Monthly Archives: February 2018

Juvenile debate

Topic: Should juveniles be tried as adults for serious acts?

Due 3/2 Friday B-day and 3/5 Monday A-day

*Must be 12 font, Times New Roman

*Sources on the back (APA-use citefast for assistance)

*Opening/closing-define juvenile and delinquency (can use different examples of types of delinquency acts)

A-day work from McQueen’s absence 2/16

Scavenger hunt: You must write the question and answer. This will be due by Wednesday A-day

  1. Define Juvenile (open)
  2. List three ways Juvenile Courts are different than adult courts (legalmatch)
  3. What are the primary goals of the juvenile justice system? (youth.gov)
  4. What state leads the nation in trying juvenile as adults? (themarshallproject)
  5. How many children have been tried in the last five years in Florida? (same as above)
  6. List 3 Pros and 3 Cons of Transfer to Adult Criminal Court. (nolo.com)
  7. At what age can a child be tried as an adult in Ohio and what is the process? (ohiobar)
  8. When will a juvenile be tried as an adult in Pennsylvania? (jlc.org)
  9. In Pennsylvania, list five crimes a 15 year old will be charged as an adult if committed (same as above)
  10. What is a felony? List five 5 examples of crimes (open)
  11. What is a misdemeanor? List 5 examples of these crimes (open)
  12. Define delinquent. (open)

Essays

Essays are due A-day 2/14 and B-day 2/15

A rough draft must be complete and stapled under the final draft. Your essay is your personal opinion on our essential question: Is social media bad for society. You may have a mixed view and talk about whether its good or bad. It should contain 5 paragraphs and 5 sentences per paragraph. You may reference the article thats on the blog as well.

Social Media project

Creation of your own social media Due 2/8 A-day and 2/9 B-day

  1. Design and create your own unique name and logo (it can be hand drawn or computerized)
  2. Write a speech 2min minimum description that includes
  3. Intro of your social media site
  4. Target audience (age, gender, who is this intended for?)
  5. Features (how do you use it?)
  6. Competitors (which site is it most comparable to)
  7. How does your site differ or stand out from competitors?
  8. Privacy/safety policy (create your own)
  9. You are able to freelance and be creative with this mini project and add on anything that you feel is needed for your social media site
  10. Only 2-3 people to a group (like many successful sites, the founders are in small groups)

Tips: http://www.easymedia.in/8-key-characteristics-social-networking-sites/

Your project will be highly graded on creativity and including all aspects of the descriptions in your speech. It will be worth 40pts (creativity (logo or anything relative), delivery, criteria (description, timing (2min)