Abstract: This Czechoslovakian language version of "Know Your Laws" consists of 24 self-contained modules designed to acquaint the Florida adult student with laws she/he will meet in everyday life; fundamentals of local, state, and federal governments; and the criminal and juvenile justice systems. (The 130 objectives are categorized in the first three levels of the Cognitive Domain and parallel the Adult Performance Level competencies.) Rationale and terminal performance objective are first presented. Each module may contain some or all of the following: objectives, vocabulary list with definitions, enabling activities, and handout(s). Topics covered include need for laws, driving laws and signs, voting, duties and responsibilities of citizens, consumer law, citizen rights, legal importance of name, need for lawyer, legal documents, social legislation, Florida police, local government, elected county government, state officials, Florida governor, Florida laws, how a bill becomes a law (state and federal), powers of the president, United States Court System, Miranda warnings, felonies versus misdemeanors, court appearances, juvenile justice system, and juvenile delinquent and PINS (Persons in Need of Supervision). With the exception of the handouts, which are in English only, all materials are presented in both English and Czechoslovakian in parallel columns/text. A competency task matrix and bibliography are appended. (YLB)
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