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6th grade criminal justice - law projects
History Crime Scene Investigation: Abraham Lincoln Assassination CSI
Want a great way for students to engage in a group activity while they examine eyewitness testimony, artifacts, primary sources, and solve a historical mystery? Download The Abraham Lincoln Assassination CSI!
This exciting activity can be used to challenge individual students or to encourage collaboration in groups of up to five. Students form CSI teams and examine real evidence from Ford's Theater to determine what happened to President Lincoln and who was responsible. While it is easy to det
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5th - 12th
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Student Lawyers: Criminal Court Mock Trials & Cases with PowerPoint
Students will get the opportunity to be lawyers and prosecute or defend an accused person in a criminal trial (11 total). Each group will consist of 2 lawyers (prosecuting and defending), and an accused person. The teacher will act as the judge and guide the jury as they vote on the verdict. The majority vote determines the verdict. This unit includes court brief handouts, directions, and PowerPoint explaining how the cases will proceed. Visit our store for much more helpful and free stuff!Crim
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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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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Wild West Activity - Wanted Poster Project (Digital and Printable Options)
Students will create a wanted poster of an infamous wild west outlaw. This project would be great for a forensic science class or even an american history project. This project includes BOTH a google doc digital version and a printable option. This way, if you are you looking for a print and go assignment, or a digital google classroom assignment, you are covered. Your students will love the custom graphics and realistic wanted poster templates I have created! To further understand what is inclu
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5th - 8th
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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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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:Â Three Little Pigs Mock Trial Project I Print & Digital Learning
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
Goldilocks vs. The Three Bears: A Mock Trial
How can your students learn about the judicial system? Stage a mock trial! This packet contains everything you need to get started: a story, definitions, information character cards, and trial preparation, as well as a quiz and creative writing assignments. Your students will have so much fun putting Goldilocks on trial that they won't even realize how much they're learning.If you're interested in other mock trial materials, check out my 'The Third Little Pig vs. The Big, Bad Wolf: A Studen
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Stage Your Own Mock Trial Activity Bundle - Print
Boston Massacre Mock Trial
Students take on the roles of either lawyer, witness, or jury in this project-based activity. They begin by researching the background of the events leading up to the Boston Massacre on March 5, 1770. They conduct a police investigation of scenes from the crime over the years. Together, in groups, they create witness testimony, opening, and closing statements, rebuttals, and cross-examination. The jury will continue to research events leading up to and after the massacre and create a timelin
Grades:
6th - 9th
Fairy Tale on Trial Script - Little Red Riding Hood vs Big Bad Wolf
Teach students about the judicial branch through a fairy tale on trial activity. They will learn how to prepare a case for court, question witnesses, and use critical thinking skills to prepare for trial. This is a memorable activity that will help your students understand how a character's actions affect their credibility.
Grades:
2nd - 6th
*BUNDLE* Counterfeit/Forgery Forensic Science Unit activities, project, and more
This Counterfeit/Forgery Unit Bundle is perfect to add into any Forensic Science Class! Includes exploratory assignments, web quest type activity, project, assessment, and movie guide to wrap up the unit. This bundle includes:Forgery Notes & Handwriting Lab (PDF & Digital versions)Dollar Bill Analysis Exploratory Lab  (PDF & Digital versions) How To Detect a Counterfeit Money (PDF & Digital versions)Create Your Own Counterfeit Bill (PDF & Digital versions)Counterfeit Bill P
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6th - 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
Virginia V. John Brown - Mock Trial
"We are two peoples. We are a people for Freedom and a people for slavery. Between the two, conflict is inevitable." Is conflict inevitable? Â John Brown tested this theory, but was he a Zealot or Terrorist? Â Was he a Hero or the Villain? Â Were John Brown's actions just or unjust? Â Students get to analyze both sides of this famous American abolitionist by putting John Brown on trial for his actions during the raid of Harpers Ferry through this fun Common Core activity. Students will analyze prima
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4th - 12th
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!BUNDLE! Murder Mystery - Mock Trial - Court Case - Speech, Theatre, Debate, ELA
Murder Mystery BUNDLE! - Mock Trial - Perfect for English, Speech, Theatre, Debate classes. Use for students to find textual evidence, by reading closely and debating the issue at hand.Includes:1-2 Day Murder Mystery - Level Easy3-4 Day Murder Mystery - Level Medium4-5 Day Murder Mystery - Level Hard2-3 Day Write your own murder mystery ~Backstory~Individual stories for students~Notes page for evidence~Questions and Answers page~Contract~Blue Print of the HouseStudents will love this activity wh
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6th - 11th
*BUNDLE* Forensic Science Back to School activities, project, & more
Perfect Back to School Bundle for any Forensic Science class. Includes tons of resources to jump right in with the students. Many are editable resources, to tweak to fit any classroom needs or additions you may want. Includes:- All About Me (forensic themed) worksheet- Investigate the Teacher worksheet- Forensic Science Course Syllabus - Parent Consent Letter (due to mature content covered in course)- Project: Missing Person mini Poster- Parent Night interactive handout Check out more BUNDLES:*C
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6th - 12th
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Craziest Laws in America; Silly Laws for each state
There is one slide per state for all 50 states. Each slide states a silly, outdated, or crazy law that remains on the books (although in most cases, is not enforced anymore).There is a slide suggesting how teachers may use this collection of facts.
