Unit: Due Process Date: September 13, 2000 By: Aaron Hamann

Scenario: I will pretend to be a teacher in a classroom and I will blow up at a student for doing something "wrong." I will then send him home for a week without letting him speak and without sending him to the principal’s office. The student will be forced to leave the group.

After this I will ask the student to come back to the group and ask how he felt. I will also ask the others their opinion of what just happened. This will tie into the definition and explanation of Due Process.

The learner will:

-Learn the definition of Due Process

-Understand their rights as a student/teacher under Due Process

-Participate in an example of Due Process in action

-Demonstrate understanding of results from two related court cases

•Definition of Due process and the rights it protects taken from handout.

•A lecture on the two related court cases.

•Discussion on how formal you as a teacher must be with Due Process

more than 10 days of suspension ª more formality.

•Outcome of two court cases taken from handout.

Here I will take questions on Due Process. After answering any questions, I will discuss the two court cases and give Input about Due Process as it relates to them. After this is done, I will ask someone for a hypothetical case, and explain to them how Due Process applies.

(Bloom’s Taxonomy is a guide)

Comprehension: Give a definition of Due Process in your own words.

Analysis: Can you recall any situation that you or someone you know may have been denied Due Process? Were subject to Due Process?

Evaluation: What factors do you think increase formality of Due Process?

Synthesis: Can anyone give me an ambiguous situation where there are two or more possible ways of handling a problem? How does due process apply?

Now I will invoke some role reversal. I will now put each student into a role similar to the anticipatory set and have them model Due Process. These roles will include a principal, teacher, student and 2 witnesses. I will give them a hypothetical case and have each of them explain what their role is in the process.

The assignment for this unit is included on the back of the handout. It requires students to find or write a situation involving Due Process and explain why it is a good example.

Here I will reiterate to the students what Due Process is and I will give them some possible resources for finding their examples for the homework.