12/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Makeup terms
-Finish Mock Trial
-Deliberation
-Reflection

12/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms-makeup
-Mock Trial-Defense needs to call witnesses

12/12/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms
-Mock Trial

12/11/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: terms
-Mock Trial

12/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms
-Prep for Mock Trial
1) Lawyers-create opening and closing statements
2) Witnesses-read over testimony. Study it! Trial starts tomorrow
3) Judges-observe jurors deliberate case. If they finish early present the overview of the actual mock trial case.
4) Jurors-share out and deliberate case

12/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms
-Prep for Mock trial
1) Lawyer and witnesses-exchange testiomony with opposing side and create pre "cross examination questions"
2) Judges-Observe juror and provide feedback
3) Jurors-Share out witness testimony with group

12/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms
-Prep for Mock Trial
1. Lawyers and witnesses create direct statement questions
2. Judges-finish reading the casee (witnesses script too)
3. Jurors-read your assigned witness testimony

12/5/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms
-Prep for mock trial
1) Lawyers and witnesses-partner up and write testimony
2) Judge-read over case.
3) Jurors-read over case

12/4/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms
-Go over roles
-Prep for Mock Trial

12/3/14

Today's Agenda
3rd
-BR: Terms
-Objections scenarios/skits
-Roles
-Court case

7th
-BR: Terms
-Finish Movie

12/2/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Terms overview
-Fracture

12/1/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Pick up handout and make recommendations for our third and final mock trial
-Fracture: movie
-Go over terms bell ringer

11/21/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: 3rd hour-take out cornell notes and turn in socratic seminar reflection on stool
-BR: 7th hour-arrange classroom into our courtroom
-3rd-continue watching fracture
-7th-closing arguments, deliberation, and reflection

11/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Mock Trial Prep
-3rd-finish trial-closing arguments, deliberation
-7th-call third witness

11/19/14

SUB DAY!
-FRQ on Case

11/18/14

Today's Agenda
-Continue with Mock Trial

11/17/14

Today's Agenda
-Mock Trial

11/14/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Arrange classroom like a court house
-Continue Mock Trial

11/13/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Review the procedures
-Begin Mock Trial

11/12/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Open vs. Closing Statements
-LAST DAY TO PREP
-Today's Objectives
1) Judges-Help jurors read over testimony. Be sure to state that this is submitted in the court room. Also if there is time look over lawyers direct statements and cross examination questions
2) Lawyers-Create direct statement questions, and opening and "rough draft" of closing statements
3) Witnesses-Help lawyers create direct statement questions. Memorize Testimony!
4) Jurors-read over testiomny

11/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Direct vs. Cross examination questions
-Today's objectives
1) Judge observe jurors deliberate "supplementary case"
2) Lawyers-share testimony with the other side. Create Cross examination questions
3) Witness-help lawyers create cross examination questions
4) Jurors-deliberate "case"

11/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Compare civil vs. criminal trial procedures-what's the biggest change we will need to make in this particular mock trial?

Mock Trial Prep
1) Judge-meet with lawyers to evaluate each testimony
2) Lawyers-Finish writing testimony and meet with judges and go over testimony. Make corrections
3) Witness-Finish creating witness testimony. Study your testimony (memorize)
4) Juror-Share out the assigned witness testiomony with other juror members. Summarize what it was about.

11/6/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the rules/procedures for presenting evidence
-Mock Trial objectives
1) Judge-continue reading over case
2) Lawyer-each lawyer create testimony with assigned witness
3) Witness-work with assigned lawyer to create testimony
4) Juror-Continue reading over sample case

11/5/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: When can you impeach a witness?
-Begin Mock Trial Prep
1) Judges-read over case
2) Lawyer-read over case, divide up work. Everyone is assigned a particular witness to prep and work with.
3) Witnesses-read over testimony. Partner with assigned lawyer
4) Jurors-read over a separate case

11/4/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What do we need to improve on in our next mock trial?
-Go over procedures, when to object, how to present evidence and testimony
-Assign roles

11/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Create a scenario that would apply in Tort law
-Finish Presentations

10/31/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Types of Damages
-Finish Posters
-Begin Presentations

10/30/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Define Torts. What are types of Torts?
-Begin creating poster

10/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: KWL Chart
-Go over presentation project and topics: Ms. O'Toole Example
-Begin reading your topic
-HW: Finish your assigned reading

