Week 2: Continued intro to class structure/teaching style and Intro to Criminal Law

Last week:

1.  We watched these videos on youth criminal laws and also critiqued the videos as a teaching tool.  Groups of 3 worked on a video to pull out the legal content/terms and then look them up further in our text books or online.  They presented this info in a web format and they also had to critique their videos as a teaching tool.  (part of the media literacy skills embedded in the SS curriculum).

As we watched them over 3 blocks - students also made their own webs and added to the as students presented.  This means each student should have 9 webs.  I modelled the first one with the class on the white board - if you were absent, see if someone will share their notes from the first one.

Important - Why did we do this?  Partly as an introduction to criminal laws and youth but also partly as this is an example of how I teach.  I do not always tell you what you should "get" out of a lesson; I want you to be able to "pull" relevant content and skills from some activities and varied resources.  Other times, I will be more explicit.

Videos can be found here:  Youth Criminal Law Lessons

2.  Prep for watching Law and Order as  an introduction to Elements of a crime - actus reus and mens rea introduced.  Here is a link to further explanation of elements of a crime