Criminal Justice Date: 9/23/15 Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of criminal defense and will become introduced to Police and society Language Objective: Students will read questions, write answers, students will then read information answer questions and discuss Agenda: Students will take their criminal defense quiz Students will get a textbook and read pgs of Criminal Justice Today- and define and answer questions Students will then maybe watch some video clips Homework: Read Ch and complete worksheet by Friday

Date: 9/22/15 Objective: Students will evaluate different forms of criminal defense while reading and discussing specific cases Language Objective: Students will read an articles, review vocabulary, read and discuss specific cases and answer questions. Agenda: Students will read about cases with their group and complete their case information sheet focusing on criminal defense- Students will discuss the different cases as a class at the end Student may work to complete their vocabulary and study for quiz tomorrow/block Homework: Complete Criminal defense vocabulary and prepare for quiz

Date: 9/21/15 Objective: Students will evaluate different forms of criminal Language Objective: Students will read an articles, review vocabulary, read and discuss specific cases and answer questions. Agenda: Students will discuss specific Justifications, Excuses or Procedural defenses that they didn’t understand or need clarification. Students will read about James Holmes and will locate his defense, and what he was charged with in the end-discuss Students will get a handout-describing certain cases where they will read and discuss within their groups Student will hand in their current event homework Homework: Read Criminal Justice Today Chapter 4 while completing criminal defense vocab.

Additional Vocab Reasonable Force: a degree of force that is appropriate in a give situation and is not excessive. Also, the minimum degree of force necessary to protect oneself, one’s property, and third party, or the property of another in the face of a substantial threat. Provocation: a defense to certain crimes in order to lessen the severity of the penal ty normally imposed. For example, provocation that would cause by a reasonable person to act in a heat of passion— a state of mind where one acts without reflection— may result in a reduction of a charge of murder to a charge of volunta ry Manslaughter

James Holmes Article Questions What was Mr. Holmes defense and how did the defense attorney portray him. How did the prosecutor describe Mr. Holmes? What did the judge say about Mr. Holmes? What did the jury decide and what was he charged? What do you think Mr. Holmes should be charged and what should his sentence or punishment should be?

Date: 9/18/15 Objective: Students will evaluate understand what an alibi is and the various forms of criminal defense. Language Objective: Students will read a passage and will write answer to questions and will read from the textbook and write response on their worksheet. Agenda: Students will get a book and define Defense, Alibi, Justification, Self Defense and Excuse on their vocabulary sheet Students will read 2 articles concerning the Colorado Make My Day Law- Where students will discuss Alibi, Justification, and Excuse Students will then take the rest of time to complete their Criminal Defense vocabulary Homework: Read Criminal Justice Today Chapter 4 while completing vocab. Locate a court case focused Justification, Excuses or Procedural defense

Criminal Justice Homework Search and find an article concerning a Criminal Defense that focuses on Justification, Excuse or Procedural Defense On a separate piece of paper 1. write the name of the case or the name the person(s) involved 2.Write down as much information concerning the charges, did the defendant have an alibi, what specific sort of defense was used by the attorney or in the case, what was the outcome of the trial. 3. Then write and discuss if you agree with the outcome –Explain why or why not with a short response.

Date: 9/17/15 Objective: Students will evaluate laws and continue to develop their criminal justice vocabulary. Language Objective: Students will read a passage and will write answer to questions and will read from the textbook and write response on their worksheet. Agenda: Students will receive back their assessments and go over their tests Students will discuss their Ch. 4 worksheet as a class Student will then go through the Colorado Criminal Code and find 2 laws that they think are good and 1 law that is bad – cite and describe If time allows begin working on criminal defense worksheet Homework: Read Criminal Justice Today Chapter 4 with the sections that the worksheets focus.

Pocket Guide to Colorado Criminal Code Assignment Student will then go through the Colorado Criminal Code and find 2 laws that they think are Good and 1 that they feel is bad. Students will cite the laws with a summary, then with a short answer response explain why it is a good or bad law. Example: Pimping – Any person who knowingly lives on or maintained in whole or in part by money…earns and receives through pimping- 3 degree felony- This is a good law because it protects our society and our children from the corruption of vice. Prostitution in many ways is supported by organized criminals who are involved in human trafficking where children are kidnapped and sold into the sex trade. Pimps are the ones that control and collect money from prostitutes.

