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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Launch activity:

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Research Schillings - find out about the different roles within the company: https://www.schillingspartners.com

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Read the the

case studies………..

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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Meet the team

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Listen to the people in the video - They will talk about their work and the skills they need to do their jobs.

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Make a note of these skills

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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Assign roles - what will each person do?

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Working in teams of 3/4 students assign roles of:

  • Presenter
  • Scribe
  • Evidence highlighter
  • Time keeper

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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Task 1:

Read the background information about Loren Garcia including the information from the Columbia Foreign Travel Advice.

  1. Who is Loren Garcia?
  2. What has happened?
  3. What are 5 safety and security issues in

Columbia?

  • Based on what you have discovered, what do you think could have happened to Loren Garcia?

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An email has been sent to Loren’s husband, Andrew ………..

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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Task 2: Review potential phishing email

  • Read the email and identify any risks and threats to security in the email.
  • Answer the questions on the worksheet.
  • Present thoughts to the class.

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Now hear from the experts……

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Andrew responds to the email…..

and shortly after receives a phone call from Loren…

Phone Call Audio

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Now hear from the experts……

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Task 3: Read email and transcript

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In the role of the law firm’s investigator, track down the location of Loren Garcia using the evidence:

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  • answer the questions on the sheet
  • investigate these coordinates in Google Earth and then find possible locations using street view:

4°46'42.7"N 74°11'32.3"W

4°46'50.9"N 74°11'35.8"W

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Andrew has received an email from The Good Times…..

Andrew has come to you asking what can be done to stop the story from being published.

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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Task 4: Review email from newspaper journalist

  • Read the email
  • Andrew does not want this story published. There are a number of arguments that could be used to stop the journalist from publishing.
  • Prioritise these as:

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Extension

Draft an email using the best arguments to persuade the journalist not to publish.

  • strong arguments
  • average arguments
  • bad arguments

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Now hear from the experts……

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Driving Question: How does a law company support a family with a missing person case?

Reflection:

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How well did you collaborate as a team and use your critical thinking skills?