Internet and Supplemental
Resources to Teach Business Law
Murleen Bellinger
Waverly High School
Waverly, NE
mbelling@esu6.org
2011 NBEA Convention
New Orleans, LA
Jury Selection Game
 The Law-Related Education Department of the
State Bar of Texas developed a game for students
to select the jurors for a case.
 The game is located at :
http://texaslre.org/jury_game/jury_game.html
Jury Selection Game
How it works!
 The students select either a criminal or civil case.
 They also select whether they want to be the defendant of the
plaintiff.
 To select the jurors, they read the background information
about the jurors.
How it works! - Continued
 Based on the case and background information, they
select a juror that will best favor their side of the case.
 When the student is done selecting, the website will
score how they did in the selection process. Of course, a
high score would mean they would probably win the
case.
Results--
http://texaslre.org/jury_game/jury_game.html
OYEZ—
US Supreme Court Media
Browse by Cases
Options Available for Each Case
Listen and/or Read Along
http://www.oyez.org/
Requirements by State
Law Research (The Internet
Law Library)
Famous Trials (World or US)
OJ Simpson Trial
Reaching the Age of Majority
 The student will select, read, and document findings
from a topic found in the “Reaching the Age of Majority”
booklet to present to the class.
 The student will create his/her PowerPoint document to
present to the other class.
 The student will be able to apply appropriate
presentation skills to inform the rest of the class about
his/her chosen topic.
Directions for Students
 Read your section in the booklet provided to us from the
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Nebraska Bar Association.
Record the main points on a sheet of paper or directly into
your PowerPoint.
Create a PowerPoint including the main information about
that section that an individual would need to know.
Look at the rubrics to see if you included all you needed for
the information and creativity of your PowerPoint.
Present your findings to the rest of the class.
Nebraska State Bar Association
http://nebarfnd.org
Let’s Create a Game
 Working in groups, students will create a board game
 After creating the game, students will write the instructions
for playing the game
 Students will rotate through playing the games that were
created
 As the students play, observe how the students react to each
other’s game
Let’s Create a Game-Continued
 After all groups have rotated through all the games, have the
students answer questions about the process.
 Some questions might be: Were the games fair? Were all
instructions clear? What was needed to make it more
informational?
 Leading up to how laws in society must be spelled out so
everyone knows what is expected of them and what the
consequences may be if you don’t abide by the rules.
Court System Posters
 Students select or randomly draw a court system
to research
 Provide a brief description about that court
system
 List types of cases tried in that court
 Provide an example of an actual case tried in that
courtroom
Court System Posters—
Continued
 Include three pictures depicting court system
 Present to the class the information contained on
the poster
 Once all have gone, have students complete a
scavenger hunt using the posters to find answers
to questions
Nebraska Judicial Branch
Links for more specific information about
the court--http://court.nol.org/
Making a Video/Podcast
 Students will use a concept from contract law to
create a skit, video tape that skit, and create a
movie.
 Usually no more than 3 or 4 in a group.
 Instructions, case scenarios, and grading rubric
are included in the wiki.
Example of Students’ Video
Our Wikispaces site
Home Page Links
The search box will access information
about a particular topic such as mock trial
information, case studies, etc.
The majority of the web sites we have
included in this wiki can be found on the
one page Web resources handout that you
have received.
Information on Wiki
 Web sites
 Documents
 Movie clips
 Instructional clips
 Teaching ideas/lesson plans
Our
Wiki
Questions?????
Murleen Bellinger
Waverly High School
Waverly, NE
mbelling@esu6.org
Jill Schany
Emmetsburgh HS
Emmetsburg, IA
jschany@emmetsburg,k12.ia.us
http://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com