Day |
# |
Date |
Topic |
Assignment
Due |
Wednesday |
1 |
8/31 |
First Day of the
Course -- Welcome! |
Thursday |
2 |
9/1 |
Importance of Observation & Lineups
Jerry Miller Case |
Read Honest Lies
Answer Questions
|
|
Friday |
X |
9/2 |
Labor Day Weekend |
Monday |
X |
9/5 |
Tuesday |
3 |
9/6 |
Understanding the FBI and CSI |
No Homework during Labor Day Weekend |
Wednesday |
4 |
9/7 |
Crime Scene Investigation 101 |
Prepare Questions for FBI
Presentation |
Thursday |
5 |
9/8 |
A -- The Seven "S's" of CSI |
Write FBI Reflection
Honors Contracts Due |
|
B -- The First 48 & Physical Evidence |
|
Friday |
6 |
9/9 |
A -- Hair and Fiber Analysis |
A -- Observation Questions |
| B -- Direct & Circumstantial
Evidence |
B -- Starved Rock Murders Article
|
Monday |
7 |
9/12 |
A -- Understanding Locard's Principle |
A -- Review Notes |
|
B -- Evidence and Criminal Procedure |
B -- Review Notes |
|
Tuesday |
8 |
9/13 |
A -- The First 48 & Physical Evidence |
A -- Locard Principle Lab Report |
| B -- The Seven "S's" of CSI |
B -- Criminal Procedure Report |
Wednesday |
9 |
9/14 |
A -- Direct & Circumstantial
Evidence |
A --
Starved Rock Murders Article
|
| B -- Hair and Fiber Analysis |
B -- Observation Notes |
Thursday |
10 |
9/15 |
A -- Evidence and Criminal
Procedure |
A -- Review Notes |
| B -- Understanding Locard's
Principle |
B -- Review Notes |
|
Friday |
11 |
9/16 |
Evidence and a Crime
in the Pod |
A -- Criminal Procedure Report |
|
B -- Locard Principle Lab Report |
Monday |
12 |
9/19 |
CSI Review |
Review Notes and Start Studying for Test |
|
Tuesday |
13 |
9/20 |
Unit I Test |
Study for Test |
Wednesday |
14 |
9/21 |
Begin Unit II
[Fingerprints & Criminal Procedure]
Fingerprinting & CSI |
Review Notes |
Thursday |
15 |
9/22 |
Exploring the Fourth Amendment |
Complete FBI
Session Survey |
|
Friday |
16 |
9/23 |
Fourth Amendment
Supreme Court Cases |
Finish Fourth Amendment Packet |
Monday |
17 |
9/26 |
The Science of Fingerprints |
Review Notes |
|
Tuesday |
18 |
9/27 |
"Dusting for Prints" |
Fingerprint Matching |
Wednesday |
19 |
9/28 |
Search Warrants and the
Case of the Stolen Cannolis |
Review Notes |
Thursday |
20 |
9/29 |
People v. Daley |
Look at Fourth Amendment Packet |
|
Friday |
21 |
9/30 |
Tammy Howe, PsyD |
Finish 4th Amendment Packet/Write Questions |
Monday |
22 |
10/3 |
Commonwealth v. Martha Monroe |
Review Notes |
|
Tuesday |
23 |
10/4 |
Plain View Doctrine & Poisonous
Tree |
The Fingerprinting Debate |
Wednesday |
24 |
10/5 |
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent" |
SJC and a Cookie |
Thursday |
25 |
10/6 |
Unit II Quiz |
Study for Unit II Quiz |
|
Friday |
26 |
10/7 |
Begin Unit III
[Forensic Serology & Crime Scene
Analysis] |
TBD |
Monday |
X |
10/10 |
No School
-- Columbus Day |
|
Tuesday |
27 |
10/11 |
A -- Blood Characteristics &
Typing |
Review Notes |
| B -- Crime Scene Analysis |
Wednesday |
28 |
10/12 |
Crisis Negotiation |
Review Notes |
Thursday |
29 |
