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Search & Seizure Opinion Poll

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Students examine federal and state constitutional law relating to search and seizure. They analyze various scenarios, participate in an opinion poll, and discuss difficulties in balancing individual privacy rights with the need to fight crime.

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search and seizure, freedoms, constitutional amendments, the fourth amendment, Holidays

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fourth amendment, search and seizure, social studies
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Grade
12th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
2000

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