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Date: 9/15/15 Objective: Students will their demonstrate their reading comprehension skills and then continue to further define laws and criminal offenses. Language Objective: Students will read a passage and will write answer to questions and will read from the textbook and write response on their worksheet. Agenda: Students will complete their source analysis assessment Students will then get a textbook and complete the Criminal law worksheet for the rest of time and for homework Ch. 4 Pg Homework: Read Criminal Justice Today Chapter 4 –(Online scanned copy) –read the specific sections that the Criminal law worksheet focuses

Date: 9/15/15 Objective: Students will their demonstrate their reading comprehension skills and then continue to further define laws and criminal offenses. Language Objective: Students will read a passage and will write answer to questions and will read from the textbook and write response on their worksheet. Agenda: Students will complete their source analysis assessment Students will then get a textbook and complete the Criminal law worksheet for the rest of time and for homework Ch. 4 Pg Homework: Read Criminal Justice Today Chapter 4 –(Online scanned copy) –read the specific sections that the Criminal law worksheet focuses

Date: 9/14/15 Objective: Students will demonstrate their knowledge of crime, criminal procedure and landmark cases. Language Objective: Students will read questions and passages and write correct bubbles on scan-trons, multiple choice options and will write short answer responses to questions. Agenda: Students will complete their Unit I assessment Content and communication will be assessed- Students will need their own paper for the short answer response Homework: Prepare for the Source analysis portion of the assessment tomorrow – first part of class

Date: 9/11/15 Objective: Students will understand how to read a Supreme Court Opinion and understand the power of Judicial Review Language Objective: Students will discuss landmark cases, read current event, view video and write answer to questions. Agenda: Students will read a hand-out concerning judicial review and the power of the Supreme Court Students will read a hand-out concerning how to read an Supreme Court opinion Students will have Obergefell v. Hodges, Director, Ohio Department of Health supreme court decision to reference and read Students will have time to look over the study guide and review any items to prepare for the assessment Homework: Study for test Monday- 52 multiple choice, matching, true/false and 3 short answer questions- Tuesday source analysis assessment

Date: 9/10/15 Objective: Students will begin to understand the elements and participants in the court room and landmark cases that shape precendent(s) and defendant rights in the courtroom and police procedures. Language Objective: Students will discuss landmark cases, read current event, view video and write answer to questions. Agenda: Students will discuss the landmark cases and worksheet- then will apply cases to specific situations Students will then read a current event – and watch video on Stop and frisk Students will read pages in CJ in America and discuss the case that pertain to the 5 th Amendment Students will watch Gideon V. Wainwright video and receive their study guide Homework: Read all of Chapter 9- Look over vocab and landmark cases sheet in connection to chapter 7 Study for test Monday

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Criminal Justice Date: 9/9/15 Objective: Students will begin to understand the elements and participants in the court room and landmark cases that shape precendent(s) and defendant rights in the courtroom and police procedures. Language Objective: Students will discuss vocab notes, read information, and answer questions. Agenda: Students will discuss chapter 9 vocabulary pgs Students will use Criminal Justice Today to read about landmark cases, write descriptions and complete procedure questions. Then students will analyze specific situations concerning seizure of evidence while citing the court case they used Homework: Read all of Chapter 9

Date: 9/4/15 Objective: Students will develop an understanding of the Process of Criminal Justice and describe white collar crime Language Objective: Students will read information, write answer to the questions, create images and explain the crime they have selected to identify. Agenda: Students will cover quiz Students will complete chapter 9 vocabulary pgs Students will use pgs to locate the two landmark case (last questions of the packet) Homework: Read all of Chapter 9

Definitions 1. The aspects of social justice that concern violations of the criminal law Includes the:  Criminal (penal) law  Law of criminal procedure  Procedures and activities dealing with criminal law enforcement 2. Adjudication: The process by which a court arrives at a decision regarding a case. The resultant decision. Landmark cases: court case that is studied because it has historical and legal significance. The most significant cases are those that have had a lasting effect on the application of a certain law, often concerning your individual rights and liberties.

Date: 9/3/15 Objective: Students will develop an understanding of the Process of Criminal Justice and describe white collar crime Language Objective: Students will read information, write answer to the questions, create images and explain the crime they have selected to identify. Agenda: Students will finish their notes Students will read about the state v. federal court system and take notes to assist them with the group activity Students will be placed into 7 groups and will have a specific court that their group activity Homework: Read all of Chapter 9

CLAIM YOUR JURISDICTION Mr. Harrington will describe a number of cases. Each group will discuss and decide whether their court has jurisdiction to hear that case. After one minute, ask the groups to hold up their signs either claiming or not claiming jurisdiction of the case. Teams get three points for correctly claiming jurisdiction, one point for correctly not claiming jurisdiction, and a minus three points for incorrectly claiming or not claiming jurisdiction.

