• PERSONAL LAW COURSE: 2024-2025

    Email: Jgordon@frontiercsd.org

    ALL material posted for this class can be found on the Google Classroom site set for class.
     
    Students involved in Personal Law are required to read over chapter materials, complete any missed classwork at home and prepare for quizzes and tests.  The focus in this courseLaw is to give the student an "Introduction" to the law, terminology, small cases and use of legal terms in every day society.  If the student becomes interested in case law, they should also take Business Law and Debate, Communication and Trial Skills.

    Each student will also work in small groups to complete a research project for each of the 4 units we cover in this class.  The research materials and objectives will be given in the form of assignment sheets.  All final research will be both typewritten and presented in front of the class.  Research will be directed through internet sites, classroom textbooks, legal books and any other materials from teacher.

    Go here to see the course outline: Course Outline

    COURSEWORK BY QUARTER

    QUARTER 1:

    1. Chapter 1-History of law (Common Law, Positive Law and Roman Civil Law)
    2. Chapter 1-Online research and Classwork Review
    3. Chapter 1-Test
    4. Chapter 4-Criminal Law
    5. Chapter 4- Criminal Law Case work and Online Review
    6. Unit I test (40% of quarterly grade)

    QUARTER 2:

    1. Chapter 5-Civil/Tort Law
    2. Chapter 5- Case work and online research
    3. Chapter 5- Test
    4. Chapter 2- Ethics (If time permits)
    5. FINAL EXAM- research project- materials to be announced
    6. CLASS FINAL EXAM (60% of final grade)

    FINAL EXAM

    • 40% based on portfolio of projects (Students can go back and edit)
    • 60% based on 2 day exam last 2 days of class
    GRADING
    Participation and Notes:                                  10%
    Classwork and Online Work                             15%
    Quizzes:                                                            25%
    Tests and Projects                                            50%
     
    Grading in this course will include a well maintained notebook, class research assignments, 2 class projects, quizzes after each lesson is complete and tests at the end of each chapter. 
     
     
    Online Textbook:
     
    **All sections below from South-Western Law for Business and Personal Use
    Adamson- Mietus  15th Edition and 17th edition
     
    - Students may click on link to download a .pdf copy of each chapter
     
    Chapter 5 Criminal Law:  Criminal Law Textbook 
    Chapter 6 Tort Law: Civil Law Textbook   
     
     
     
     
    CLASSWORK DUE DATES AND QUIZZES/TESTS

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Last Modified on August 5, 2024