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Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry
with them years beyond the instruction received this year.
- The US Constitution and Bill of Rights
provide the basis for constitutional and criminal law.
- Laws change over time and both reflect
and respond to the times in which they are developed.
- Societies are diverse and change over
time.
- Local, state and national courts have
different and shared jurisdiction over types of court cases.
- Local, state and national laws are
developed through processes that have both similarities and differences.
- Causes of crime include
choice,
biology, and social/cultural conditions.
- Felony and misdemeanor crimes differ in complexity.
- Responses to crime include deterrence, retribution,
incapacitation, and rehabilitation.
- Amendments 4, 5, 6, and 8 protect the rights of the
accused.
- Arrest warrants, writs of habeas corpus,
investigation (police and prosecution) pre-trial motions, bail, and
trial procedures (courts) grand jury and petit jury, and indictment are
criminal justice processes affecting an accused person.
- Post verdict options include not guilty and freedom
or guilty and probation, incarceration, community service, parole,
execution, and/or appeal.
- Differences between criminal and civil law are
substantial
- Civil cases can be resolved through
mediation,
arbitration, settlement, court.
Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions
students should be able to answer after completing learning activities.
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Why have laws?
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How do present laws differ from
those of the past and from those of other cultures?
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How
are laws of the past reflected in current laws?
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Who makes
and interprets laws?
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What
are the different types of laws?
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How are laws made?
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How does the Constitution protect individual rights?
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What are the causes of crime?
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What are the types of crime?
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How do the
system/individuals respond to crime?
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How do
amendments
protect rights of the accused?
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How is the accused
processed through the criminal justice system?
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What are the differences between
civil and criminal law?
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What are the different
types of torts?
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How can civil cases be resolved?
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How do the concepts learned in the
course work in the real world?
Standards and Benchmarks
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History 3:
Students understand that societies are diverse and change over
time.
Benchmark A: Students know how various societies were affected
by contracts and exchanges among diverse peoples.
Benchmark B: Students understand the history of social
organization in various societies.
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Civics 2: Students know the structure and function of
local, state and national government and how citizen involvement
shapes public policy.
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Benchmark 2C:
Students know and understand the place of law in the Colorado
and US Constitutional systems.
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Benchmark 2D:
Students know how public policy is developed at the local,
state, and national levels.
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Civics 4: Students understand how citizens exercise the
roles, rights, and responsibilities of participation in civic
life at all levels.
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Benchmark 4B:
Students know how citizens can fulfill their responsibilities
for preserving the constitutional republic.
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Benchmark 4C:
Students know how citizens can exercise their rights.
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Benchmark 4D: Students know how citizens can participate in
civic life.
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