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5 years agoObjectives: Students will define "rights." Students will analyze and apply the U.S. Bill of Rights to hypothetical situations....
5 years agoThis lesson is the first in a series of three in a unit. It is designed to help students understand that personal habits and a...
5 years agoThis is the first lesson in a unit of five lessons that explains how the Bill of Rights was adopted and the importance of these ...
5 years agoStudents will prepare for a mock trial in the classroom by examining the parts of an actual courtroom and then creating a floo...
5 years agoThis lesson follows a lesson introducing the 3 branches of government. Students already have an understanding of how laws are ma...
5 years agoMini-Mock Trials are shorter versions of mock trial, taking an average of 2-3 hours. They are helpful for teaching about trial p...
5 years agoThis lesson introduces national symbols, landmarks and monuments and what they stand for. Once students begin to understand the...
5 years agoThis lesson (which will take place over several class periods) is the first in a series of three in the unit. It is designed to...
5 years agoThis lesson is the first lesson in a unit and is centered around the idea of the importance/relevance/significance of our nation...
5 years agoStudents have been working on dissecting the U.S. Constitution, reviewing the frameworks of a democratic government, and learni...
5 years agoThis standards-based lesson is the second in a series of three lessons that address the connection between the Preamble of the...
5 years agoThis is the final lesson in a unit designed to help students understand E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, One), and that personal ...
5 years agoThis lesson centers around a short play in which the accused person is given an obviously unfair trial. Students are asked to di...
5 years agoIn this lesson, students will read about and discuss the Scottsboro Trials from the 1930s. This miscarriage of justice clearly d...
5 years agoThe school year will begin by building a community in the class. The students will choose a class name and create a logo for the...
5 years agoIn this lesson, students will be presented with various cases of discrimination. They will identify the discriminatory practice,...
5 years agoThis lesson is designed to integrate what the students have learned concerning the Articles of Confederation, The Constitutional...
5 years agoThis lesson begins the unit on National Holidays Heroes.
5 years agoThis lesson concludes a unit that focuses on the need for rules/laws within a society and ultimately within a classroom.
5 years agoIncludes resources and materials for teaching and learning about the judicial branch and its role in our democracy.
5 years agoLearn about a landmark Supreme Court ruling with this word puzzle. In 1954, the court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that ...
5 years agoThis lesson involves students understanding the three branches of the United States government and how these three branches chec...
5 years agoThis third grade lesson is part of a Government and Citizenship unit. This unit is designed for students to understand that co...
5 years agoThis lesson (which will take place over several class periods) is the last in a series of three lessons in the unit. This lesson...
5 years agoThe students will understand the revolutionary and evolutionary aspect of the creation of the United States, through writing abo...
5 years agoLearning Objectives: Compare conditions for African Americans before and after World War I. Use an online database for conduct...
5 years agoOn American Identity, Diversity, and Common Ground The anniversaries of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September ...
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5 years agoThis guided discussion will help students understand copyright law, especially its relevance in this technology-based era. It be...
5 years agoCompare and contrast how American Indians are represented in today's society with their actual customs, traditions, and way of l...
5 years agoThrough participation in this lesson students will learn what the Constitution says, what it means, and its importance. Studen...
5 years agoThis is the last lesson in the unit designed to teach the significance of the U.S. Constitution and the shared powers of governm...
5 years agoThis lesson is the 3rd lesson for the unit outline which centers on of the necessity for rules. Students have had the opportun...
5 years agoThis 4th grade lesson will help students understand the importance of having rules (laws) in society, learn how they are addre...
5 years agoThis is the second lesson in a unit designed to help students understand that the strength of our Democracy is equal to the ...
5 years agoIn this lesson, students will consider a proposed teen curfew law in a mock city council session. The class is divided into grou...
5 years agoInstructions including student handouts for the most often used engaging strategies in civics, government, and law education. In...
5 years agoThis lesson follows the unit on the formation of the U.S.government and the U.S. Constitution in the student pop culture debat...
5 years agoObjectives: Students will analyze the concept of procedural justice by: identifying in a play the unfair decisions by the ruler...
5 years agoObjectives: Students will be able to argue an appellate case. Students will analyze public policy conflicts. ...
5 years agoLesson four focuses on the principles of justice and the role of the judiciary. By following a young girl as she tries to recove...
6 years agoUse ProCon.org as a research platform to kick off a long-term class project on an issue relevant to the community.
