Given the following facts read the testimony of Kody Lee Shannon (Defendant).
Once you've read the testimony do the following:
Read the article on an incident in Deerfield Beach, FL. After reading the article answer the following questions.
http://www.dianamoskovitz.com/post/8621284898/text-messages-led-to-deerfield-beach-beating-another 1) Assume the girl died, play the role of the prosecution and explain what level of homicide Treacy should be charged with. 2) Now be the defense, why should he get a lesser charge? After dissecting the school behavior data you will need to come up with a problem you want to solve. Your project will be graded based on 3 standards. Presentation/Solution - Standard - Understand the rights and responsibilities of each citizen and demonstrate the value of lifelong civic action. 4 - Defend your well thought out solution to an administrator 3.5 - Communicate your solution and concern effectively to a principal, understanding the role of the administrator and how he or she can help. More than a half-baked idea. Presentation Parts -
Key Presentation Points -
Collaboration - Standard - Communicate and work productively with others, incorporating different perspectives and cross cultural understanding, to increase innovation and the quality of work. / Use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. 4 - Each person in the group plays an integral part in ensuring the presentation is a success if not then there is clear documentation of trying to push others/delegation 3.5 - Play a role in the group and ensure every person has a task. Research - Standard - Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. Research the problem and find out what other schools are doing to solve it. Focus should be on solving the root of the problem. 4 - Contact and use information from an expert in the field 3.5 - Find quality sources that support your claim for a solution that will reduce crime in a specific area (Need at least one quality website/article). What should be our solution to solving our country's obsession with marijuana?
Marijuana use in the United States is prevalent. The result is a high number of prisoners tied to the drug as well as the funding of drug cartels in Mexico. Your job is to determine what we should do about it. There are a variety of solutions and you ne
We will have a class discussion over this on Feb 27/28. In class you will be expected to state your solution and defend it. Each student needs to come to class with at least five notes prepared. The notes should include the researched info, a brief explanation of it's importance, and the source (author as well as site). You can get your information from ANY credible site and you will need to turn in a sheet with at least 4 notes. The notes should include a quote, source, and explanation or summary. Note Format: Info - marijuana can lead to short term memory loss and result in adolescents having a difficult time learning. Explanation - If it were legal students would get a hold of it easier and the result would be more dropouts Source - Sanjay Gupta (cnn.com) Your grade will be determined by your ability to find credible sources and tie them to your argument. Standard - Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information.(RH.9-10.1.) That would be considered one note, you need five. I do not care what format you use as long as the info is there and it is consistent. Notes should be saved in your Street Law folder. One site that will help as a quality source is: http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/ CNN Videos on the topic:
To do the day of the debate/discussion (put these in your notes):
Now that we have discussed the reasons for gangs we need to look at possible solutions.
Using the PDF created by the Department of Justice evaluate the programs beginning on page 13. The PDF is embedded below or can be found by click on the link above. For each program do the following:
Questions to keep in mind:
Now that you have completed your project make sure to share it using KidBlog. You have two options.
Both of these will contain a writing element along with a multimedia portion. Standards -
With a group of 2-3 students use your statements to come up with the 5 most important things for Prairie Point students to know about their rights and/or the school's power.
Student Discipline Scenarios Major court cases: Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Reading 1 -- Reading 2 Goss v. Lopez (1975) Reading Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) Reading 1 -- Reading 2 New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) Reading 1 -- Reading 2 Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser (1987) Reading 1 Board of Education of Independent School District #92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002) Reading 1 Short summary of each case: http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/ConstitutionResources/LegalLandmarks/LandmarkSupremeCourtCasesAboutStudents.aspx The table for your notes should look like the above example Assignment for Thursday, February 1: 1) Read and take notes over your case (use multiple sources) 2) Discuss case with your group finalize notes over case 3) Create 5 Photo Story over the case with your group 4) Post notes and 5 Photo Story on KidBlog--Each student should post this and the title should be the name of their case 5) Look through other post and get the notes After reading through President Obama's proposal for gun control research your stance on his plan. We will debating whether or not you believe the proposals wrongly violate our rights. In researching you will be evaluated on the following:
A. Who is the author? What credibility does he or she have on this subject? B. What organization is publishing the article? C. Do they have any bias? How do you know? D. What makes this a quality article? Standard - 1.1.4 Find, evaluate, and select appropriate sources to answer questions.
Scales for the Paragraph Standard - WHST.9-10.9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. Possible Resources: Prairie Point Research Links: http://www.pointlibrary.org/start-research.html SIRS Issues Researcher: http://auth.proquestk12.com/IA/ ProCon.org: http://www.procon.org/ Time Magazine: http://www.time.com/ USA Today Newspaper: http://www.usatoday.com/ New York Times Newspaper: http://www.nytimes.com/ FactCheck.org: http://factcheck.org/ Examples:Scales for the Paragraph
I am strongly opposed to continuing without a 10 round clip regulation. An example of when this regulation would have been extremely beneficial would be the Arizona shooting. The assailant was finally wrestled to the ground after pausing to reload. Had his clip contained 10 rounds versus 31, he would have been wrestled to the ground sooner. In addition, a Police force researcher Christopher Koper states that only about 1 out of every 4 bullets actually strike their intended target. Therefore, the more shots able to be fired, the more victims fall prey to the spray of rounds. Furthermore, this ban would be irrelevant in the case of self defense. According to a well supported author John Lott, in most cases of self defense the gun is only brandished and not actually fired. Therefore, I side with the 58% of surveyors in saying that this regulation as well as others should be put into effect. I think that they should restrict the gun clips because you don’t need anything larger than 10, if even 10, unless you are in the war. I think it’s ridiculous to think that an average citizen would need a 30+ clip to defend their home/family. I have shot guns and gone hunting, and no time have I ever needed more than 3 rounds. Although the gun can’t be blamed, the person who shot it should not have had access to such a big magazine. Overall, if they can prevent more deaths by banning bigger clips, why not? Example paragraph using links: On Wednesday, Virginia's Republican-controlled legislature became one of the first to advance a bill that would allocate electoral votes by congressional district. Last week, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus endorsed pushing through similar proposals in other states with Republican legislative majorities. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Find an article that supports this claim:
"Each person's rights reach only to the boundaries of someone else's rights."
Using the #StreetLaw you need to tweet the Bill of Rights (if you don't have Twitter use KidBlog. Make sure to follow this criteria:
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