If any one, upon his rare powers of speaking, shall claim an exemption from the drudgery of the law, his case is a failure in advance.-Abraham Lincoln

LAW 120- Course Description- Units of Study- Evaluation

UNITS…Unit 1: Foundations of LawUnit 2: Criminal LawUnit 3: Civil Law and the Law of Torts

UNITS…Unit 4: Human RightsUnit 5: Youth & the Law

EVALUATION

Assignments & Notebook 20%Tests and Quizzes 30%Projects 40%Class Mark 10%Exam is worth 30% of your final mark

QUESTION:

WHAT WILL I BE DOING IN THIS CLASS?

ANSWER:

I DON’T KNOWBUT IT WILL BE A LOT

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

I will do my part to be prepared to talk to you each day about the legal system in our country.

It only seems fair that you would do the same

AIM OF SOCIAL STUDIES

The vision for the Atlantic Canada social studies curriculum is to enable and encouragestudents to examine issues, respond critically and creatively, and make informed decisions as individuals and as citizens of Canada and of an increasingly interdependent world.

AIM OF SOCIAL STUDIES

Meaningful

Active

Challenging

Significant

Issues-Based

SO YOU WANT TO STUDY LAW?

WHY???

Legal Issues are Everywhere - as much as that sounds like a cliché, it’s true

Take a look at todays paper Think about recent movies

TROUBLE WITH LAW

LAW IS EVERYWHERE Although not everything deals with “The

Law” by definition, most things deal with legal issues. This does not have to include courts and fines. It can include disputes, crimes, or moral issues.

“The Law” has its origins in real life issues like these.

Basically, laws are cause and effect Something happened and the effect was

to come up with a law or set of laws to create order.

LAW AS A PART OF CIVILIZATION Law is a fundamental aspect of civilization.

In this course we will have to communicate thoughts and feelings about legal issues.

Ask yourself truthfully what your feelings are about LAW?

Do you have primarily positive feelings or are they mostly negative.

Your answer may depend on previous situations from your past.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN You are going to increase your ability to

evaluate all of the legal information that surrounds you.

Law has a unique set of terminology you will have to learn

Through our study of case law, you will learn the skills and strategies necessary to make informed evaluations of legal issues.

THINK OF LAW AS AN ADVENTURE

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MY APOLOGIES I’m sorry in advance because in order to

be successful in this class you must think.

In fact, you will have to do more than think. You will have to reason.

In order to reason, you will have to learn strategies for reasoning.

THE MASTER OF REASONING “The only true wisdom is in knowing you

know nothing.” “The only good is knowledge and the

only evil is ignorance.” “The unexamined life is not worth

living.”

Socrates

“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”

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KINDLE

“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”

Light or set on fire

Arouse or inspire

Socrates

TEACH?

“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”

Socrates