6 years agoThis lesson (which will take place over several class periods) is the 2nd in a series of three extensive lessons in the unit. It...
6 years agoThis lesson introduces you to some of the basic ideas which were of great importance to the Founders. They used these ideas when...
6 years agoThis lesson examines some of the possible consequences of privacy. You will classify these consequences as benefits or costs. La...
6 years agoCalifornia YMCA Youth & Government has provided outstanding statewide educational and social experiences for almost 70 years. Th...
6 years agoThe ABOTA Foundation is proud to present the Teachers Law School. Our Teachers Law School program is designed for middle and hig...
6 years agoYoung people have the potential to be a powerful force in elections, but only if they get involved and make voting a habit. To e...
6 years agoUse a ProCon.org micro site to help students evaluate debate claims and examine their own reasoning.
6 years agoThis lesson describes some conflicting points of view of leading Framers about the Constitution. Most of the delegates argued f...
6 years agoThe students will understand the significance of the United States National Flag as a symbol of our country. Through this lesso...
6 years agoThe First Amendment s protection of freedom of speech was intended to protect citizens against government censorship. Citizens...
6 years agohis standards-based lesson is one of several on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in fifth grade. Students will understan...
6 years agoThis lesson introduces you to some intellectual tools which are useful in resolving issues of corrective justice. When you have...
6 years agoIn this lesson you will learn some uses of authority. You will examine a situation in which there is no effective authority and...
6 years agoIn this lesson you will learn about one of the most important rights of citizenship. This is the right to participate in gover...
6 years agoThis lesson will help you understand why the Founders thought a republican form of government was best. You will also learn abo...
6 years agoStudents will learn about human trafficking in the United States and read a short profile of human trafficking survivors as they...
6 years agoThe portions of the Project Citizen text that are presented below provide an introduction to the types of activities that will ...
6 years agoSuppose your government does everything it can to protect your rights. Is this enough? Will your rights be protected? Do we hav...
6 years agoStudents will explore their ideas about fairness in the American criminal justice system and the role of race and ethnicity by a...
6 years agoThis Town Hall Wall asks students to respond and deliberate: Do America's cities have the right to ban handguns?
6 years agoThis series of lessons teaches students about the election process and encourages them to be active citizens in their classroom,...
6 years agoThis research and deliberation activity encourages students to look at the issue of compulsory national service from different p...
6 years agoUpon completion of this lesson, students should be able to Describe the role Eleanor Roosevelt carved out for herself as a socia...
6 years agoComplaints! Complaints! Students have been known to complain at times. (So have their teachers.) Even the Founding Fathers of ou...
6 years agoAt the time the Founders were shaping the future of a new country, John Adams suggested the President should be addressed as H"i...
6 years agoThis lesson introduces you to some basic ideas the Framers used in creating the kind of government they thought would best prot...
6 years agoThis lesson introduces you to several additional intellectual tools useful in making decisions about responsibility. When you h...
6 years agoUse the Background section from a ProCon.org issue to practice identifying main ideas in informational text and distinguish betw...
6 years agoThese materials were produced in partnership between the National Constitution Center and the Rendell Center for Citizenship and...
6 years agoIn this lesson, students learn how Progressive reformers in government used the public outrage over Upton Sinclair's book The Ju...
6 years agoThis research and deliberation activity encourages students to look at the issue of gun control from different points of view. T...
6 years agoLearning Objectives Identify, analyze, and interpret each type of document Identify, analyze, and interpret the historical fact...
6 years agoAt the end of this lesson, students will be able to Describe three specific moments in the Civil Rights Movement: the Freedom Ri...
6 years agoAfter completing this lesson, students will be able to Identify several landmark events of the late 20th century Show the chrono...
6 years agoAfter completing this lesson, students should be able to Understand the growth of suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s. Explain how ch...
6 years agoAfter this lesson, students will have learned about the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. reflected on a section of King'...
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6 years agoLearning Objectives: To gain experience gathering information from primary sources. To examine changes over time in conditions...
6 years agoPicturing America was an project of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) that brought masterpieces of American art i...
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6 years agoFeatures reports on the need for civics education.
6 years agoRecommendations for policymakers, educators and all citizens.
6 years agoIncludes middle and high school programs emphasizing civic involvement.- 6 years agoOutlines how California high-school students can get involved as poll workers.
6 years agoYoung people have the potential to be a powerful force in elections, but only if they get involved and make voting a habit. To...
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