Students will then view and complete a worksheet on a visual from the Tips web site. Students will then be instructed to review relevant cases regarding due process on the web site Student will be able to relate due process to their daily lives. The teacher will instruct the student playing the officer that they are to bang loudly on the door and when it is open they are to tell the occupant that the wanted to ask her a few question because someone had told them that they thought something suspicious was going on in this house. Teacher instructs the students playing the occupants to let them in. The mother offers no resistance.
Teacher elicits answers from students and facilitates discussion.
Expected responses may include that wasn t fair. The police can t just come into your house like that. Teacher should accept all reasonable responses gearing discussion toward the idea that the police were in error and civil rights had been violated, specifically the right to Due Process. Students should use the websites to understand the specific amendment relating to this area. Students should utilize the various web sites listed in resource section to create a power point presentation explaining the term Due Process to the public.