A Block Legal Studies - This morning we're off to the library for researching charges, defenses to charges, finding out punishments and beginning to write your case memo assignment. The purpose of the legal memorandum is to answer one or more legal questions in the context of a specific set of facts. It should contain a thorough analysis of the relevant law and provide a well-reasoned answer to the questions posed. For this Criminal Law project, you need to choose two of the eleven hypothetical criminal cases I will give you and provide a minimum one-page memo/letter for each. Each memo (format tomorrow) will need to address the questions or directions at the end of each of the cases you choose. Each case is a scenario and at the end of each is a question-set of questions you need to try to answer. Take case one as an example...in this case you were specifically asked to
Prepare the Crown arguments regarding whether Hoogans can be proven on these facts to have aided in the trafficking or the possession of narcotics, or both. The Crown has also asked also to identify and assess any arguments that you think defense counsel might make. In considering whether it is likely that Hoogans will be convicted, you may assume that the facts set out in the hypothetical case will be proven in court, and that no other relevant facts arise. NOTE: Please consider that the Crown has a duty to consider whether prosecution is in the public interest (having regard to the harm caused by Hoogans’ actions and her degree of moral blameworthiness) and whether there is a reasonable prospect of conviction if the matter proceeds to trial.So, you need to explain the reasons why Corley Hoogans could be found guilty of the charge of aiding Morgan Height in drug trafficking (remember aiding is the same as actually doing) based on the facts outlined in the story. You'll need to find out what the charge of drug trafficking in cocaine involves and what the Controlled Drug and Substances Act says possession is. Then, you'll need to determine what aiding means so look at the Parties to an offense at the Canadian Criminal Law notebook & at the Criminal Code (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-21.html). You'll also need to look at the principles of sentencing, the options for sentencing, and then sentencing for Drug Offences at the Canadian Criminal Law Notebook or at Ron Jourard's chart for drug offenses. You were also asked to look at defense council's options so look at possible defenses for Hoogans.
So, using the text and the criminal code, and explain from the facts given to you if Hoogans can be found guilty. You will also need to explain how you think the defense lawyer would argue that Hoogans should be found not guilty.
Tomorrow I'll post more on the format/structure of the legal memo for you. Today you should choose two cases and research charges/defenses/exemplar cases/sentencing options and anything else you need to begin your memos.
B Block Criminology - Rey Raggy...rit's Rooby Rooby Rooooo!
Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated S01 E23 A Haunting in Crystal Cove
We'll also watch the old school "Scooby Doo Where are You?" episode Jeepers, It's the Jaguaro (it may help with question #4 below)
- What assumptions or beliefs do Scooby Doo’s creators have that are reflected in the content?
- How does this make you feel, based on how similar or different you are from the people portrayed in the media product?
- How does the commercial purpose (it's made for a profit right?) of Scooby Doo cartoons influence the content and how it's communicated?
- Who and what is shown in a positive light? In a negative light? Why might these people and things be shown this way?
- Who and what is not shown at all? What conclusions might audiences draw based on these facts?
- "How does Scooby Doo explain crime and gender roles to young people"?
Huffington Post article on Beauty Stereotypes in Scooby Doo
Now although Scooby Doo is fun, we need to look at it through a more critical eye. So, take a look at the elements of Media Literacy...Not only are media constructions (made by humans) but that the receiving audience interprets the meaning of the message themselves. Remember, Scooby Doo is media and media are constructions - Media products are created by individuals who make conscious and unconscious choices about what to include, what to leave out and how to present what is included. These decisions are based on the creators’ own point of view, which will have been shaped by their opinions, assumptions and biases – as well as media they have been exposed to. As a result of this, media products are never entirely accurate reflections of the real world – even the most objective documentary filmmaker has to decide what footage to use and what to cut, as well as where to put the camera – but we instinctively view many media products as direct representations of what is real...now I know Scooby Doo is a cartoon, but for the questions above please Feel free to use the TV Tropes sites on Scooby Doo characters and Scooby Doo Analysis or read through the following too
CNN ‘Scooby-Doo’ wasn’t just another cartoon. It was a reaction to the political turmoil at the time
C Block Human Geography - After you finish and display your posters for a gallery walk in the class today, we'll go through the key question "Where Are Religions Distributed?". In addition to the religions for your presentations we'll look at Confucianism, Taoism, Bahá’í, Shintoism, Zoroastrianism, Cao Dai and Jainism. To end you'll have the following questions to work on:
- How are the differences between universalizing and ethnic religions similar to the differences between folk and popular culture? List several similarities.
- Refer to the small pie charts in Figure 6-3. Which regions have enough adherents of each of the three universalizing religions that all three appear on the pie charts?
- What are some similarities and differences between Buddhism and Chinese ethnic religions?
D Block Physical Geography - Today we'll look at the composition and vertical structure of the atmosphere focusing on the bottom two layers (Troposphere and Stratosphere) through this we'll complete the Atmosphere in the Vertical activity along with a few questions on the atmosphere. The atmosphere can be divided into layers based on the atmospheric pressure and temperature profiles (the way these quantities change with height). Atmospheric temperature drops steadily from its value at the surface, about 290K (63°F; 17°C), until it reaches a minimum of around 220K (–64°F;–53°C) at 6 mi (10 km) above the surface. The atmosphere has 4 layers: the troposphere that we live in near the surface of the earth; the stratosphere that houses the ozone layer; the mesosphere, a colder and lower density layer with about 0.1% of the atmosphere; and the thermosphere, the top layer, where the air is hot but very thin.
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