10/13 |
A -- Crime Scene Analysis |
FBI Reflection Survey
www.mrkrieger.com/fbi.htm |
| B -- Blood Characteristics &
Typing |
|
Friday |
30 |
10/14 |
Blood Spatter Patterns and Analysis |
Complete Blood Analysis Worksheet |
|
**** Week of October 17 is Spirit Week **** |
Monday |
31 |
10/17 |
Castings & Shoe Prints |
Review Notes |
|
Tuesday |
32 |
10/18 |
Solving a Blood Splattered Crime Scene |
Read "The CSI Effect" |
Wednesday |
33 |
10/19 |
Indoor Spirit Week Events |
Review Notes |
Thursday |
34 |
10/20 |
Blood Spatter Crime Scene Analysis |
None |
|
Friday |
35 |
10/21 |
Begin Unit IV
[DNA and Capital Punishment] |
DNA Backgrounder |
Monday |
36 |
10/24 |
Using DNA at a Crime Scene |
Honors: Poisoner's Handbook Due |
Tuesday |
37 |
10/25 |
DNA Fingerprinting |
Review Notes |
Wednesday |
38 |
10/26 |
Criminal Justice and DNA |
Complete DNA Fingerprinting Questions
Job Shadowing Day Application
Deadline |
Thursday |
39 |
10/27 |
A -- Electrophoresis |
Finish CJ & DNA Packet |
|
B --
Introduction to Capital Punishment |
|
Friday |
40 |
10/28 |
A --
Introduction to Capital Punishment |
Review Notes and Finish Poster, if necessary |
|
B -- Electrophoresis |
Monday |
41 |
10/31 |
Capital Punishment & Exonerations |
Review Notes |
Tuesday |
42 |
11/1 |
Capital Punishment & Exonerations |
Work on Project |
Wednesday |
43 |
11/2 |
Polygraph |
Finish Project -- Due at Start of Class |
Thursday |
44 |
11/3 |
Mid Course Exam Review |
Begin studying for Mid-course Exam |
|
Friday |
45 |
11/4 |
Mid Course Exam |
Study for Mid-course Exam |
Monday |
46 |
11/7 |
Dead Men Walking |
Honors: Research Project Proposal Due |
|
Tuesday |
47 |
11/8 |
Finish Dead Men Walking |
Dead Men Walking Discussion
Questions Day 1
|
Wednesday |
48 |
11/9 |
Paul Zambella |
Dead Men Walking Discussion
Questions Day 2 |
Thursday |
49 |
11/10 |
Troy Davis and the Death Penalty |
Review Notes |
|
Friday |
X |
11/11 |
No School
-- Veterans' Day |
Monday |
50 |
11/14 |
Begin Unit V [Ballistics and Policing] |
Review Notes |
Tuesday |
51 |
11/15 |
The JFK Assassination |
Firing Pin Match Sheet |
Wednesday |
52 |
11/16 |
A -- Law Enforcement in the U.S. |
JFK Shooter Location |
|
B -- Trajectory and Projectile ID |
Thursday |
53 |
11/17 |
A -- Trajectory and Projectile ID |
A -- Finish Trajectory Worksheet |
|
B -- Law Enforcement in the U.S. |
B -- Deadly Use of Force Proposal |
|
Friday |
54 |
11/18 |
Police Use of Force |
A -- Deadly Use of Force Proposal |
|
B -- Finish Trajectory Worksheet |
Monday |
55 |
11/21 |
ATFE and Ballistics |
Review Notes |
Tuesday |
56 |
11/22 |
Interrogations |
Prepare Questions for Presentation |
Wednesday |
57 |
11/23 |
A Ballistics Crime Scene |
Complete Reflection from FBI Visit |
Thursday |
X |
11/24 |
No School -- Thanksgiving Vacation |
|
Friday |
X |
11/25 |
Monday |
58 |
11/28 |
Unit VI: Forensic Chemistry/Drug Enforcement
Introduction to Illicit Drugs in the U.S. |
No Homework During Thanksgiving Break |
