Day 2- Street Law and Privacy

Starter 2- Syllabus

1. What are you most excited about for Humanities this year?
2. What are you apprehensive/nervous about?  What can I do to help alleviate those fears?
3. What questions do you have?  List them!

Pair/share, try to answer each other’s questions.  Then come back as a whole class, I will answer any remaining questions.

Finish Class Constitution
Yesterday we talked about what we value as a class.  Today, we’ll be trying to make it a little more concrete.  Values mean nothing until the rubber hits the road.  Unless you show it in action, can you really say that you truly value it?

1. Values listed on boards
2. Students in pairs
3. We value __________, so we____________
4. Brainstorm together for a few minutes.  Then hit at LEAST 3 of the values on the board and finish the sentences!

Come back together, gallery walk.  Put a star next to the sentences that really stand out to you.  Lori will compile the top choices!

Guiding Questions:

1. Do we have a reasonable expectation of privacy?  If so, what's “reasonable?”
2. Is what Lori is doing even legal?
3. What questions do I need to ask around the legal issues of police search and seizure?
4.  What are the guidelines for our first mini-project?

Reasonable Expectation of Privacy: (5 min)

1. Now, some unlucky person's possessions are going to be seized and searched.  
2.  Is this even legal?  
3. While I rummage through an unsuspecting student backpack, we'll have a record keeper noting all things seized and searched. 

Privacy Rankings, Definition, Discussion (45 min)
On a scratch piece of paper, rate all searched/seized items in order from “least private” to “most private.”   
For added challenge, sprinkle in the following things also:

1. Your pockets
2. Photos on your ipod
3. Your backpack left open in the hallway
4. Your blood or urine
5. The pockets of your jacket left all day in your advisor's room
6. Your shoes
7. Your unlocked car in the parking lot

Done?  Work with the person sitting next to you.  Compare lists.  Where they generally different or the same? 

When you are done, use your partner to craft together a definition of “reasonable expectation of privacy.”  Make sure that you agree. 

Now, use your definition above to draw a line through your lists.  Above the line should represent things that do not have the reasonable expectation of privacy.  The items below the line should have this expectation. 

We'll compare lists together.  Be prepared to present your reasoning with your partner. 

Discussion (15 min)

1. Was that seizure and search justified in your perspective?  Why or why not?  
2. What do you think was “legal?”  Why?  
3. Illegal?  

Project Rollout: (5-10 min)

1. I'll hand out the miniproject and we'll do the same annotation exercise as with the syllabus.  
2. We will have the opportunity to table any questions before we move on.  
3. See the Documents page for the mini-project guidelines!

HOMEWORK:

1. Get syllabus signed, show it to me on MONDAY for 5 easy points!
2. Share a Google doc with me for Starters, unless you are one of my delightful Luddites who is handcrafting their starters.  :)
3. Peer Mentor Survey:  If you're interested in being a peer mentor to a freshperson, take the survey at the link here!