Name: Brian Dawson
Content Area: Business Law
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Date: 1/28/2013 - 2/1/2013
Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor):
NBEA- Business Law I --Basics of Law
Choose a National Standard:
Length of Lesson: 5 days
Stage I – Desired Results
Big Ideas: Ethics, Morals, Law, US
5.1.C.A Analyze the purposes functions
of lawArticle, Amendment, Criminal
Constitution,
Choose a PA Standard:
Law, Civil Law, Torts, Trials
Choose a PA Standard:
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to: define morality
define ethics, make ethical decisions
Complete Guided Notes from the book involving legal concepts
and vocabulary
make and share journal entries based on Business Law concepts
Analyze Business Law video clips
Do appropriate internet research related to content of Business
Law
Essential Questions: What is morality?
What are ethics?
How do we make ethical decisions?
How does ethics effect society?
What is "The Golden Rule?"
What is an article of the US Constitution?
What is an amendment to the US
Constitution?
What is criminal law?
What are some problems in society?
What is civil law?
What is a tort?
What is negligence?
What is jurisdiction?
What is evidence?
What is a trial?
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task: Guided Notes, Journal Entries, Share Journal Entries, Quizzes, Tests, Research Projects
Understanding Goals (Concepts): Morality,
Ethics, Laws and Society, Making Ethical
Decisions, Understanding Criminal Law & Civil
Law, Trials
Vocabulary: Morality, Ethics, Society, Laws,
Greatest Good, Golden Rule, Constitution,
Article, Amendment, Criminal Law, Assault,
Burglary, Misdemeanor, Felony, Murder, Rape
Larceny, Robbery, Arson, Degree, Crimes Against
People, Crimes Against Property, Business
Crimes, White-collar crimes, Defenses, Society,
Domestic Abuse, Vandalism, Shoplifting,
Delinquent Child, Unruly Child, Tort, Intentional
Tort, Negligence, Nuisance, Duty of Care, Breach
of Duty, Strict Liability, Lawsuit, Injunction,
Remedy, Jurisdiction, Federal Courts, State
Courts, Supreme Court, Appellate Court, Trial
Procedures, Evidence, Jury, Arrest
Other Evidence: teacher
observations
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: Folders, Guided Notes, Business Law PPTs, Business Law Video
Formative Assessment(s):
clips
#1. Graphic Organizers
#2. Summarizing New Skills
#3. Summarizing Key Concepts
CONTENT AREA READING: Summarize the key skills learned in the lesson.
#4. Open Ended Questions
#5. Peer Tutoring
#6. Choose assessments:
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons) Self Paced Learning, Individualized Instruction
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Active Engagements used:
#1. Note-Taking
#2. Graphic Organizers
Monday
Others:
Scaffolding used:
#1. Build Vocabulary
#2 .
Build on Prior Knowledge
Describe usage:
Tuesday
Wednesday
Others:
Describe usage:
Thursday
Friday
 Bus Law Journal Entry:
Literacy Vocab
 Bus Law Journal Entry:
Literacy Vocab
Literacy Vocab
 Administer Ch.6 Day 8
 Administer Ch.6 Day 9
Notes
 Discuss legal concepts
and vocabulary terms
 Discuss current events in
law: Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge
Melvin Trial
 Work on current event
assignment

 Bus Law Journal Entry:
Literacy Vocab
 Listen and discuss legal
concepts and vocabulary
terms
Notes
 Discuss legal concepts and
vocabulary terms
 Discuss current events in
law: Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge
Melvin Trial
 Work on current event
assignment

 Bus Law Journal Entry:
Literacy Vocab
 Listen and discuss legal
concepts and vocabulary
terms
 Complete Ch.6 Day 8 Notes
 Discuss current events in
law: Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge Melvin
Trial
 Work on current event
assignment
Notes
 Discuss legal concepts
and vocabulary terms
 Complete Ch.6 Day 7
Notes
 Discuss current events in
law: Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge
Melvin Trial
 Work on current event
assignment

 Bus Law Journal Entry:
Literacy Vocab
 Administer Ch.6 Day 7

Assignments
 Bus Law Journal Entry:

 Discuss current events
in law: Jodi Arias Trial,
Ricky Smyrnes Trial,
Judge Melvin Trial
 Bus Law Journal Entry:
Literacy Vocab
 Listen and discuss
legal concepts and
vocabulary terms

 Complete Ch.6 Day 9
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 Administer Ch.6 Day 10
Notes
 Discuss legal concepts and
vocabulary terms
 Discuss current events in
law: Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge Melvin
Trial

 Bus Law Journal Entry:
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
Notes
 Discuss current events
in law: Jodi Arias Trial,
Ricky Smyrnes Trial,
Judge Melvin Trial
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
Literacy Vocab
Listen and discuss legal
concepts and vocabulary
terms
Complete Ch.6 Day 10 Notes
Discuss current events in
law: Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge Melvin
Trial
Work on current event
assignment
 Work on current event
assignment
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 Journal Check: Literacy Vocab
 Ch.6 Review Day 1
 Discuss current events in law:
Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky
Smyrnes Trial, Judge Melvin
Trial
 Submit current event
assignment
 Show Journal for Literacy
Vocab credit

 Complete and submit Ch.6
Review Day 1
 Discuss current events in law:
Jodi Arias Trial, Ricky Smyrnes
Trial, Judge Melvin Trial
 Submit current event
assignment
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