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Research Project

 

In order to better understand the legal system and court procedure, you will do a research based oral project focusing on any North American court case or legal issue you like. You will create a 3 minute PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation that you will present to the class. The presentation must feature many images, it must be memorized and dynamic, and it must be written in your own words. This means that it may NOT simply consist of a series of copy-pasted passages [BECAUSE THAT IS PLAGIARISM]. At the end of the presentation you must have a works cited page (bibliography) and the research must be derived from at least 2 reliable, trustworthy sources.

 

Topics

 

Famous cases:

https://www.rasmussen.edu/degrees/justice-studies/blog/famous-court-cases/

 

Landmark Cases

 USA:

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/programs/constitution_day/landmark-cases/

Canada:

http://ojen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Cases-That-Have-Changed-Society.pdf

 

Laws that need to be changed now

Canada:

https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/these-laws-are-the-worst/269678

 

Should our Mandatory Minimum Punishments (MMPs) be abolished?

Canada:

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/mmp-pmo/p2.html

USA:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/15/mandatory-minimum-sentences-are-cruel-and-ineffective-sessions-wants-them-back/

*Washington Post is not a neutral source, seek other perspectives as well.

 

Laws that do not exist, but should

USA:

https://www.cracked.com/article_24176_5-horrifying-ways-government-failing-at-public-safety.html

 

The profile of a serial killer:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/wicked-deeds/201905/how-the-fbi-profiles-serial-offenders

 

Why people kill (according to a neuroscientist):

https://qz.com/1348203/a-neuroscientist-who-studies-rage-says-were-all-capable-of-doing-something-terrible/

 

Propose your own topic:

The above topics are merely suggestions. If you can think of a legal issue that you would prefer to cover in this project, approach me with the topic clearly written here:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            As long as it is relevant and can be adequately researched, I will happily authorize it.

 

 

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Research Project Rubric

 

Name:_________________________________________                                                                                            

 

Content

-Is the topic thoroughly researched?

-is the information accurate?

-Is the content adequately elaborated?

 

/25

 

Delivery

-Is your voice audible?

-Do you make eye contact with the class?

-Do you appear knowledgeable about the topic?

-Is the content more or less memorized?

 

/20

 

Visual

-Is the presentation visually appealing?

-Does the presentation feature relevant images?

-Is the presentation logically organized? 

 

/5

 

Additional Comments:

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