Lesson 4: Evaluating Domestic vs. International Crime Trends
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will track global crime trends over time to critique the effectiveness of transnational policing and international law.
How do global networks facilitate or suppress transnational crimes like human trafficking or cyber warfare?
MBL Standard 1C; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.1.
1. Hook: Share an international cyber-theft headline.
2. Instruction: Introduce Interpol and challenges of cross-border law enforcement.
3. Research: Students select a transnational crime trend and chart its trajectory from 2010 to present.
Purpose & DOK Level: Global structural synthesis; DOK Level 3.
Pre-curated links to safe, high-quality international databases; visual graphing tools.
Brief trend analysis report with accompanying timeline data.