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__**Quality Core Curriculum Standards**__ 1.  Topic: Role of Citizen Standard: Promotes respects for rights of others 2.  Topic: Conflict Resolution Standard: Examines alternatives for achieving conflict resolution and social order (e.g., peer mediation arbitration  3.   Topic: Definition of Terms   Standard: Discusses important legal concepts and terms (e.g., arrest, amendment, felonies/misdemeanors, age of majority, judgment, liability, defendant/plaintiff, guilty, plea bargain, state).    4.   Topic: Court System    Standard: Explains jurisdiction and structure of federal, state, and local courts.     5.   Topic: Role of a Citizen    Standard: Differentiates between rights and responsibilities giving examples of each.      6.   Topic: Felonies and Misdemeanors    Standard: Defines criminal law and gives examples of felonies and misdemeanors.     7.   Topic: Legal procedures    Standard: Traces the criminal justice process following an arrest.     8.   Topic: Rights of a Citizen    Standard: Examines individual rights.      9.   Topic: Local criminal justice system Standard: Identifies important officials in the local criminal justice system (e.g., judge, sheriff, district attorney, etc.). 10.  Topic: Due Process Standard: Determines rights associated with due process of law (e.g., Miranda Rights). 11.  Topic: Terminology Standard: Defines and gives examples of civil law. 12.  Topic: Consumer and Family Law Standard: Discusses consumer laws and protections, family law and property rights. 13.  Topic: Georgia Court System Standard: Compares/contrasts Georgia’s juvenile and adult justice systems.
 * COURSE DESCRIPTION** Street Law is a challenging course that is designed to provide students with the ability to analyze, evaluate and resolve legal disputes. Through case studies, role plays, mock trials, moot court simulations and research, students will gain a practical understanding of law and the legal system, and how it relates to their everyday lives. Students must be proficient in reading and writing, as well as possess a willingness to devote considerable time to research and study. Students will acquire the analytic skills and content necessary to examine legal disputes and develop informed interpretations and resolutions substantiated by evidence. This course analyzes the foundations and functions of the American legal system; examines types of laws, the individual's relationship to the law and major court decisions; and integrates and reinforces social studies skills. ======