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.
Explore the Modules
Under each of the topic headings below, the teacher will find lesson plans, posters, and other content to help deliver the module without requiring specific knowledge of the law. Click one of the links below to jump directly to that module, or scroll down.
- Who's Who In The Courtroom?
- What Is The Law?
- Where Do Laws Come From?
- Understanding The Courts System
- Examining a Witness - What Can You Ask?
- Preparing For A Trial
- How Do You Run A Trial?
- A Mock Trial In Action
- Other Action Projects
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).
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.
Understanding The Courts System
Learning Outcomes: To enable the students understand the Irish courts system.
Examining a Witness - What Can You Ask?
Learning Outcomes: To enable students conduct basic examinations of witnesses at a trial.
Preparing For A Trial
Learning Outcomes: To prepare the students to take part in a mock trial.
How Do You Run A Trial?
Learning Outcomes: To offer the students an insight into the order of events at a 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
Learning Outcomes: To provide the students with a full understanding of the mock trial and what will be expected of them.
