Unit 1: Intro to Forensics

Welcome to Honor Forensics! 
This introduction unit will cover some general topics as well as the history of forensics.  

• Monday, August 26
  
  • Introduction to class and history powerpoint
    
    • Class expectations
    • Rules
    • Student Info Assignment
    • Breakage contract
    • Teacher contact information
    • Books
  • What is forensics
  • History (if time)
    • Work on dating profile and letter (canvas)
  • Homework
    • get contact information and safety contract filled out
• Tuesday, August 27
  • The CSI Effect
  • Watch youtube video on fallibility of forensic science and discuss
    • Adam ruins everything or last week tonight
    • Finish facebook profile and turn into canvas
• Wednesday, August 28
  
  • Professions in forensics
  • Poster - Group project
    • Job description - what do they do? (20 points)
    • Salary (10 points)
    • Education (10 points)
    • Background experianc necessary (10 points)
    • Skill sets needed (10 Points)
    • Look for current openings - Local and national (10 points)
    • Neatly done (10 points)
    • Creative/visually appealing (10 points)
    • At least 2 relevant pictures (10 points)
  • Homework
    • finish research for posters
      
• Thursday, August 29 
  • Finish up posters (20 min)
  • Gallery walk to study and grade posters (20 min)
  • Create an application for an apprenticeship to one of the professions you would theoretically want to do and think you would be "skilled" at
  • Homework
    • finish resume
• Friday, August 30
  • *Senior assembly meant I only had students for about 30 minutes so we watched a Forensic File
• Tuesday, September 3
  
  • Crime Lab Lecture
  • Research four cities within your group and compare and contrast the crime statistics.  How would this affect your crime lab? 
    
    • Cities
      • Charlotte
      • Los Angeles
      • New York City
      • Chicago
      • Houston
      • Philadelphia
      • Phoenix
      • San Diego
      • San Antonio
• Wednesday, September 4
  
  • Warm up quizizz on crime lab
  • Discussion of Stiff Chapter 1
  • Start Types of crime and law lecture

• Thursday, September 5
  
  • Continue Crime and Law Lecture
• Friday, September 6
  • Finish Crime and Law Lecture
    • Locard video
  • Create a Comic strip illustrating the process
• Monday, September 9
  
  • Warm up quizizz
    • Watch marshall project videos
    • NC Department of Public Safety
      • Death penalty
      • Executions from 2018, 2019
    • Trends in U.S. Corrections
    • Research project with innocence project?
• Tuesday, September 10
  • Discussion on Chapter 2 of stiff
  • Finish up any missing work (comic strips mostly)
• Wednesday, September 11
  
  • Review games
  • Test
  • quizlett class - https://quizlet.com/join/WJ6wUNCSx 

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