10/28/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What can you use as evidence for your paper assignment? Share your thesis with your partner sitting next to you
-Finish Writing assignment
-Civil vs. Criminal Law activity
-HW: Writing assignment due Friday! Please attached rubric

10/27/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Take out a sheet of paper and rank your top three choices of the role you would like to be for our next mock trial. Lawyers, Judges, Witness, Juror
-Go over writing prompt and rubric
-Begin writing assignment

10/24/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Review verdict, formulate thesis of the court case
-Writing assignment on Mock trial

10/23/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Personally, do you think Chris is guilty or not? Don't state out loud. Please keep to yourself
-Jurors-deliberate
-Everyone else-complete self-assessment
-Explain writing assignment (summative assessment)

10/22/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Arrange the desks that models a court room
-MOCK TRIAL

10/21/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Arrange the desk to display the typical court room
-MOCK Trial

10/20/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Review-what are the court procedures?
-MOCK TRIAL

10/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Open vs. Closing arguments

-Last day to prep for Mock trial
1) Lawyers compose opening and closing statements
2) Witnesses-help lawyers compose statements by reminding them key points of their particular testimony
3) Judges-observe. Make sure at this point you are very familiar with the case. Check in with jurors and remind them of court procedures. 
4) Jurors-read the last witness testimony and compose a summary. You should have read all the testimony before the trial. 

10/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: When can you object? List three examples

-Prep for Mock Trial
1) Lawyers-finish cross examination questions for the three witnesses on the other side
2) Witnesses-finish annotation the other side's witness testimony that discredits you. Show this information to your lawyers
3) Judges-finish giving feedback on cross examination questions to the lawyers. Review rules and procedures with jurors.
4) Jurors-at this point you should have read 3-4 witness testimony and composed summaries. By the end of the period you should have read 5 witness testimony and composed 5 summaries. 

10/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is the point of cross-examination? What types of questions are asked in cross examination?

-Mock Trial Prep
1) Lawyers-formulate one-two anticipated cross examination questions
2) Witnesses-re-read your own case and read over 1-2 witnesses testimony on the other side and annotate testimony that discredits you. Share with your lawyers what you found. 
3) Judges-finish reading over all testimony and guide lawyers with cross examination questions
4) Jurors-read 3-4 witness testimony and summarize. 

10/10/14

Today's Agenda

-BR: What facts about would be best to establish that a person is an expert?

-Prep for Mock Trial

-Lawyers/witnesses-finish direct statements on all witnesses (multi task)
-Judges-read over all the potential witnesses and monitor lawyers progress
-Jurors-read at least another witnesses testimony and summary

10/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Role Review
-Prep for Mock Trial: direct statements (Lawyers), Judges observe provide feedback, witnesses work with your side

Jurors (read over case study)-summarize at least one witnesses testimony

10/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: #5 what is the adversarial system justice
 
-Peer edit on writing response. Read over your partner's essay and complete the following on a separate sheet of paper:
1) Does the author answer the prompt? 
2) What is the author's argument? Write it down
3) Does the author support the argument with evidence? If yes, record evidence, if not provide suggestions.
4) Does the author effectively use a closing statement to wrap up the reflection?

-Assign roles

-Read over the case brief

10/7/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: How is the one juror convincing other jurors to vote not guilty. Predict who you think will be the next juror to vote not guilty 
-Finish movie
-Writing assignment/reflection of movie

10/6/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Finish Presentations•TH

• Receiving stolen property (Denise) {Sierra}
• Unauthorized use of vehicle (Angel) {Michael}
• Carjacking (Amy) {Moises}
• Cybercrime (Brandon) {Brayan}
• Vandalism (Erika)
• Robbery {Mya}

-Finish Movie 

10/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Opening vs. Closing Arguments
-Movie
-HW: None

10/2/14

Today's Agenda
-Sub today
>Complete attachment 6 & 7
>HW: None

10/1/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Take out Attachment 5. Share your answers with a partner
-Read & Video opening vs. closing arguments
-HW: None

9/30/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Take out your paragraph and let your partner read it. If you weren't here (write a prediction) if its not complete finish summary/reflection now
-Read: Pre-trial/objections
-Begin 12 angry men video
-HW: Attachment 5

9/29/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Clear everything off your desk except for a piece of paper and a utensil
-Police Presentation
-Jot down notes (sheet of paper)
-HW: One paragraph summary and reflection (8-10 sentences)

