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1/08/08
1. Discussion of novel "Terrorisr"
2. Write your own ending
3. Compare ending with author's
4. Discuss Law Career Pathway for 2nd semester
5. Plan readings & activities
Standard: Community/Global Awareness
Essential Question: How does living within a system of established rights and
legality effect me as an individual?
1/10/08
1. Read lesson 19 in "We The People", What rights Did the Bill of Rights Protect?
2. Read: Case of Free Speech
1/15/08
1. Read: Case of Al Odah v. United States.
Nancy Hollander's pro-bono work with Guantanomo Bay prisoners.
N.M. Guard deployment to Guantanomo
2. Discussion: Legal questions involved over Geneva Convention, US
Constitutional rights.
Standard: Critical Thinking
1/18/08
1. Read Ethel & Julius Rosenberg Case
2. Write an essay discussing what life must have been like for the two
Rosenberg sons.
Standard: Accessing Community
Essential Question: How does examining our system of jurisprudence increase
understanding of how justice works?
1/23/08
1. Read: Amistad Case
2. Read: Merchant of Venice
Standard: Critical Thinking
1/30/08
1. Read: Supreme Court Case-ALJ Vs State of Springfield
2. Read: Merchant of Venice
Standard: Accessing Community
Essential Question: How do court proceedings from past times compare with
present day operations?
2/01/08
1. Read: Supreme Court Case-Watts v. U.S.
2. Read: Merchant of Venice
2/07/08
1. Discussion Law Day Project
2. Read: Case of Richards vs Badger Mutual Insurance Company
3. Read: Merchant of Venice
Standard: Critical Thinking
Essential Question: How does understanding the legal system contribute to
citizenship?
2/09/08
1. DVD-Amistad
2/12/08
1. DVD-Amistad
2. Read Case of State of NM vs. Louie Leroy Lopez
Prep. for Law Day Program
2/14/08
Attorneys visit for Law Day Project
Standard: Discussion Skills
2/15/08
Read Merchant of Venice
2/21/08
Discussion of Law Day Meeting
Start Pelican Brief
3/04/08
1. Read: Pelican Brief
2. Start Booking Making
Standard: Critical Thinking & Creativity
Essential Question:How do environmental regulations effect individuals?
3/07/08
1. Continue reading Pelican Brief
2." working on individual books
3. Discuss video/DVD making
3/14/07/08
1. Reading Pelican Brief
2. Review John Grisham Biography
4/01/08
1. Read Pelican Brief
2. Mid-Term REview
3. Work on making Books
4/15/08
1. Read Pelican Brief
2. Work on Personal Book
Standard: Thinking Skills & Abstract Expressiveness.
4/29/08
1. View DVD Pelican Brief
2. Discuss choice of activities-Student Choice-foods from different countries
Standard: Critical Thinking,Creativity, Global Awareness
5/02/08
1. Read news article on test scores & Driver's License
2.Read Handout on Robert Ballard
Standard: Community/Global Awareness, Creativity
Essential Question: What possibilities does an awareness of hidden treasures
open for you?
5/08/08
1. Read NM Treasure Hunter handouts
2. Assign Research Articles
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