How can I overcome any fears of public
speaking and present myself as a professional?
Know Your Rights
Plead the 5th
Competencies
Level 1: F33, F36
Level 2: C17, E26
Level 3: C19, G46, E28, G51, I85, OOS 15, 16
Project Overview
Making It Your Own
What adjustments did you make? How did you assess student learning? What worked really well?
Public Product
Team:
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Schedule a panel of judges, prosecutors, and police for students to ask questions (for iJAG or whole school)
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Put on a student vs cop basketball game for the school – builds community trust with police.
Project Summary
Students will learn what their rights are as a citizen, mostly focusing on what their rights are when interacting with the police. Students might find certain viewpoints/guest speakers as triggers. The purpose of this project is to inform students of how to safely and lawfully interact with the police
Public Product
Individual:
• Student can create a “What are my rights?” video to be published on YouTube, and shared with the school/class/community.
• Draw a comic to show knowledge of rights and how to use those rights when interacting with law enforcement.
• Create a skit showing the wrong and correct way of interacting with law enforcement – while applying knowledge of their civil rights.
• Create a brochure of you rights and how to use them with law enforcement
• Create a board game – applying knowledge of civil rights
• Create a picture book for middle school kids, so they can learn what their rights are. Create an infographic on civil rights and statistics from the community