Different classes engaged in different activities, all of which revolve around the current unit studying the IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII Amendments of the Bill of Rights: Civil Liberites and Civil Rights related to our justice system.
Period 5 was able to spend a period with Officer Williams discussing criminal justice, race relations, and his work as a police officer.
Other periods primarily focused on the following lesson which is built around the following video links (please be aware that these links contain strong language used for dramatic effect -- don't play around your younger brothers or sisters):
Intro to Miranda
Gideon v. Wainwright
The War on Drugs
Miranda Rights
What to do / don't if stopped by the police
Law & Disorder: Myths from the Media (first twenty-five minutes)
Period 5 was able to spend a period with Officer Williams discussing criminal justice, race relations, and his work as a police officer.
Other periods primarily focused on the following lesson which is built around the following video links (please be aware that these links contain strong language used for dramatic effect -- don't play around your younger brothers or sisters):
Intro to Miranda
Gideon v. Wainwright
The War on Drugs
Miranda Rights
What to do / don't if stopped by the police
Law & Disorder: Myths from the Media (first twenty-five minutes)
Maintaining
Your Liberties and Our Criminal Justice Rights
Name
______________________________________________________ Date _______________ Period _______
It is important to
recognize that when we are talking about the American Criminal Justice system
we dealing with issues that may affect one another differently. Personal and
family history, race, and other factors cause each of us to have different
beliefs and values, and all of these beliefs and perspectives must be honored
and respected. It is also true that America has a long sad history of racism
and discrimination, and our criminal justice system is not immune to these
effects. (Also today’s lesson contains strong language, let me know if you want
an alternative way to learn these ideas.)
What are Miranda Rights?
[Four (4) declamatory sentences followed by a question – or five, depending).
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5)
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Gideon v. Wainwright
(1963) established what? Is the right established by this case really available
to all?
The ACLU via Elon James
has some important “do’s” and “don’ts” for if you are stopped by the police;
they are:
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IF
STOPPED BY THE POLICE
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DON’T
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The American Civil
Liberties Union believes that the “War on Drugs” begun during the Nixon
Administration (1971) has been a failure. What are some of the flaws they see
in the so called “War on Drugs”? Does
the ACLU support the distribution or use of illegal drugs (yes, this is
practically a rhetorical question, but please answer it.)? https://www.aclu.org/criminal-law-reform/aclu-elon-james-white-just-say-no-war-drugs
According to the film
“Law & Disorder” television criminal dramas create five (5) myths among
Americans; what are those myths, and what is the reality?
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Myths about our justice
system “Law & Disorder”
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Myth
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Reality
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The presentation of “Law
& Disorder” is followed by some “talking heads,” list four key or
surprising facts or arguments you hear from these experts:
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