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Middle school criminal justice - law thematic unit plans for GATE
Solve a Mystery | Crime Scene Investigation Activity Bundle | CSI Forensics
Students love CSI Activities and Hands-on Investigations. These popular C.S.I. activities are a great way to teach inference, logic, analysis, and critical thinking.Looking to go DIGITAL in the CLASSROOM or Distance Learning Mode?Check out the C.S.I BUNDLE below which includes this Printable Resource as well as a Digital Format Link for each activity... C.S.I. for Kids Bundle - digital and printableGo 100% paperless with these C.S.I. ActivitiesC.S.I. Activities for Google ClassroomBy purchasing
Grades:
4th - 6th
Mock Trial Preparation and Script
This product includes graphic organizers to help your students gather ideas and information to present in a formal trial-like manner. You can use any literature story or informational text with this packet. Put a character or a historical figure on trial for crimes they've committed. The possibilities are endless!You will receive:Printable pages that can be used to create a packet specialized for both the Prosecution team and the Defense Team.A script to help move the trial along in a manner tha
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Bill of Rights Activity | Criminal Justice | Rules and LAWS
Your students will love investigating the Criminal Justice System especially when they approach it in a fun and engaging manner.Play the marshmallow game to understand why we have laws... play BINGO with the Bill of Rights, what's not to enjoy?This resource includes a printable AND digital version to use with Google Classroomâ„¢ (By purchasing this set you are saving 20% off the individual resources)If you're looking for just the Print and Go or Digital versions, click the links below:Criminal Jus
Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Gifted and Talented Teacher | Gifted Students | Early Finishers | BUNDLE 2
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
Mystery Reading Comprehension | Making Inferences | CSI Science Problem Solving
Need fun and engaging activities for practicing INFERENCE? Looking to differentiate with some deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills? This Digital or Printable Crime Scene Investigation Bundle includes a variety of reading activities and mystery workshops that are great for in-class or distance learning.By buying this bundle, you are saving 30% off the total price of the individual resources!The hands-on labs use simple materials and are easy to prep. Try them as a hybrid for more inte
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Mystery Reading Comprehension | Making Inferences | CSI Science Problem Solving
Add a little C.S.I. enrichment to your classroom every season. Students love inferring and using deductive logic as they follow Crime Scene Protocol and unlock the mystery of the Stolen Scream, the Elf Enigma, the Bunny Brainteaser and the Sabotaged SlideEach of these 4 workshops includes engaging hands-on activities that use simple materials and are super easy to set up. By purchasing this BUNDLE, you are saving 20% off each individual resource!For the CSI activities, students read and analyze
Grades:
4th - 6th
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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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
CSI Time Travelers: A Gifted Unit
This is a 12-lesson unit for gifted 3rd-6th graders, designed to last one semester. It teaches the history of forensic science in a very hands-on and engaging way. Students track a criminal through history, but he keeps slipping away! The ancient forensic science techniques just aren't enough for keep up with this criminal. But when he reaches modern day and students can use modern day techniques, the criminal better watch out!The crimes occur in Medieval Times, the Wild West, and Modern Day New
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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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HISTORY DETECTIVE: Death of President Zachary Taylor - Primary Source Analysis
For this installment of HISTORY DETECTIVE, students will examine primary and secondary source documents and use evidence from those documents to justify their claim concerning a 170-year-old mystery: Who Killed President Zachary Taylor?
Background:
On July 4, 1850- after only 16 months in office- President Zachary Taylor was in the middle of a heated battle over slavery in the new territories. The "Compromise of 1850" and its controversial Fugitive Slave Act was tearing the nation apart. He
Grades:
7th - 12th
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
Differentiation | Activities BUNDLE
This DIFFERENTIATION Bundle has everything you need for a meaningful and engaging Gifted and Talented or Enrichment Program for Grades 4-6! ...and you are saving 30% off the total value of the individual unitsThe activities included are part of a successful and ongoing 3-year Gifted and Talented pullout program.These ENRICHING and High-Interest Workshops support exercising students’ brains by teaching them HOW to THINK, not WHAT to THINK!Filled with engaging text and activities, your students wi
Grades:
4th - 6th
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Criminal Justice | Bill of Rights | Critical Thinking Activities
Your students will love investigating the Criminal Justice System especially when they approach it in a fun and engaging manner.Play the marshmallow game to understand why we have laws... play BINGO with the Bill of Rights, what's not to enjoy?If you're looking for just the Digital version, click the link below:Criminal Justice Basics - Digital for Google ClassroomOR save 20% with the Printable and Digital Set:Criminal Justice BASICS Printable and Digital*** Check out the PREVIEW for all the det
Grades:
4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Bill of Rights Activity BUNDLE | Criminal Justice Reading Comprehension
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
Immigration - Writing Prompts (Mexico)
23 printable or digital pages of writing prompts on immigration: Building a wall at the border, The purpose of border barriers, Why people migrate to the US, The dangers of crossing the border illegally (river, desert, bridge, etc), Rules about borders, How to enter the US legally, Deporting undocumented immigrants, National Guard soldier duties, US Customs and Border Protection agents duties, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents duties, Being kind (Emma Lazarus poem), Breaking the law, Me
Grades:
7th - 12th
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
Fairy Tale Forensics Learning Unit
A collection of lessons / activities in the form of a presentation with slides to inspire, instruct and guide through each activity. There is also a PDF with screenshots of each slide and teacher's notes.The 'umbrella' of the Teachers Telling Tales "Once upon a crime" series, Fairy Tale Forensics brings together lots of ideas using well-known fairy tales to explore story and citizenship themes through a crime topic. The activities are designed to build from one another and can be followed consec
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Once Upon a Crime Fairytale Forensics Bundle
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
Free Preview of CSI Time Travelers: A Gifted Unit
This is a 12-lesson unit for gifted 3rd-6th graders, designed to last one semester. It teaches the history of forensic science in a very hands-on and engaging way. Students track a criminal through history, but he keeps slipping away! The ancient forensic science techniques just aren't enough for keep up with this criminal. But when he reaches modern day and students can use modern day techniques, the criminal better watch out!The crimes occur in Medieval Times, the Wild West, and Modern Day
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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
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