Unit+3+Project+-+Working+on+a+Legal+Team

Objectives:

 * analyze a police report and describe the details within the "synopsis of incident" section
 * review the project description and the roles and responsibilities for unit 3
 * distinguish the differences between facts and inferences
 * analyze the information in the given case files

Lesson:
1) Police Report
 * Read the copy of the police report given out. What does it tell you about what happened at the scene?
 * If you were investigating this case, what else would you want to find out?

2) Read the Unit 3 project description and Handout 7: You're On the Case handouts to learn information about the process, roles, and responsibilities for the project
 * After you have read the information about the roles and responsibilities, on a note card put your first three choices for a role.

3) Look at the photograph I will put on the board.
 * What facts can you state about what you see in this picture?
 * What inferences can you make based on those facts?
 * Why do you think it is necessary to make inferences when investigating a crime?
 * What dangers or challenges might there be in making inferences when investigating a crime?
 * As members of a legal team investigating and determining how to charge a person accused of a crime, what can you do to make sure you use inferences responsibly?

4) Distribution of case files to each team
 * identify the facts in the first case file document, the //Incident Report//
 * What inferences can you make based on these facts?
 * Decide in your legal teams which member will read which case file documents. The documents will be read for homework.

Homework:
Read the case file documents you chose within your team. Identify the facts of these documents on a separate sheet of paper.