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This is a 10 Day unit plan that covers the Basics of the Law. This is a perfect unit to introduce and teach students to analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe the law’s sources, the structure of the court system, and different classifications of substantive law. The unit covers the following standards:
Included:
-10 day Unit Plan with Daily Instructions
-3 PowerPoints with stopping points to deepen students' knowledge of the content
-3 sets of Student Note's Graphic Organizer & Answer Key
-9 Activities with Answer Keys
-2 part project with Rubric
-Review games for every Presentation
-Unit Test with Answer Key
Business Standards: BASICS OF THE LAW
THE LAW, ETHICS, AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Level 1 Performance Expectations:
1. Define law
2. Define ethics
3. Examine a person’s responsibility to obey the law
4. Identify ethical character traits and values (e.g., honesty, integrity, compassion, and justice)
Level 2 Performance Expectations:
6. Explain the relationship between law and ethics
Level 3 Performance Expectations:
8. Distinguish unethical from illegal conduct
9. Identify the consequences of unethical and illegal conduct
11. List the four main sources of the law
Level 4 Performance Expectations:
14. Analyze and solve difficult ethical and legal problems
SOURCES OF THE LAW
Level 1 Performance Expectations:
1. Define the constitution
Level 2 Performance Expectations:
2. Explain the purpose of a constitution
3. Describe the branches of the federal government as presented in the U.S. Constitution
STRUCTURE OF THE COURTS
Level 1 Performance Expectations:
1. Explain the function of the court
Level 2 Performance Expectations:
2. Describe the basic structure of the national and state, territorial, and provincial court systems.
3. Distinguish between the roles of legal professionals (e.g., judges, lawyers, and paralegals)
Level 3 Performance Expectations:
4. Differentiate among cases that belong in the federal system and those that belong in the state systems in the United States
6. Explain the role of the appellate court in the federal and state systems in the United States
8. Explain the role of the trial court in the federal system and state systems in the United States.
11. Explain the role of the U.S. state supreme courts
CRIMINAL LAW
Level 1 Performance Expectations:
1. Define criminal law
Level 2 Performance Expectations:
2. Differentiate among categories of crime (e.g., treason, felony, and misdemeanor)
3. Describe different types of business crime (e.g., fraud, arson, forgery, and embezzlement)
CIVIL & TORT LAW
Level 1 Performance Expectations:
1. Define civil law
Level 2 Performance Expectations:
2. Distinguish between civil and criminal law
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