Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime. Show all posts

May 9, 2018

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

















Here's Charlotte's presentation on different types of crimes.

Jan 23, 2017

LAW & CRIME + THE MEDIA


Check out this website that can help you improve your reading skill. This is what they say about themselves:

StudentNewsDaily.com is a non-profit current events website for high school studentsOur goal is to build students’ knowledge of current events and strengthen their critical thinking skills. This is done by providing comprehension and critical thinking questions along with published news articles and other current events items from various news organizations.


You can start by reading and listening to the news story from October 2016 about hackers. Click here.

Also check the guidelines to write a letter to the editor. 

Apr 4, 2016

TOP TEN CONTROVERSIAL COURT CASES

In connection with the role-play activity you did today, where you had to play a people's court, click here to take a look at some of the most controversial cases in the history of the United States. Each produced some sort of verdict, but the outcomes left many doubtful about whether justice was truly met.

Click the "Next" button on the webpage to see the cases.
Police file photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald 

CURRENT NEWS: PANAMA PAPERS

In connection with the topic CRIME AND LAW,  please read this article about the just disclosed Panama papers.

Click here to read it in the original El Pais English Edition website.

Click here to read the class document. Try to work out the meaning of the highlighted words.
Resultado de imagen de panama papers

Mar 24, 2016

WRITING TASK: A REPORT (GROUPS B+C)



Research indicates that the people who were convicted criminals will often reoffend. Your report should deal with the following points:



- Why is this the case?



- Does the current standard prison system encourage this situation?



- What can be done to solve this issue?



Discuss and give reasons for your answers, including any relevant examples from your own knowledge and/or experience.
Resultado de imagen de prison rehab or punishment

Jan 15, 2016

CRIMINAL OFFENCES













Here's a quiz on criminal offences.

May 28, 2010

ARTICLE: ARE SPANIARDS STILL PIRATES?

Read this recent article (2017) from El Pais in English about Internet piracy in Spain. Do you think illegal downloading in this country has fallen in the past years? Check it out. Click here.



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