September 10 -11, 2012
Today in class we will begin working on Unit 1 material.
1.
Students will hand in class expectations, if they have not done so already. Points will be deducted after today for each day that this assignment is late.
2.
Students will complete the following warm up question:
Warm Up ~ September 10 - 11, 2012
Answer the following on notebook paper:
What principles and procedures do you feel govern the American Legal System?
3.
After students have been given time to answer this question, we will go over their responses as a class.
4.
Students will use their one subject notebook to set up their current events portfolio. (My notebook is set up and a pdf copy is on the webpage under the Introduction to Law tab.)
5.
To set up this notebook, we will work together on an article that I have chosen for the class that embodies terminology from our first unit of study.
6.
Students will have until October 4 (A Day)/October 5(B Day) to complete THREE articles. I have set up a wiki space to help aid in the completion of this assignment. (Go to www.weiglfclsa.weebly.com
and click on the more tab.
Then click on articles for independent study and it will take you directly to the wikispace.
Articles are divided in to three categories: The Real World; It isn’t easy being Famous; and
Sports. Students can choose an article from one or from all three categories. It is their choice.
There is also another source linked under the more tab that takes students to electronic magazines and articles.
Lastly, students will be allowed to use printed newspapers/articles to complete this task.
(Newspapers will be located in the courtroom and can be used during independent work time in class or during the students study block. The FCHS school library also has print newspapers for students use during study blocks.)
7.
After we have completed the current events portfolio set up, students will begin taking notes in the Legal Method and Writing textbook.
They will use the textbook to identify the following concepts:
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Sources of Law: Common Law, Constitutional Law, Legislation
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Roles of constitutional law and legislation
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Judicial Interpretation
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Common Law V. Legislation

Law trial court district court
Administrative law court of appeals precedent
Enacted law stare decisis authority
Constitution primary authority secondary authority
Statutes mandatory authority persuasive authority
Common law subject matter jurisdiction opinion
Case law concurrent jurisdiction jurisdiction personal jurisdiction
Wiki space home page: http://weiglfclaw.wikispaces.com/Welcome+to+the+Independent+study+articles+database
The articles compiled on this wiki have been read and carefully selected for use in this class. PLEASE remember that you
MUST site all of your work and that if you do NOT cite all of your work then you will be PLAGIARIZING!
Plagiarism will be result in the grade of a "0" and any other consequences as set forth by the Legal Studies Academy and our coordinator, Mrs. Scherr.
Since you will be given several weeks to complete THREE article summaries of your choice, it is imperative that you research and extend your response well beyond the articles that I have provided for you. MOST of the articles contain links within them that will help further your research. PLEASE remember to cite all sources used!
Directions on how to cite a newspaper article in APA format are linked here: http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/citenewspaper.aspx
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Researching on your own and don't know how to cite your sources? See the UMUC library link here: http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/apa_examples.cfm
Once an article has been used, it CAN NOT be used again. Time management is key. ALL articles fit within our units of study this year. If you do not understand the concept or if we have not mentioned it in class, then save the article for later.
SOME articles were selected specifically for the 11th grade
ETHICS AND LAW class and should NOT be used by
INTRODUCTION TO LAW students unless you are able to extend your learning and make the connection to material being taught in your class.
PLEASE remember to print out the article and attach it to a blank page in your spiral notebook. In order to save ink and paper:
PRINT in black and white; 10 point font; Times New Roman and WITHOUT PICTURES.