Date: 9/1/15 Objective: Students will develop an understanding of the Process of Criminal Justice and describe white collar crime Language Objective: Students will read information, write answer to the questions, create images and explain the crime they have selected to identify. Agenda: Students will complete their vocab quiz /short answer Students complete a one-pager concerning topics discussed on pg Criminal Justice Today Start power point lecture on courts if time allows (10 minutes left of class) Homework: Read Ch. 9 pgs The Criminal Case Process

Date: 8/31/15 Objective: Students will develop an understanding of the Process of Criminal Justice and describe white collar crime Language Objective: Students will read information, write answer to the questions and discuss the completed worksheet. Agenda: Students will finish the worksheet using Criminal Justice Today textbook pg cover with Power point Students will read and work to complete a one-pager concerning topics discussed on pg Criminal Justice Today Homework: Read Ch. 9 pgs and study for Vocab quiz to begin class tomorrow

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Date: 8/28/15 Objective: Students will develop an understanding of the Process of Criminal Justice Language Objective: Students will read information, write answer to the questions and discuss the completed worksheet. Agenda: Students will begin to Understand the Criminal Justice processes by completing a worksheet using Criminal Justice Today textbook pg As a group we will cover the worksheet with a power point review of each topic heading Homework: Read Ch. 1 Criminal Justice in America Pg Read Ch. 9 pgs

Date: 8/26/15 Objective: Students will be able to identify elements of crime pertaining to specific situations involving theft and murder and develop an understanding of the Process of Criminal Justice Language Objective: Students will discuss their homework, read information from worksheets, view a TED talk and write response to questions. Agenda: Students will discuss and cover the Thievesville worksheet –grade and hand in work Students will review vocab terms with a Murder Power point Students will divided into 4 groups and will analyze a murder sentence as a group and discuss all options Student will then watch a video on Cyber crime- Read an article and provide a written response to a prompt Students will begin to Understand the Criminal Justice processes by completing a worksheet using Criminal Justice Today textbook pg finish Friday Homework: Read Ch. 1 Criminal Justice in America Pg

Cyber Crime Written Response After watching the TED talk video and reading the InfoWorld article by Roger A. Grimes respond to the following questions with a 1 page written response. Describe at least 2 Cyber crimes that U.S. citizens needs to begin to protect against. Once you have described a few cyber crimes, you must describe what the appropriate punishments should be for the different crimes you described, should be a felony v. misdemeanors. What should nations do to have a working relationship to deal with this crime? Should this be an international crime and if so what are the consequences? Last, what actions do Americans need to truly take to protect themselves from these crimes?

Criminal Justice Date: 8/25/15 Objective: Complete analysis of crimes with the 4 elements where students will evaluate a variety of crimes Language Objective: Students will discuss their homework, read from the textbook and write response to questions. Agenda: Students will finish discussing the Felony v. Misdemeanor and the 5 cases Students will then read and complete their vocabulary worksheet while focusing on murder and theft Students will then complete the Thievesville worksheet Homework: Read Ch. 1 Criminal Justice in America Pg and finish worksheet if not complete Go to cjtoday.com – click on the gold book on the left, click on the 1 at the top heading bar, and take the unit I pre-quiz on the left and send results to Mr. Harrington –

Criminal Justice Date: 8/24/15 Objective: Introduction to Crime and the 4 elements of a crime Language Objective: Students will read from text book take notes, discuss with group and write responses. Agenda: Students will get an seating chart-then a textbook Students will read pgs and complete their worksheet Students will complete their worksheet Students will also receive a vocabulary worksheet to begin working to complete Homework: Read Ch. 1 Criminal Justice in America Pg and finish worksheet if not complete Go to cjtoday.com – click on the gold book on the left, click on the 1 at the top heading bar, and take the unit I pre-quiz on the left and send results to Mr. Harrington –

Criminal Justice Date: 8/21/15 Objective: Introduction to Crime and Justice and the purpose of Criminal Justice. Language Objective: Students will write notes, discuss topics, and will read articles to discuss as a group. Agenda: Students will review Justice and finish a few notes on the topic Students will read pgs and complete their graphic organizer Students will complete two readings Homework: Go to Mr. Harrington’s web-page and show parents/guardian U.S. History syllabus Go to cjtoday.com – click on the gold book on the left, click on the 1 at the top heading bar, and take the unit I pre-quiz on the left and send results to Mr. Harrington –

Criminal Justice Objective: Introduction to Crime and Justice and the purpose of Criminal Justice. Language Objective: Students will write notes, discuss topics, and will read articles to discuss as a group. Agenda: Students will take notes discussing the history of Criminal Justice in the U.S. Students will define Justice individually and in groups –discuss as a class Students will complete two readings Homework: Go to Mr. Harrington’s web-page and show parents/guardian U.S. History syllabus Go to cjtoday.com – click on the gold book on the left, click on the 1 at the top heading bar, and take the unit I pre-quiz on the left and send results to Mr. Harrington –

Criminal Justice Date 8/20/2015 Objective: Introduction to Criminal Justice Look over syllabus, Expectations, and Procedures. Look at Mr. Harrington’s web-page and P:drive Complete Student information sheet Homework: Go to Mr. Harrington’s web-page and show parents/guardian U.S. History syllabus Tell parents/guardians about back to school night tonight. They can come and meet your teachers to answer any question or voice any concerns. Expected Daily Materials!!!!! Bring Planner 3 ring binder with dividers Loose leaf paper, and pencil/ blue or black pen to class- No red or pink please!

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