Business Law I
National Standards For Business Education published by the National Business Education Association
Achievement Standard: Analyze the relationship between ethics and the law and describe sources of
the law, the structure of the court system, different classifications of procedural law, different
classifications of substantive law, and the difference between crimes and torts.
Achievement Standard: Explain how advances in computer technology impact such areas as property
law, criminal law, and civil law.
I. Our laws, the legal system, and types of laws. (6 days)
A. Students will explain the stages in the evolution of law.
B. Students will describe the differences between common law and
positive law.
C. Students will describe the difference between law courts and equity
courts.
D. Students will explain how constitutional, statutory, case, and
administrative laws are created and how to resolve conflicts.
E. Students will describe the differences between criminal and civil,
substantive and procedural, and business and other forms of law.
Writing assignment – Create two new laws
Assessment – Test #1
Legal Article Project
21st Century Skills taught – research skills, critical thinking by analyzing court cases.
II. Foundations of our constitution, amendments, and the division and balance
of Power. (5 days)
A. Students will identify the basic human rights protected by the Bill of
rights and subsequent amendments
B. Students will discuss how the constitution created a system of checks
and balances.
C. Students will explain how the power to govern is divided between the
federal and state governments.
Writing assignment – Bill of Rights (comparison/contrast)
Amendment paper
Assessment – Test #2
21st Century Skills taught – analytical skills
III. Dispute resolution and the courts including both federal and state courts. (9
days)
Updated August 2015
A. Students will explain how disputes can be settles without resort to the
courts.
B. Students will name the difference levels of courts, both state and
federal, and describe their powers
C. Students will identify the source of power of the federal courts
D. Students will name the various levels of federal and state courts and
describe their jurisdictions.
E. Students will compare the structure of Kentucky’s court system with
the structure of the federal court system.
F. Students will know the trial process in Kentucky.
Research – U.S. Supreme Court Justice project
Writing assignment – Kentucky court paper
Research – Kentucky’s court system (internet activity)
Assessment – Test #3
21st Century Skills taught – analytical skills, critical thinking, understand the process of the
U.S. Court system and Kentucky’s court system
IV. Criminal law and criminal procedure. (13 days)
A. Students will define the elements present in all crimes.
B. Students will describe crimes that commonly occur in the business
environment.
C. Students will know the rights a person has when arrested.
D. Students will recognize a person’s potential criminal liability for the actions of others.
E. Students will understand the justifiability of the common defenses to criminal charges.
F. Students will know the criminal trial process in Kentucky.
G. Students will know the types of juvenile cases in Kentucky.
H. Students will describe the juvenile court process in Kentucky.
United Streaming Video
Assessment – Test #4
21st Century Skills taught – analyze a court case from arrest to appeal
V. Offenses against individuals, classifications of torts, and civil procedure. (8
Days)
A. Students will be able to distinguish between a crime and a tort.
B. Students will discuss the elements of a tort.
C. Students will explain when a person is responsible for another’s
tort.
C. Students will be able to identify the common intentional torts.
D. Students will define negligence and strict liability.
E. Students will discuss what damages are available to victims of torts.
F. Students will explain the steps in civil trial process in Kentucky.
Court TV project
Updated August 2015
Assessment – Test #5
21st Century Skills taught – analytical skills
Final Exam – Objective
Outcomes:
1) Analyze ethics within the legal system.
2) Identify the sources of law.
3) Distinguish between the federal and state court systems.
4) Be able to classify the differences between procedural law and substantive
law.
5) Be able to distinguish crimes and torts.
6) Understand how computer technology impacts civil, criminal, and property
law.
Updated August 2015