Teacher resources

The lessons aim to stimulate interest in the legal system and the work of the Crown Prosecution Service, and to encourage students to consider the issues a prosecutor faces when deciding whether or not to charge someone with a criminal offence and take the case to court.

They also explore some of the concerns students may have if they were ever called to give evidence in court, and aims to give them a better understanding of their rights and responsibilities if they are ever a victim or witness of crime.

• Lesson plan
• Resource 1: Eight cards each listing a fact about Derbyshire CPS
• Resource 2: Diagram showing the Crown Court
• Resource 3: Diagram showing the magistrates' court
• Resource 4: Just Deserts video - Citizenship Project page
• Resource 5: CPS file
• Resource 6: Newspaper article dated 6 January
• Resource 7: Image of a catapult
• Resource 8: Image of a broken window
• Resource 9: Image of two witnesses
• Resource 10: Audio recording of interviews
  • Sound File 1
  • Sound File 2
  • Sound File 3
  • Sound File 4
  • Sound File 5
  • Sound File 6
  • Sound File 7
  • Sound File 8
• Resource 11: Charges handout
• Resource 12: Newspaper article dated 20 February

Further resources required: roll(s) of wallpaper, marker pens