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3rd - 10th
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Mock Trial by Jury
In this activity your students will put the Boy from "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein on trial for being a bad friend to the Tree. Students will be assigned roles for the mock trial including: jury member, judge, witness, bailiff, member of the prosecution team or defense team and more! Teacher slides will help guide students through an outline to draft opening statements, witness testimonies, direct and cross examination questions and closing arguments. On the day of the mock trial, studen
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4th - 8th
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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
The Code of Hammurabi: Lesson - Screenplay - Mock Trial
The lesson plan for 6th-grade history focuses on a comprehensive exploration and comparison of two significant historical legal codes: the US Constitution and Hammurabi's Code. Beginning with an introduction to the importance of legal codes in societies, the lesson aims to provide students with a nuanced understanding of the purpose, origin, and application of these legal frameworks.The lesson kicks off with an engaging discussion about the significance of rules in society, introducing the stude
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6th - 8th
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Activity: The McMullin Murder Mystery
Who Killed Sam McMullin?By Kathy ApplebeeWill your group be the first to unravel this historical, unsolved murder? Sam McMullin, a prominent lawyer in Grand Junction, Colorado and former District Attorney dies from strychnine poisoning just six weeks after marrying a woman more than twenty years his junior. Neither she nor her long time beau was convicted by a 1947 jury. Other suspects abound. Can you crack the case?Participants are both suspects and detectives. Zip file contains .PDF as wel
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6th - 12th
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Prisoner’s Rights - Landmark Cases Research Slideshow Project (PBL)
In this informational activity, students delve into the history behind prisoner's rights and the various violations they have suffered in the United States. Through a comprehensive research and guided prompts, students explore the content, fostering a deeper understanding of the societal impact and ethical implications of these practices and their outcomes in the United States Supreme Court.Key Features:Encourages critical thinking: Students analyze complex historical issues, Supreme Court Decis
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6th - 12th
Street Law Chapter 9/10 Crimes against Person, Property
Allow your students to teach! (flipped classroom) There are so many crimes listed in the Street Law book for Chapters 9 and 10. This project is broken down, so the students can work independently or in a group without much guidance. I give them 2 days in class and present on the 3rd day. This includes: Project choice list and notes handouts for presentation day.
Grades:
6th - 12th
Guthrie's "Bargain": Turn Your Classroom into a Courtroom!
This is one of my students' favorite activity every year! We read A.B. Guthrie's intriguing story of justice in the Old West (included here). After discussing the story, we prepare to put the protagonist, Mr. Baumer, on trial! You can either assign roles or let students sign up for a first and second choice. Once students have their roles, they begin the process of reading the story again...closely...only this time through the lens of their role! Some students are witnesses; others are atto
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6th - 9th
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Boston Massacre Crime Scene Investigation
WONDER! WOW! BANG! BOOM! This is just a sample of the amazing student centered experiences and projects that my students love to do as a student in my class! Be Daring! Be Bold! Take your students on an adventure! No Student ever remembered that worksheet or work out of the back of the book. Get students moving, investigating, debating, discussing, and learning with engaging activities! *****************************************************************************How to get TPT credit to u
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4th - 12th
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