This teachers' resource contains topic-by-topic lesson plans to help the teacher guide the students through the Irish legal system. Additional downloadable teaching aids supplement each lesson.
Under each of the ten topic headings below, the teacher will find lesson plans, posters and other content to enable them to deliver the module without requiring specific knowledge of the law. Click one of the links below to be taken directly to that module or scroll down.
Who's Who In The Courtroom?
Learning Outcomes:To enable the students understand the roles of the various people involved in a court case. (In this module we are focusing only on a criminal trial).
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Lesson Plan - Who's Who in the Courtroom |
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Who's Who in the Criminal Court (Poster) |
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Who's Who in the Criminal Court Exercise (blank poster) |
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Who's Who in the Criminal Court Exercise (Quiz) |
A Mock Trial In Action
Learning Outcomes: To provide the students with a full understanding of the mock trial and what will be expected of them.
What is The Law?
Learning Outcomes: To facilitate the students in developing their own understanding of what the law is.
Where Do Laws Come From?
Learning Outcomes: To enable the students understand the source of our laws.
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Lesson Plan - Where do Laws Come From? |
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Teacher's Note - Origin of Laws |
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Teacher's Note - Separation of Powers |
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Separation of Powers Poster |
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Making Statute Law Poster |
Understanding The Courts System
Learning Outcomes: To enable the students understand the Irish courts system.
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Lesson Plan - Understanding the Courts System |
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Structure of the Courts Poster |
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Student Handout - Structure of the Courts (simplified) |
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Student Quiz |
Examining A Witness - What Can You Ask?
Learning Outcomes: To enable students conduct basic examinations of witnesses at a trial.
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Lesson Plan - Examining a Witness |
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Role Play Illustration |
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Student Handout - Examination in Chief Role Play |
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Teacher's Note - Cross-Examination Role Play |
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Teacher's Note - Examination in Chief Role Play |
Preparing for a Trial
Learning Outcomes: To prepare the students to take part in a mock trial.
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Lesson Plan - Preparing for a Trial |
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Teacher’s Notes - List of Roles in the Trial |
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The Legal Case |
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The Indictment |
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Statements of Prosecution Witnesses |
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Statements of Defence Witnesses |
How Do You Run A Trial?
Learning Outcomes: To offer the students an insight into the order of events at a trial.
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Lesson Plan - How Do You Run A Trial |
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Running Order Of The Trial |
A Mock Trial In Action
Learning Outcomes: To provide the students with a full understanding of the mock trial and what will be expected of them.
Other Action Projects
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Other Action Projects |
Who's Who In The Courtroom?
Who's Who In The Courtroom?
To enable the students understand the roles of the various people involved in a court case.
A Mock Trial In Action
A Mock Trial In Action
Resources to provide students with a full understanding of the mock trial and what will be expected of them.
What Is The Law?
What Is The Law?
The aim of this module is to facilitate the students in developing their own understanding of what the law is.
Where Do Laws Come From?
Where Do Laws Come From?
To enable the students understand the source of our laws.
Understanding The Courts System
Understanding The Courts System
To enable the students understand the Irish courts system.
Examining a Witness
Examining a Witness
This resource aims to provide students with information about how to examine a witness in a trial.
Preparing For A Trial
Preparing For A Trial
To prepare the students to take part in the mock trial.
How Do You Run A Trial?
How Do You Run A Trial?
This resources offers the students an insight into the order of events at a trial.
The Mock Trial
The Mock Trial
To run a successful and educational mock trial.
Other Action Projects
Other Action Projects
To facilitate other law-related actions projects.