Business and comsumer law
Intended Audience: Grades 10, 11 and 12
Credit: One trimester = 0.5 credit
Major Outcomes:
• Consumer law related issues
• Contracts—sports, pre-nuptial, cell
phones, leases
• Marriage
• Intentional torts vs. negligence
• Mediation, negotiation, civil trials
• Product liability
Projects, Activities, etc.: Examine law
through participation in a mock trial; including
pre-trial discovery [fact finding, affidavits,
depositions] and the actual trial [opening
statements, direct and cross examination,
closing arguments]
Instructional Focus: Case studies, role plays,
speakers, group projects, mock trial
Co-curricular Connection: BPA