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8th grade criminal justice - law thematic unit plans
Holes Mock Trials - a court simulation activity
This resource is included in Holes available at our store. Holes Mock Trials is an activity that facilitates many ELA learning outcomes in a way that is highly engaging for students. They will develop research skills, engage in critical thinking, defend a position, play the role of a character in court, and practice presentation skills. Students will learn about the judicial system as they participate in a mock trial of their own.This resource includes:Teacher NotesCourt InstructionsCourt Proced
Grades:
5th - 8th
Forensics Unit 1 Bundle: Introduction to Forensics & the Law (7 Products!)
Make teaching Forensics easy with this Unit Plan 1 bundle! SIOP, gifted, and differentiation strategies are embedded and easily identified throuought. Lessons are differnetiated accoding to learning style, grouping, and language ability. Both content and literacy standards as well as key vocabulary words, essential questions, activating strategies, instructional strategies, and summarizing strategies are included and highlighted. Unit plan contains links to resources! The Introduction to For
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Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Supreme Court Cases Cooperative Learning Structure/ Stations/ Simulation
In this zipped file, you will find the greatest tool I have used yet for the Supreme Court Cases that I have used in years. I simply took 6 manila folders and labeled them with the court case numbers (there are 6 court cases). I glued the court case summary on the right of the inside of the folder and made a pocket on the left with the folded up Supreme Court Decision inside. I number my students off 1-6 and split them up which makes it easy for photocopying with the court cases and the folders
Grades:
6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Civics Bundle: 181 Products and over $400 in lessons/activities
The Second Amendment Bundle: Class Discussions and Debate
Generate thought-provoking class discussions and debates with our 2nd Amendment Conversation Starters as well as our 2nd Amendment Debate Package. Both resources offer a creative and engaging approach to opening a discussion on the topic of the Second Amendment in the middle/high school classroom.Our conversation starters packages encourage critical thinking and allow students to discuss topics that are both relevant and important to them while simultaneously increasing their vocabulary and abil
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Wolf's Honor - A One Act Comedy Play
Is the Big Bad Wolf guilty or not guilty? This comedy play serves as a prequel to Wade Bradford's "12 Angry Pigs" and inspired by "The True Story of The Three Little Pigs" by Jon Scieszka. This is a one act comedy play written by me, a drama teacher, for a cast of 25 to 30 actors. There are 11 speaking roles and room for several non-speaking roles (jurors and gallery attendees). This play can serve as a resource to study the justice system, teach about social justice, social studies vocabulary,
Grades:
5th - 8th
Civil Rights Movement Projects
This is a really hands-on group of projects for kids to work on while studying the Civil Rights Movement. There are detailed descriptions of each project, and kids will really make the most out of it. From Jim Crow laws to and ABC book of events surrounding the Movement, this is a great supplemental project.
Grades:
6th - 9th
5 is Against the Law Classroom Poster Materials
This product is to be used in connection with the book titled: 5 is the Against the Law written by Kari Dunn Buron.
This product provides all the necessary materials to make the poster provided in the example. You will get the rating numbers, facial pictures and definitions.
All you need to do is cut the pictures out, arrange them in the format you want, tape / glue the materials to poster board and then protect it by laminating it or using clear contact paper.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Forensics Unit Plan 1: Forensic Science and Observation (SIOP & Differentiated)
Make planning easier with this fully editable Forensics Science: Forensic Science and Observation Unit Plan. Fully differentiated, this unit plan includes notations for differentiation techniques based on learning style, literacy level, and the Sheltered Instructional Model for English Language Learners (SIOP) SWIRL activities are also included. Edit this unit plan to match your standards. This unit plan includes:Content standardsLiteracy standardsContent objectivesLiteracy objectivesKey voca
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in:Â Forensics Whole Course Growing Bundle
SS/Sci Interdisciplinary Energy Mock Trials Unit Plan
This interdisciplinary unit about Mock Trials, with issues about energy, combines Social Studies and Science. Students will be given roles of Judges, Lawyers (prosecuting and defense), witnesses (eye witnesses and experts).
Topics for these debates include Fuel Efficiency Standards, Propositions to build wind power plants, oil drilling in wildlife refuge, and building green mandates.
This two week long unit has students studying an energy topic and work with their group to create an argument fo
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Grades:
6th - 12th
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
Also included in:Â Custom Bundle Units 3-11
Life During Prohibition: A Case Study
THREE DAY, 38-PAGE UNITLife During Prohibition: A Case Study. The 1923-24 setting reveals what life during Prohibition was like for a teenager who delivered illegal sugar in Alabama and later entrained as an underage Naval recruit to Lakehurst, New Jersey, where he encountered the bustling era of speakeasies along the Coast. Two PowerPoint presentations supplement the short nonfiction story (complete with citations). This is a perfect secondary source for History teachers who have grown weary of
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Fingerprint Mini-Unit
This includes a PowerPoint, notes/worksheet, and 2 lab activities. This mini-unit will explore what fingerprints are, how they're used, how accurate they are, and give students an opportunity to analyze their own fingerprints and the fingerprints of others.
Grades:
5th - 11th
ELA Skills: Attorney Theme: Part 3 of 4
This text offers both fiction and non-fiction pieces that help students learn about what it means to be an Attorney. Students are able to practice their abilities to make inferences as well as determining the central idea of a text all while looking at situations through the lens of a prosecutor or defense attorney. Students will analyze motivations of people in different scenarios all while learning about the law profession. These activities are able to lead students to make an opening or closi
Grades:
6th - 9th
ELA Skills: Attorney Theme: Part 2 of 4
This text offers both fiction and non-fiction pieces that help students learn about what it means to be an Attorney. Students are able to practice their abilities to make inferences as well as determining the central idea of a text all while looking at situations through the lens of a prosecutor or defense attorney. Students will analyze motivations of people in different scenarios all while learning about the law profession. These activities are able to lead students to make an opening or closi
Grades:
6th - 9th
ELA Skills: Attorney Theme: Part 1 of 4
This text offers both fiction and non-fiction pieces that help students learn about what it means to be an Attorney. Students are able to practice their abilities to make inferences as well as determining the central idea of a text all while looking at situations through the lens of a prosecutor or defense attorney. Students will analyze motivations of people in different scenarios all while learning about the law profession. These activities are able to lead students to make an opening or closi
Grades:
6th - 9th
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