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Vocabulary
- Cliparts -
History / Facts
- Idioms -
Interactive exercises - Exercises to print -
Lesson plans
- Webquests -

Conversation questions
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Cartoons - Interactive games - Songs


Pages complémentaires :

Violence + Death

 


Vocabulary :

  • "Foreclosure
    is when someone who has lent money to a person or organization so that they can buy property takes possession of the property
    because the money has not been repaid..."
    (Reverso)
    ( = "saisie" )


  • The court - vocabulary with pronunciation and definitions (visual.merriam-webster.com)

 

  • WEX - a law dictionary and encyclopedia (topics.law.cornell.edu)

 

  • idem (hawthorn.homechoice.co.uk)

 

  • Picture of a court (eco-action.org)

 

  • Inside the courtroom (usdoj.gov) :
    A Federal Prosecutor s Job: The Role of the Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Justice System
    Additional Federal Court Personnel Staff
    Glossary of Legal Terms



  • Courts of law - Setting the scene (accompagné de dessins) - (factmonster.com)

 

 

Cliparts :

 

 

 

History / Facts :

  • My furry client bleats not guilty
    "SWITZERLAND is going to new extremes in the battle to improve life for its animals.
    The country of Heidi and cuckoo clocks will hold a referendum in March on whether domesticated creatures should have the right to be represented by lawyers in court...
    If the referendum is approved, every canton in Switzerland will be obliged to appoint a lawyer to act for pets as well as farm animals and defend them from abuse."

    (timesonline.co.uk)

 

  • British judges
    "processed towards the House of Commons after a service at Westminster Abbey which marked the start of the legal year
    - a custom which dates to the Middle Ages." (October 2008)
    (BBC)

 

  • 10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know
    Issues:
    - Freedom of Speech at School (You Have the Right To Express Yourself - Up to a Point)
    - Privacy Rights at School (Your Belongings Can Be Searched, But Not Arbitrarily)
    - School Discipline (Teachers Can Use Corporal Punishment, If Your Locality Allows It)
    - Juveniles and Serious Crime (Teens Can Be Tried as Adults)...
    (nytimes.com)

 

 

 

Idioms :

  • Zimbabwe by Bob Marley :
    "To divide and rule could only tear us apart"

 

INTERACTIVE exercises :

  • Crime - Choose the correct answer for each question. - (geocities.com/autoenglish)
    ex : "These are twelve good men and women and true who kindly decide your future for you in court :
    members of the jury / alibis / witnesses"
  • Criminals - 3 pages (British Council) - LIEN MODIFIE
    "Below are the names of 10 different types of criminals.
    Underneath are the definitions of these criminals.
    Can you put the words in the right spaces? "

 

  • Legends of the Law Quiz - (encarta.msn.com)
    "Law enforcement officers loom large on television and movie screens--as well as in real life.
    See what you know about these legendary officers of the law who fought for truth and justice."
  • English for Law (difficult) :
    - Vocabulary (French-English)
    - Collocations...
    (u-picardie.fr)

 

Exercises TO PRINT :

 

Lesson plans :

 

 

Webquests :

  • A MOCK TRIAL: "THE CASE OF LADY BUCKINGHAM" - a webquest
    "The charge: Lord Buckingham accuses his wife Lady Buckingham of punching him and sending him to hospital during their 2nd Valentine's dinner.
    Lord Buckingham claims that he discovered by chance during this dinner that Lady Buckingham is a suffragette activist. He lodges a complaint against his wife. He wants to get a divorce and receive compensations for his injuries. Thanks for helping me in this civil case..."
    (Valérie Gely - my-english-courses.com)

 

 

Conversation questions :

 

Cartoons :

 

 

Foreclosure
(cagle.com)
"Foreclosure is when someone who has lent money to a person or organization
so that they can buy property takes possession of the property
because the money has not been repaid..."
(Reverso)
( = "saisie" )

 

 

 

The world is just
(photos1.blogger.com)


 

 

An accomplice
or a lawyer ?

(cartoonstock.com)

 

The world is just.
(medicareadvocacy.org)

You want the truth... ?
(cartoonstock.com)


A lawyer
(vakilno1.com)



A courtroom

- with animals
(vegetus.org)

 

 

 

INTERACTIVE games :

  • Word Search - Not Nice People (traitor - foe - robber - criminal - crook ...) - (wordmania.org)

 

Songs :

 

  • A criminal mind by Styx :
    "I've spent my life behind these steel bars
    I've paid my debt in time
    But being brought to justice
    That was my only crime
    I don't regret action
    I'd do the same again"
  • 'Not for sale' by Steven Seagal (lyrics on the CD : Songs from the Crystal Cave)
    "Man's law will take your breath away
    Man's law will take the light from day
    Man's law will protect the lawless..."
  • Zimbabwe by Bob Marley :
    "To divide and rule could only tear us apart"