Learning Goals
Students will be able to argue which response to crime—punishment, rehabilitation, or restorative justice—creates the best outcome for the person, the victim, and the community using evidence from Touching Spirit Bear and a real juvenile case.
Students will be able to evaluate the credibility and usefulness of sources about juvenile justice, including the novel, the probation officer or court advocate example, and short research sources, to support a defensible position.
Students will be able to present and defend a CER-based argument about criminal justice in a clear two-minute explanation and respond to a counterargument with evidence.
Products
Two-Minute Juvenile Justice Argument Recording with Evidence Log
Each student creates a brief recorded or live argument that states a clear position on the best response to crime and supports it with evidence from the novel and the real juvenile case. The submission also includes an evidence log with source credibility notes, a counterargument, and a rebuttal.
Justice in Action Panel Debate and Class Synthesis Poster
Teams deliver a public panel-style defense of their position on punishment, rehabilitation, or restorative justice using each member’s evidence from the novel and community case. They also produce a synthesis poster that compares the strongest arguments on each side and identifies where the most convincing evidence lies.
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