bonnie and Clyde
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about Bonnie and Clyde and their murderous rampage during the 1930s.
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/bonnieandclyde.htm
Click here to view the website.
The primary source document is labeled (Shoot-out with Bonnie and Cly
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5th - 12th
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Forensic Hair Analysis Activity Sheet/Lab
This is an in-depth worksheet/lab activity that includes identifying types of hair and matching hairs to other hairs.
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Forensic Hair Analysis Lesson/Lab
California Gold Rush Primary Source Worksheet: Vigilante Justice, 1851
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about lawlessness and justice in California mining towns in the 1850s.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/vigilante.htmClick here to view the website.The primary source document is labeled (Vigilante Justice, 1851). Students read
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Mining History Lesson Plan Collection
Info Reading Text - Jury Duty: How are Jurors Selected (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 jury selection process. A great way to introduce the subject. The reading comes from a really great website, criminal.findlaw.com, under their criminal procedure tab. 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
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Info Reading Text - Jury Duty Bundle (no prep/sub plans)
Ghandi and India Reading and Worksheet
Follow the life of Ghandi in this short reading and creative worksheet with questions that research the text.
Grades:
7th - 12th
US History: Nathan Hale and the Culper Spy Ring
EDITABLE reading comprehension packet on American military spy Nathan Hale and the civilian Culper Spy ring that was put in place after his execution by the British in 1776. Packet includes key information, pictures for visual learners, and reading comprehension questions with space to answer them right on the page.
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7th - 12th
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Civil Rights: The Emmett Till Murder
EDITABLE reading comprehension packet on the murder of Chicago youth Emmett Till and the impact that it had on the development of the Civil Rights Movement in the late 1950s. Packet includes key information, pictures for visual learners, and reading comprehension questions with space to answer them right on the page.
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7th - 11th
MOCK TRIAL: STUDENTS PROTESTING AT SCHOOL: FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUE
This is a guided mock trial that looks at the right to protest based on the first Amendment of the Constitution. The basic story of this mock trial deals with the principal trying to suspend students after protesting at the end of the school day.
This packet of 12 pages has everything you need to hold a successful mock trial.
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Mock Trials The Big Bundle! 10 Mock Trials.
Prohibition 1927 Primary Source Worksheet
This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about prohibition in the 1920s.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.I would like to thank Illumismart for the wonderful clip art!http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/prohibition.htmC
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: United States History Primary Source Worksheet Bundle
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