Blog 18: Answer Two

1.  What is your EQ?
What is most important to understand about the modern American Justice system?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
Social movement is an important factor to think about when it comes to the American Justice system. People decide to act, and start a movement that will change the injustice going on around them.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
The evolution of culture is another important aspect of the American Justice system. As time continues to pass, society evolves. It effects the American Justice system in a number of ways. 

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• 1. New laws are passed each year, and they're all made out to fit society. 
• Megan's Law- sex offenders have to register, to let their community know of their status
• 2, Over the years society has become more liberal and is constantly making the change for the benefit of everyone.
• Marriage Equality 2015
• 3. History is an important piece of the American Justice system, today there are rules that we have to follow.
• Miranda Rights
• Death Penalty

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
Right now i need to do more research, because i changed my EQ, but as of right now my best resource is a list I have of important court cases.

6.  What other source supports your answer?
I have  a few other articles that talk about the evolution of the American Justice system.

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
Changing my EQ has definitely made it easier for me to think about my answers, and I feel more grounded on where I stand with my topic.

Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan to do 30 hours with my mentor. I can go in and listen when she's with her clients or help her with her paper work. I can also go to court with her, or shadow some of her coworkers.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will be logging it on my link every time I go, and I can scan anything I help her with through out those hours. I can take pictures to show that I'll be spending time working with her.

 3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.

My mentor is a really good resource, and through out those 30 hours we can work both on her work and she can help me with senior project.

Blog 16: Independent Component #1

• LITERAL
  (a) Write: “I, Paula Montano, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 34 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• I watched a total of 11 movies, and Rivas my amazing house teacher was the one who gave me the idea to watch the films and review them. And my mentor Noreen Barcena recommended me to watch Lincoln Lawyer.

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  A scene from End of Watch Bryan and Miguel are checking out a complaint.

  Movie

  To Kill A Mockingbird

  Lincoln Lawyer

  12 Angry Men

  The Witness for the Prosecution

  My Cousin Vinny

  Presumed Innocent

  A Few Good Men

  The Paper Chase

  And Justice For All

  Conviction

  End of Watch

  
  
• 
  (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
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  Date	Movie	Movie Length	Hours Spent
  12/21/2015	To Kill A Mockingbird	2 hrs 9 mins	4 hours
  12/22/2015	Lincoln Lawyer	1 hr 58 mins	3 hours 30 mins
  12/29/2015	12 Angry Men	1 hr 36 mins	3 hours
  12/31/2015	The Witness for the Prosecution	1 hr 56 mins	3 hours
  1/2/2016	My Cousin Vinny	2 hrs	3 hours 30 mins
  1/8/2016	Presumed Innocent	2 hrs 7 mins	3 hours
  1/9/2016	A Few Good Men	2 hrs 18 mins	3 hours 30 mins
  1/12/2016	The Paper Chase	1 hr 53 mins	3 hours
  1/15/2016	And Justice For All	2 hrs	3 hours
  1/21/2016	Conviction	1 hr 47 mins	2 hrs 30 mins
  1/25/2016	End of Watch	1 hr 49 mins	2 hours 23 mins
  Total Time:	34 hours 23 mins

  
  
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• I watched 11 criminal justice films, and reviewed them. I was able to see different scenarios and interpret them in whichever way I wanted.
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
  



I was watching "To Kill a Mockingbird" and I was taking a break from watching the movie. I stopped at this scene and it made me giggle so I had fun with it,

• Each movie was able to show me a bit of what the criminal justice is like. They might be films, but when it comes to film there has to be an influence of real life. Courtroom scenarios, attorneys strategies, and police procedures are some of the important factors I was able to get from this.
• APPLIED
• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• I already knew that everything in the criminal justice system was one big web, but watching these films gave me an idea of how it works when you focus on just one specific branch of the criminal justice system. The court room is a complete different process to what its like when someone is actually being arrested. I was able to view it from the jury, convict, and the attorneys side. The fact that evidence was really important was a repeating factor I saw.

Blog 15: Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
I'm most proud of my activity, I was nervous that people wouldn't participate. As I was walking around I was able to see that people were actually putting an effort into thinking about it. No one was was just sitting there as I came around to check up on them.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE       P          AP       CR       NC

I would give myself an AP/P. I feel like I could've done better, but from what my peers tell me I did good and knew what I was talking about. I knew everything I wanted to say, but there was moments where I would let my nerves get to me, and get a bit lost.

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
From what my peers were telling me I was clear, and I was a professional about it. I spoke loud enough for everyone to hear, and managed to get their attentions as I was presenting. In my opinion I organized my lesson the correct way by doing my activity first. It was an easier transition that benefited me.In could have explained my answer a bit more into detail, but I don't feel like I lost any of them during my presentation.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
I was able to get the classes attention at the beginning, and keep it during the rest of the presentation. They participated, and gave their thoughts when I was walking around during the lesson.I know my topic, and I was able give the presentation without completely looking at my slide the entire time. 

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
If I could go back I would make sure to double check all my materials, and make sure any errors are corrected. Not everyone noticed I made a mistake, but I still told everyone, in case they were to shy to say anything.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
I already have a few more events that I can use for my answer two, but I just need to do a but more research on them.