R3 The Case of the Hip Hop Hijack

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R3 - The Case of the Hip Hop Hijack

• Pilot June 2007
• Portsmouth Public Schools

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The Concept

• Create a cross-curricular problem-based thematic
  unit.
• Introduce 8th graders to graphing calculators
  (pilot group consisted of primarily low
  performers).
• Build interest in core content through real world
  connections.
• Engage students with hands-on, minds-on
  activities that use higher order thinking skills.

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The Crime

• Location Churchland Middle School, Portsmouth,
  Virginia
• Hip Hop group R3 (Righteously Respectful Rap) had
  just completed filming the music video for the
  title track on their upcoming CD The Authority of
  Wisdom.
• At approximately 1049PM on 5/27/07, sound
  engineer DeForest Lee, was assaulted in the
  Churchland Middle School kitchen.

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The Crime contd.

• The motive for the assault became apparent when
  the police arrived. A master CD ROM of the
  groups upcoming album was stolen from the sound
  engineer.
• Within 15 minutes of the crime, perpetrators
  demanding 2 million dollars be wired to an off
  shore account in the Cayman Islands within 48
  hours or the album would be released free for
  download on the Internet.

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The Tasks
Note In science, the students were so interested
in the QX-3 that they took an extra day to look
at fibers and learn how to take pictures with the
microscope and import into Word. The science
activities took 6 vs. 5 days.
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Evidence Matrix
Perp 1 Tonya Perp 2 Ding
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The Case File
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The Incident Report
The layout for the incident report will give you
a feel for the documents created for the project.
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Other Content Connections

• Social Studies
• Debate (should math portion of police entry exam
  be modified?)
• Court System criminal vs. civil, jurisdiction,
  trial vs. appellate
• Computer crimes intellectual property piracy
• Freedom of Speech - Lyrics
• Language Arts
• Debate
• Cover the crime as a journalist (should math
  portion of police entry exam be modified?)

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Resources?

• CSI Blog http//ppsblogs.net/crimescene
• Texas Instruments now has lesson plans
  integrating the use of their calculators and
  probeware
• Court TV downloadable pdf files of various CSI
  lesson plans