supplemental resources to teach business law

Supplemental Resources to Teach Business Law

Jill SchanyEmmetsburg High School

Emmetsburg, IowaNBEA 2011

Why Supplemental Resources?

Textbook: Law for Business and Personal Useo 15th Editiono Published in 2000

Questions from Students Location, location, location!

Decision Making Process

Know your administratoro Open lines of communicationo Open invitation to view

Know your parentso Communicate your intentions and objectives with

parents Know your kids

o Parents and student signo Code of Conduct

Our Resources Created a wiki through Wikispaces Address: http://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com

Navigation Bar Many resources

referred to within our presentation

Writing in the Business Law Curriculum

Fundamental for analytical thinking Writing assignments:

o Legal Brief/Memo• Samples: • Legal Brief (How To)• Law and the Media Sample

o Student Samples• Student Sample 1 Legal Memo• Student Sample 2 Legal Memo

Activities That Require Writing Compare and Contrast

Papero Compare a Supreme

Court case with a more current case

o Example: Tinker v. Des Moines and Bretton Barber v. Dearborn Public Schools• Two cases, one from the

1960’s and one from 2003• Illustrates to students that

“old” court cases set precedent for legal action in the United States

From Google Scholar http://

scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13042266523220645414&q=bretton+barber&hl=en&as_sdt=2,11

Located on wiki under Writing Opportunities

Student Samples

Movies in the Business Law Curriculum

Provides students with “real life” exampleso Local county court in Emmetsburgo Small town

Choice of movieso Student interest surveyo Topic at hando Consider the objective

• Is your objective to analyze the argument?• Is your objective to apply it to a scenario?

Example: Closing Arguments—A Time to Kill

Suggested Movies

Movies from YouTubehttp://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com/Movies

Ford Pinto from YouTube

Court Brieffrom Google Scholar

Literature in the Business Law Curriculum

Reading is the focus of our districto Each teacher, in all content areas, required to present and

document reading strategieso The only way to get improve reading is to read more.

My philosophy of supplemental readingo Student choiceo Building background knowledge

How do you assess this?o Have students write “sworn statements” from the viewpoint

of a charactero Create a trial timeline or event timeline with specific terms

and situations defined Discussion of reading is critical

Book Study Suggestionshttp://businesslawresources.wikispaces.com/Book+Studies

Example of Book Study Chapter 1, The Firm by John Grisham Unit: Ethics in Law

o Corresponds to specific chapter in our text Objectives of book study:

o Identify and define legal termso Relate the situation in the book to a real life situation

that is in the news and/or the newspapero Determine the motive for the actions of each character

in the booko Write a legal opinion regarding the actions of one of the

main character in the book and identify motives (with support), justify his or her actions, and rule on whether or not he or she was ethical in his or her actions

Using Book Study to Teach Reading StrategyMaking an inference

Constitutional Law Pick three or four amendments or issues I prefer Street Law for the unit on Constitutional

Lawo Lesson planso Background information

Street Law: Tinker v. Des Moines Background Information by Reading Level Lesson Plans and Time Needed

Street Law www.streetlaw.org

Street Law Click on Teaching tab

Street Law Assignment

Reading Levels Go to StreetLaw.org siteSelect Background

Landmark Case Assignment

Adapted from streetlaw.org Landmark Case Assignment

Student Samples from Street Law

Tinker v. Des Moines Mapp v. Ohio

Skype in the Classroom

Rely on resources: family, friends, alums

Sean Solberg

Attorney at Faegre and Benson in Minneapolis

Specializes in Intellectual Property

Loves the opportunity to visit his former high school

Taught a three day course in intellectual property to our students via Skype

Other Resources Anatomy of a Trial

o The Mark Becker Trial in Iowa• Becker shot his high school football coach• Trial focused on the insanity defense

Family Lawo I Am Samo Why teach family law?

• Almost all students will be married at some point• Statistics say that half will be divorced• It correlates nicely with contract law.

Supplemental Resources Make the topic more interesting and

inviting Illustrates the uses of law

o How law affects every day lifeo How law affects you personally

More interaction and collaboration

Business Law

Questions

If you have any questions, please contact me: o Jill Schany, Emmetsburg High Schoolo jschany@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us

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