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Types of Court Cases InteractiveTypes of Court Cases Interactive
Publisher
Judicial Learning Center
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Interactives
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Duration
15 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Year
2015
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Types of Court Cases

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How can one court acquit someone of a crime, while another convicts the person of the same one? It's all because of the differences between civil and criminal trials. An informative resource provides scholars in the field of criminology with a short, but detailed overview of these two types of law.  

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

court cases, courtrooms, courthouses, courts, supreme court cases, trials, civil law, criminology, crime and punishment, the judicial system, the judicial branch, the federal court system, lawyers, constitutional law, the criminal justice system, the justice system

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as part of a classroom presentation about  the differences between civil and criminal cases
  • Assign the interactive quiz to check how well the class understands the differences between civil and criminal cases

Classroom Considerations

  • One part of a series of six lessons on how the courts work
  • Reading level is better for high school age than lower levels

Pros

  • Highlighted key terms link to a glossary of definitions for easy reference
  • Interactive quiz provides a brief and effective review of the lesson

Cons

  • Small font size is not easy to read, and the navigation is a bit confusing

Common Core

RH.9-10.2 RH.11-12.2

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