Teacher: CORE Business & Consumer Law
Month: All Months
Year: 2014-15
Course: Business & Consumer Law
Laws and Their Ethical Foundation
Standards
Essential Questions
Assessments Skills
BL.I.A-Analyze the
What are the stages in the growth of law?
Journals
relationship between
ethics and the law and
What are the differences between common law and
describe sources of the
positive law?
law, the structure of the
court system, different
classifications of
What are the sources of law?
procedural law, and
different classifications of
What are the differences between criminal and civil law,
substantive law.
and substantive and procedural law?
Analyze if a law is
common or positive.
Content
Lessons
Resources
Sources of law
Ethical Bases for
Laws
Text
Ethics
Computer
Debate an ethical
dilemma.
Common Law
Notes
Identify sources of law.
Positive Law
Internet
Identify if an event is
criminal, civil, or both.
Criminal & Civil Law
How are ethics reelected in law?
Laws and Their Ethical Foundation
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.I.A-Analyze the
What are the stages in the growth of law?
relationship between
ethics and the law and What are the differences between common law and
describe sources of the positive law?
law, the structure of the
court system, different
What are the sources of law?
classifications of
procedural law, and
different classifications What are the differences between criminal and civil
law, and substantive and procedural law?
of substantive law.
Assessments Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources
Journals
Sources of law
Ethical Bases for
Laws
Text
Analyze if a law is
common or positive.
Ethics
Computer
Debate an ethical
dilemma.
Common Law
Notes
Identify sources of law.
Positive Law
Internet
Identify if an event is
criminal, civil, or both.
Criminal & Civil Law
How are ethics reelected in law?
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Teacher: CORE Business & Consumer Law
Month: All Months
Year: 2014-15
Course: Business & Consumer Law
Criminal Law and Procedure
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.I.A-Analyze the
What elements make up a criminal act?
relationship between
ethics and the law and What types of crimes affect businesses?
describe sources of the
law, the structure of the What rights are afforded to people who have been
court system, different arrested for a criminal act?
classifications of
procedural law, and
What types of defense are used in criminal cases?
different classifications
of substantive law.
Assessments
Skills
Defense of a Crime Identify elements of a
crime.
Evaluate how crimes
affect a company’s
profitability?
Content
Lessons
Resources
Elements of a crime.
Criminal Law
Internet
Rights in a criminal
case.
Computer
Text
Defenses used in a
criminal case.
Notes
Identify the rights of a
person being arrested for Frequent crimes
a crime?
affecting a business.
Defend an alleged
criminal in a case?
Civil Law and Procedure
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.I.A-Analyze the
What are the elements of a tort?
relationship between
ethics and the law and How is one person responsible for another's tort?
describe sources of the
law, the structure of the What are the elements of negligence?
court system, different
classifications of
What is the basis for strict liability?
procedural law, and
different classifications What legal remedies are available in a tort case?
of substantive law.
Assessments
Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources
Civil Case Role
Identify elements of a
tort.
Elements of tort.
Civil Procedure
Internet
Elements of
Describe the elements of negligence.
negligence.
Remedies for a tort.
Identify strict liability.
Computer
Text
Notes
Develop a plan to
remedy a tort situation.
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Teacher: CORE Business & Consumer Law
Month: All Months
Year: 2014-15
Course: Business & Consumer Law
Contract Law
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.II.A-Analyze the
What elements are needed to form a contract?
relationships between
contract law, law of sales, What are the requirement of an acceptance?
and consumer law.
What are the three requirements of consideration?
What is the role of capacity in organizations?
Assessments Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources
Student Created Develop a sales
Sales Contract
contract.
Elements of a contract
Parts of a
contract
Computer
Requirements for
Develop warranties for acceptance and
different products.
consideration
Notes
Analyze a product
liability case study.
Internet
What are the ways a contractual obligation may be
discharged?
Text
Capacity
Rules for a sales contract.
Statue of Frauds
What are the special rules for a sales contract?
Product Liability
How is the Statue of Frauds applied to a sales contract?
Warranties
What protections are afforded by the laws of product
liability and sales transactions?
Agency and Employment Law
Standards
Essential Questions
Assessments Skills
BL.III.A-Analyze the role
and importance of agency
law, and employment law
as they relate to the
conduct of business in the
national and international
marketplaces.
What are the duties of an agent?
Employment
Create an employment Duties of agent.
contract creation contract.
Parts of employment
Develop work place
contracts.
policies and training to
prevent injuries and
Employer
discrimination
responsibilities
How are employment contracts made?
What are the employer's duties?
How is a labor contract negotiated with a union?
How do I avoid discrimination in the work place?
Negotiate a contract
with a union.
Content
Lessons
Resources
Unions and the Text
Employment
Relationship Internet
Notes
Computer
Labor contracts
Discrimination in the
workplace
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Teacher: CORE Business & Consumer Law
Month: All Months
Year: 2014-15
Course: Business & Consumer Law
Business Organizations
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.IV.A-Describe the
What are the pros/cons of each type of ownership?
major types of business
organizations, including How are the types of ownerships formed and ended?
sole proprietorships,
partnerships,
corporations, and limited
liability companies,
operating within the
socioeconomic arena of
the national and
international
marketplace.
Assessments Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources
Ownership
Development
Ownership Types
Types of ownership
Types of
ownership
Text
Steps in forming
different types of
ownership
Partnership formation
Internet
Corporation formation
Notes
Steps in ending
different types of
ownership
Partnership termination
Computer
Corporation termination
Property Law
Standards
Essential Questions
Assessments Skills
BL.X.A-Determine the
appropriateness of wills
and trusts in estate
planning.
BL.V.A-Explain the legal
rules that apply to
personal property, [and]
real property and
intellectual property.
How is property classified?
Draft a trust and Develop a will and trust Property classifications Identify parts
a will.
of a will
Analyze a lease of
Acquiring property
property
Bailment
Analyze common types
of bailments.
Distribution of property
How do I acquire property?
How could a bailment affect my life?
How is a decedent's property distributed?
What is the value in having a trust?
Content
Lessons
Resources
Text
Notes
Computer
Internet
Calculate distribution of Wills
property.
Trusts
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Teacher: CORE Business & Consumer Law
Month: All Months
Year: 2014-15
Course: Business & Consumer Law
Negotiable Instruments, Secured Transactions, Bankruptcy
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.VI.A-Analyze the
What are the various types of bankruptcy fillings?
functions of negotiable
instruments, insurance, What are the types and purposes of insurance?
secured transactions, and
bankruptcy.
Assessments Skills
Content
Bankruptcy Case Analyze insurance
Study
contracts
Insurance fundamentals Types of
bankruptcy
Property and casualty
insurance
Analyze types of
bankruptcy.
Lessons
Resources
Text
Notes
Computer
Life and social insurance
Internet
Types of bankruptcy
Intellectual Property
Standards
Essential Questions
BL.VII.A-Explain how
How has technology impacted intellectual property?
advances in computer
technology impact such
areas as intellectual
property, contract law,
criminal law, tort law, and
international law.
Assessments Skills
Content
Lessons
Resources
Current Event
Identify features of
Copyright
Infringement
intellectual property.
Article 1/31/2015
Trademark
Types of
intellectual
property
Text
Patent
Internet
Computer
Notes
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