My game topic is about Civil Law. Civil law is cases about non-criminal actions. It deals over disagreements over contracts, divorce, child custody, property ownership, and damages of personal property. A civil court is a place where people can solve their problems with other people peacefully. The function of civil law is to provide a legal remedy to solve problems. Sometimes civil law is based on a state or federal statute; at other times civil law is based on a ruling by the court. My partner and I chose this type of Civics because we think that kids need to understand the legal ststem at an early age so they'll undersrand what really happens in a courthouse. I also researched some cases containing civil law. For example, Your best friend’s parents get a divorce. The judge awards custody of your friend’s sister to the mother and of your friend to the father. The friend and sister want to live together. They ask a lawyer to change the custody order. This information will be used to educate the young players of our game "The Hot Pursuit." We will put this information into questions as the player navigates through the game. There will be multiple choice answers.
http://members.mobar.org/civics/ExamplesCivilLaw.htm
http://members.mobar.org/civics/ExamplesCivilLaw.htm
Kaitlyn,
ReplyDeleteYou have accomplished quite a lot, so now it's time to get down to details on how you will teach about the importance of civil law to your peers. It's great that you now know so much, and it would be great if you and Billie could keep brainstorming the ideas on your game scenes and avoiding quiz type scenes where you just have to answer a question without putting much thought into it. Keep us posted about your progress!
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