Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Judges in the Classroom Lesson Plan: Cultural Defense

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students define defense to crime, identify various defenses to crime in Washington State, examine cultural defense and apply it to case studies, and identify arguments for and against a cultural defense.
Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Law Day, Cultural Issues in the Courts

For Students 9th - 10th
In honor of Law Day, the Library of Congress hosted a program: Cultural Issues in the Courts. A panel of cross-cultural experts discussed the cases in which various individuals from other countries pleaded "cultural defense," stating...