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Activity 1. Contribute to the Collaborative Criminal Law Glossary
Objective: To learn to collaboratively construct a comprehensive glossary of key criminal law terms, reinforcing understanding of legal vocabulary.
Task 1. Brainstorm Terms:
Divide into 3 groups (4-5 students each). Each group should brainstorm at least 5 key criminal law terms that they think are important to understand (e.g., "manslaughter," "burglary," "assault," "fraud," "conspiracy"). Add the terms to the shared document and write clear, concise definitions for each of the terms.
Brainstorming.docxTask 2. Bingo game:
The teacher randomly opens boxes with words related to criminal law. Students check for words on their list and highlight them. The team with the most highlighted words wins.
Wordlist
Core Concepts & Actions:
Crime: (Преступление) - An act or omission that violates a law and is punishable by the government.
Offense: (Правонарушение) - A violation of the law; often used synonymously with "crime," but can sometimes refer to less serious infractions.
Intent: (Умысел) - A state of mind where a person acts purposefully and knowingly, aiming to achieve a particular result.
Motive: (Мотив) - The reason or underlying cause for committing a crime; while not always required for conviction, it can be relevant to establishing intent.
Attempt: (Покушение) - An act done with the intent to commit a crime that falls short of the completed offense.
Legal Processes & Actors:
Investigation: (Расследование) - The systematic inquiry or examination of facts to discover and examine the truth about an incident, allegation, etc., so as to establish the truth.
Prosecution: (Обвинение / Уголовное преследование) - The act of conducting legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.
Defense: (Защита) - The legal arguments and evidence presented by the accused to disprove or mitigate the charges against them.
Trial: (Судебное разбирательство) - A formal examination of evidence before a judge and jury to decide guilt or innocence in a criminal case.
Evidence: (Доказательство) - Information presented in court to prove or disprove alleged facts.
Victim: (Жертва) - A person who suffers harm as a result of a crime, accident, or other event.
Witness: (Свидетель) - A person who gives testimony in a court of law about what they have seen, heard, or otherwise know.
Attorney: (Адвокат) - A lawyer who represents clients in legal matters.
Prosecutor: (Прокурор / Обвинитель) - A lawyer who represents the government in a criminal case and presents evidence against the defendant.
Defendant: (Обвиняемый / Подсудимый) - The person accused of committing a crime in a criminal case.
Jury: (Жюри присяжных) - A body of people sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
Abstract Concepts/Qualities:
Justice: (Справедливость) - Fairness in the way people are treated.
Guilt: (Вина) - The state of having committed an offense.
Innocence: (Невиновность) - The state of being free from guilt or wrongdoing.
Punishment: (Наказание) - A penalty inflicted for a crime or offense.
Task 3. Do the wordsearch.
Activity 2. How to Get Away with Murder.
Objective: To develop listening comprehension, critical thinking, writing and analytical skills.
Task 1. Watch the video and answer the questions:
What place is it and who are the people in the room?
What is Professor (Annalise) Keating's approach to teaching law students?
In your opinion, is this approach effective? Why? / Why not?
document_5307523484052647243.mp4Task 2. Watch the video.
1) Answer the questions:
How the mens rea is defined in the video?
What is the name of Professor Keating's course? In your opinion, why has she chosen this name?
2) Analyse the facts presented in the video and explain how they support or refute the possibility that Gina Sadowski (Annalise's client) committed the crime. Submit your written analysis.
document_5307523484052647420.mp4Explanatory note:
Annalise's client (Gina Sadowski) is a woman accused of the attempted murder of her lover, her boss, with aspirin, to which he is highly allergic.
Now Annalise's students are discussing the facts available about the crime.
Assessment Criteria:
Identification of Potential Motives (30%): Accuracy and relevance of the motives identified.
Clarity, Organization, and Writing Quality (40%): The analysis is exceptionally well-written, clearly organized, and logically structured.
Analysis of Evidence (30%): Ability to analyze the evidence and apply legal concepts to the specific situation in the video.
Scaling system in the "Modules" section.
Task 3. Watch the second part of the video and write down words related to Criminal Law.
Explanatory note:
In this video Annalise's students are trying to come up with ideas for the defense to help prove client's (Gina Sadowski's) innocence.
document_5307523484052647120.mp4Feedback
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