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Introduction To Law - What Are Laws

The document introduces the topic of law and discusses what law is, why we have laws, and the goals and objectives of understanding this topic. It includes essential questions about what law is and why we have laws, and outlines goals for students to understand the pervasiveness of law in daily life and to identify laws that affect them. Activities are proposed to help students explore the definition of law, reasons for having laws, and to draft a new law.

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Introduction To Law - What Are Laws

The document introduces the topic of law and discusses what law is, why we have laws, and the goals and objectives of understanding this topic. It includes essential questions about what law is and why we have laws, and outlines goals for students to understand the pervasiveness of law in daily life and to identify laws that affect them. Activities are proposed to help students explore the definition of law, reasons for having laws, and to draft a new law.

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Introduction to Law

What is law and why do we have


it?
Lesson Essential Questions

What is law?

Why do we have laws?


Begin to think of
Begin to question Realize the Identify the laws
themselves as part
the foundation, Understand why pervasiveness of that
of a larger
fairness, and those laws exist. law in their daily affect/surround
community
benefits of laws. lives. them.
governed by laws.
why we have it
GOALS – Understanding what law is and
OBJECTIVES

Knowledge • Define “law.”


Objectives • Identify at least
– As a result three laws they
encounter in their
of this class, daily lives.
students will • Identify at least
be better three reasons for
able to: why we have laws.
Skills Objectives
As a result • Utilize
of this brainstorming
techniques/skills.
class, • Use creativity in
students designing a new law.
• Develop and
will be articulate opinions
better able and reasoning.
to:
Attitude Objectives

Students • Law is not foreign to or


removed from their
will be daily lives.
• Laws are not

better (necessarily) arbitrary,


unfounded, and unfair.

able to
• There are legitimate
objections to some
laws.
feel:
Activity: Paper Clip Game
Follow Up Discussion

What could be done to


make the game fair?
• Clear and consistent rules set
How did the game out at beginning Why do you think we
Was it unfair? Why? • no changing of rules
make you feel? midgame
played the game?
• no discriminatory or
arbitrary rules
• apply rules equally
Activity: Paper Clip Game
Follow Up Discussion

How do
Who Who Where do
laws differ
makes makes laws/rules
from
laws? rules? apply?
rules?
Brainstorm the definition of law

Examples
Rules and Rules
Regulating the
regulations established by
conduct of
made and authority,
people within
enforced by society, or
society
government customs
What laws did you encounter today?

Traffic laws

discrimination
laws
Write a list of 10
activities that you Examples:
do on a daily basis.
consumer laws

environmental
laws
Activity

Law and Order:


Criminal Intent
Season 04 – Death Roe
What types of laws
are encountered What are these
throughout the laws important?
shows?
Reasons for having laws
Promote protect rights of protect
order/stability minorities environment

Govern relations
prevent Represent will of
between
confusion/disorder majority
individuals/groups

Protect human
resolve conflicts
rights

promote fairness promote values


Activity – Edmodo Response
What are the
advantages
Explain what
and
life might be
disadvantages
like without
to having a
laws.
system of
laws?
Activity: Drafting a New Law
Each group must
come up with an Example of a new
idea for a law that law
does not now exist.

Example topics:
• School
• Work
Summer vacations should
• Driving be eliminated and students
• Birth control should attend school year
• Drugs round.
• Guns
• Environment

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