9/26/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Differentiate between direct statements and cross-examination
-Read Attachment 9 and 10 (Direct statements vs. Cross examination)
-Read (finish) Attachment 3 (only rules of evidence)
-Complete Attachment 4

-HW: Finish Attachment 4

9/25/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Complete the characters in the courtroom handout. Attachment 2
-Evidence
-Collect Police Questions

9/24/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Brainstorm trial procedures with your peer sitting next to you
-Trial Procedures/Preview Evidence

-HW: Presentations & Create Question for police officer

9/23/14

Today's Agenda
-BR:  Yates Reading
-Trial Procedures

-HW: Presentations

9/22/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What have you learned from Bowling for Columbine?
-Finish movie/discussion questions

-HW: Presentations

9/19/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What makes a successful discussion?

-Socratic Seminar

9/18/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Describe a gun control legislation

-Assign Ch 9 and 10

-Prep for Socratic Seminar

-HW: Prep for Socratic Seminar

9/17/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is Gun control such a hot topic? What are the key arguments for people for and against gun control?

-Finish Video

-Prep for Socratic Seminar

9/16/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are the causes of crime?

-PPT: Gun Control

-Continue Watching Bowling for Colombine

-HW: None

9/15/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Analyze crime data

-PPT: Definitions and Causes of Crime

-Begin Video "Bowling for Columbine"

-HW: None

9/12/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Differentiate between Criminal or Civil Law. AND Explain the U.S. Adversarial System (CORRECTIVE FROM EXAM)
-Go over exam
-Intro Unit: Criminal law: 4 corners activity an crime statistics
-HW: None =)

9/11/14

Today's Agenda
-Exam

9/10/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Compare the State vs. Federal Court System
-Review Game
-HW: Studyguide

9/9/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Explain the Adversarial System in the U.S.
-Finish PPT Ch 5
-Study Guide (HW)

9/8/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is the difference between trial and appeal courts?
-PPT Ch 5
-Finish Court System reading

9/5/14

Today's Agenda

-BR: Why do we use a peer edit system in schools?

-PPT Chapter 5: Trial and Appellate Court Systems

-HW: Court System Reading

9/4/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: Why is there low voter turnout in the U.S.?

-Peer edit Campaign Finance Reform Writing Assignment

-Finish/Edit Writing Assignment

9/3/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are some positives and drawbacks to voting directly and indirectly (draw a chart it will be more helpful)

-PPT: Campaign Finance Reform

-Finish Campaign Finance Reform Writing Assignment

9/2/14

Today's Agenda
-BR: What do people criticize lobbying?

-PPT: Voting

-Begin Campaign Finance reform writing assignment

8/29

Today's Agenda
BR: What is advocacy? Provide an example.
PPT: Lobbying-what is it and the good and the bad
Finish Law Ordinance
HW: Chapter 3 Vocab Graphic Organizer: Lobbying, Grassroots Lobbyists, Inititaive, Referendum, Recall

8/28

Today's Agenda
-BR: What are agencies? What are some positive and negative pitfalls of administrative agencies?
-Local ordinance law
How a Bill becomes a law

8/27

Today's Agenda
-BR: Complete problem 2.1. Differentiate between federal, state, and local law
-Finish Chapter 2 notes (with active reading strategy)?
Draft a law ordinace

8/26

Today's Agenda
-BR: Identify the six main principles of the constitutional framework
-Intro activity on Legislatures
-Read ch 2 and use active reading notes template

8/25

Today's Agenda
-BR: Differentiate between civil and criminal law. Grab a textbook and complete problem 1.7. Complete only part C.
Constitutional Framework Questions
Constitutional Framework Reading

8/22

Today's Agenda
BR: Why do you think the Framers of the Constitution felt citizens needed protection from government?
Finish Writing Assignment
PPT: Kinds of Laws

8/21

Today's Agenda
-BR: Define human rights.
-PPT: Human Rights and Responsibilities: Videos and Discussion
New Laws today-Discuss,
Formative Response: Who is responsible for protecting and guaranteeing basic human rights? Are human rights universal? Why or Why not?
Formative Writing Assignment

8/20

Today's Agenda
-BR: What is law
-PPT: Intro, Values
-Discussion: Case study
-HW: US Law Quiz

8/19

Welcome to Law in America!

-Ice-breaker

-Contact information

-Law Syllabus

-HW: Read syllabus