|
Tuesday |
59 |
11/29 |
DEA/MSP Brochure Project |
Work on Project |
Wednesday |
60 |
11/30 |
DEA/MSP Brochure Project |
Work on Project |
Thursday |
61 |
12/1 |
Marijuana and Federal Law / Prop 19 |
Finish Brochure |
|
Friday |
62 |
12/2 |
Operating Under the Influence |
Federal Drug Trafficking Penalties
|
Monday |
63 |
12/5 |
Chemistry and Controlled Substances |
Review Notes
Honors: Research Project Outline Due |
Tuesday |
64 |
12/6 |
Toxicology Introduction |
Review Notes |
Wednesday |
65 |
12/7 |
Toxicology and the Effects of Alcohol
|
Review Notes |
Thursday |
66 |
12/8 |
Group A - Controlled Substance Lab |
B.A.C. Analysis |
|
Group B - Ipswich Police Dept. Tour |
Begin Studying for Unit Test |
|
Friday |
67 |
12/9 |
Group A - Ipswich Police Dept. Tour |
Controlled Substance Handout |
|
Group B - Controlled Substance Lab |
Begin Studying for Unit Test |
Monday |
68 |
12/12 |
Unit V / VI Test |
Study for Unit V / VI Test
Controlled Substance Handout |
Tuesday |
69 |
12/13 |
Unit VII
Introduction to Arson Investigation |
Read Forensic Science: Arson
Answer questions |
Wednesday |
70 |
12/14 |
Death by Fire |
Complete Burned: Fire Science Questions |
Thursday |
71 |
12/15 |
The Execution of Todd Willingham |
Guilty or Not Guilty -- Your Opinion |
|
Friday |
72 |
12/16 |
Fire Science and Capital Punishment |
Review Notes |
Monday |
73 |
12/19 |
Begin Unit VIII Juvenile Justice |
Review Notes |
|
Tuesday |
74 |
12/20 |
Yarborough v. Alvarado |
Juvenile Justice Packet Questions 6 and 7 |
Wednesday |
75 |
12/21 |
"When Kids get Life" Project |
Work on "When Kids get Life" Project |
Thursday |
76 |
12/22 |
"When Kids get Life" Project |
Work on "When Kids get Life" Project |
|
Winter Break [December 23
through January 2] |
Tuesday |
77 |
1/3 |
"When Kids get Life" Project |
No Homework During Winter Break |
Wednesday |
78 |
1/4 |
JLWOP |
Finalize Project -- Due at Start of Class |
Thursday |
79 |
1/5 |
Murder on a Sunday Morning |
Miller v. Alabama |
|
Friday |
80 |
1/6 |
Murder on a Sunday Morning |
Many Kids Called Unfit for Trial Article |
Monday |
81 |
1/9 |
Final Exam Review |
Prepare Materials for Final Exam Review
Honors: Research Project Due |
Tuesday |
82 |
1/10 |
CSI Final Assessment: Case Intro. |
Work on Final Assessment Case |
Wednesday |
83 |
1/11 |
CSI Final Assessment: Casework |
Work on Final Assessment Case |
Thursday |
84 |
1/12 |
CSI Final Assessment: Casework |
Work on Final Assessment Case |
|
Friday |
85 |
1/13 |
CSI Final Assessment: Casework |
CSI Case Analysis Due |
Monday |
X |
1/16 |
No School
-- Martin Luther King Day |
Tuesday |
86 |
1/17 |
CSI Final Assessment: Casework
CSI Final Assessment: Case Presentations |
Study for Final Exam / Prepare for Presentation |
Wednesday |
87 |
1/18 |
CSI Final Assessment: Case Presentations |
Study for Final Exam / Prepare for Presentation |
Thursday |
X |
1/19 |
Final Exam Written Component |
|
Friday |
X |
1/20 |
Periods 3 and 4 Exams |