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This is the link for the online course platform we have built, called Scoodle. It's free to use from now, and you can create your own user area.

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WELCOME TO SCOODLE = Second Chance m oodle! This site is for you: educators of Second Chance Education (SCE) learners. On these pages, you can find an overview of courses available show more

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Can little children understand contracts? Should they be taught to understand contracts? You bet! My personal experience shows that certain rudimentary principles of contract law are understood intuitively by many, if not all, five-year-olds.

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ABA Law Day: For Schools: Lessons K-4: Teaching About Contracts

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1. A black crepe-paper "robe" suitable for a kindergarten-size judge. A sheet of black crepe (or tissue) paper available at most variety stores works quite well once a hole is cut in the center to go over a child's head. 2. Enough chocolate bars for the entire class, some plain and some with nuts.

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Highlight the real impact that damaging laws can have on children, young people and their families

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Working for all children and young people in the UK to have their legal rights and entitlements respected and promoted, and their voices heard and valued.

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For people who are interested in methodology applied by Court Watch Foundation in Poland, and are not able to read its reports in Polish, we encourage to get familiar with the "Court Monitoring Methodology" by Bartosz Pilitowski and Stanislaw Burdziej.

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The ACLU collaborated with THE D.R.E.A.M. RING, a Brooklyn-based dance company known for a style of dance called “flexing,” to make a video about tactics and rights to use during stop and frisk encounters with the police.

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The ACLU collaborated with THE D.R.E.A.M. RING, a Brooklyn-based dance company known for a style of dance called "flexing," to make a video about tactics and rights to use during stop and frisk encounters with the police.

One of the founders of THE D.R.E.A.M. RING, Reggie Gray, said of the style, "Flexing is a means of expression for people who feel like we don't have a voice." The style lends itself to communicating the pain and frustrations many dancers have personally experienced in their interactions with police in the Brooklyn neighborhoods where they grew up and continue to live. The kind of stops most of the dancers have experienced, often referred to as "stop and frisk," is just a way of life for many of the dancers, but knowing how to act and what rights they have during those stops is a critical step in preventing the interaction from escalating.

In their own words with behind the scenes photos from the video shoot:

"Knowing your rights saves your life."

"It allows me to be who I want to be, while still being me. It allows me to express myself."

Dancing made me who I am today, my whole energy and character. It was a savior for me when I was actually on the streets. It allows me to be who I want to be, while still being me. It allows me to express myself.

I was once taught as a kid, an educated mind is a free mind. So if you know your rights, you're ahead. If I had known my rights way back, I probably would never have been in trouble.

When you have that knowledge, the cops think, "Okay, now we're not messin' with just some ignorant Black person off the streets now. Okay, he knows his rights. This is one we gotta be careful with now." People wouldn't have to worry about the cops coming to mess with you.

"Just be calm, spit your rights."

Dance is very powerful, and could change a lot of things in the world. The cops, they look at body language. That's the first thing they look at. That's why movement and dance is so powerful. A lot of the situations escalate because people don't know how to act around police officers. Just be calm, spit your rights. What you speak into the world, the world will definitely answer back.

"Knowing your rights is a great deal of power."

Knowing your rights is a great deal of power. If everybody in my neighborhood knew their rights, there would be a lot of changes. Because I was born and raised in Brooklyn, where flexin' started, I felt a part of me attached to the style. Through my body I was able to express things that I couldn't with my mouth.

I've seen a lot of people in bad situations who didn't know what to do because they didn't know their rights. As an individual, when I go into the street, I feel well equipped knowing my amendments, what I'm capable of, my Miranda rights. Anybody tries to take advantage of me, I know what to say, I know what to do.

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Flex Dancers and ACLU Present: Know Your Rights in Police Encounters

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Jump to navigation Skip navigation The ACLU collaborated with THE D.R.E.A.M. RING, a Brooklyn-based dance company known for a style of dance called "flexing," to make a video about tactics and rights to use during stop and frisk encounters with the police. One of the founders of THE D.R.E.A.M.

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The following lesson plans have been developed by University of Washington School of Law Students for the Street Law Course and are available for use at no charge

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How to Teach Kids About Why Contracts and Laws Are Important

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How to Teach Kids About Why Contracts and Laws Are Important

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How to Teach Kids About Why Contracts and Laws Are Important

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Can young children understand contracts? While it may seem that the concept of "contracts" is too complex for the youngest students, the reality is that they can understand the basic principles of laws and contracts, even in the preschool years.

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The trivia game includes questions regarding introductory legal elements (difference in federal and state court), legal terms, and some legal pop culture.  There are slides throughout that explain the answers to certain questions to give the students more background on introductory legal elements to give them a better understanding of the general legal system.  Slides need to be updated every year for the legal pop culture questions.

Structure of Activity

-       Split the room into teams of no more than four people

-       Complete a series of trivia questions on the legal system

-       Keep score of which teams get the correct answers.

-       If a team yells out an answer or gives an answer to another team they lose a point

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"Jimmy is a sixteen year old student at Chief Sealth High School. Jimmy has been charged with first degree assault in juvenile court... "

The question whether plea bargaining is a good way to ensure that justice is served?

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... Ask each one what’s on their cup. See what they each have in common: Elicit “very hot.”

Tell them that this wasn’t on the cups before Stella Liebeck had her way. Who is Stella Liebeck?
Introduce Stella Liebeck

“I’m Stella Liebeck. I was in the car with my grandson one day, and he drove up to a McDonalds drive-thru. He asked me if I wanted anything. Of course I did! It’s McDonalds! So, I got a cup of coffee. Hey, I was 79. I needed a little caffeine.  They handed him his order (Big Mac, supersized, and my coffee). He pulled over to the side of the line so I could add some milk and sugar. I had the cup balanced on my knees and took the lid off, and hot coffee spilled all over me! I spent 8 days in the hospital having skin cut off my body and grafted onto my knees to replace the burned skin! It was awful! My cotton sweatpants absorbed the coffee, scalding my thighs, buttocks, and groin. I suffered third-degree burns on six percent of my skin and lesser burns over sixteen percent ...

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Stop-Action Roleplay (20 minutes) based on State v Thierry.

A. Select four students to participate in the skit and distribute the appropriate roles to each student (roles attached below).

1.     Two students will play the roles of police officers while the other two will play the defendants/arrestees.

2.     Explain to the actors that their job is to explicitly convey each action or additional fact one at a time. The goal is to act things out enough that the teacher does not have to add additional narration.