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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImplicit vs. Explicit Statements - Lesson Plan Idea
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsUse the Background section from a ProCon.org issue to practice identifying main ideas in informational text and distinguish betw...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMedical Experimentation and Exploitation in the Jim Crow Era
Grades: 11Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, Branches of Government(Create account to access) - This is the second of four lessons in which students will survey different aspects of the civil rig...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentJustice Sayings Project: Educator's Guide
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Education Theory and Practice, English-Language Arts, Charter Schools, Civics and 2 additional..The Justice Sayings Project: Educator’s Guide, produced by Butte County Superior Court, includes maps of the North Butte County ...Contributor: Butte County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHow Do Rules & Traditions Shape Communities?
Grades: 5 to 9Subjects: Civics, HumanitiesThis lesson is part of the following unit: Identity Community: An Introduction to 6th Grade Social Studies In Lesson 6, studen...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAntibiotic Regulation 1 - The Role of the Government
Grades: 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, Branches of Government(Create account to access) - This lesson introduces how antibiotic resistant bacteria can develop and explores the role that var...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAntibiotic Regulation 3 - Legislative and Executive Action
Grades: 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, Branches of Government(Create account to access) - In this lesson, students will jigsaw pieces of current regulation of antibiotic use: CA SB-27 Antib...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAntibiotic Regulation 2 - The Partisan and Regional Divide
Grades: 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, Branches of Government(Create account to access) - This lesson explores the political and regional divide that exists over the further regulation of t...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSacco and Vanzetti: Were Two Innocent Men Executed?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceIn 1921, two Italian immigrants were tried and convicted of robbery and murder. Six years later, they were executed. The case of...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMini Mock Trial
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceMini-Mock Trials are shorter versions of mock trial, taking an average of 2-3 hours. They are helpful for teaching about trial p...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWe the Civics Kids Lesson 4: Principles of Justice and the Role of the Judiciary
Grades: 1 to 4Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyLesson four focuses on the principles of justice and the role of the judiciary. By following a young girl as she tries to recove...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMore Monkey Trials: The Evolution Debate Goes Back to Court
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThe Scopes trial of 1925 did not end the court battles over teaching evolution. Numerous trials and appeals have taken place. Mo...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMendez v. Westminster: Paving the Way to School Desegregation
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceIn 1947, parents won a federal lawsuit against several California school districts that had segregated Mexican-American schoolch...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere We Fit In: The Judicial Branch
Grades: 5Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis is the second lesson in a unit designed to help students understand that the strength of our Democracy is equal to the ...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Debate: U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis lesson follows the unit on the formation of the U.S.government and the U.S. Constitution in the student pop culture debat...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAppellate Courts: Let's Take It Up
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics(Create account to access) Students learn what happens in appellate-level courts and how those courts operate differently from t...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeparate But Equal – Is It Black or White?
Grades: 5Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThe school year will begin by building a community in the class. The students will choose a class name and create a logo for the...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJohn Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceShould someone be prosecuted for criticizing or insulting a government official even if the offending words are the truth? Shoul...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSalem Witch Trials
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThis lesson centers around a short play in which the accused person is given an obviously unfair trial. Students are asked to di...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Responsibilities of Local Government
Grades: 4Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis is the last lesson in the unit designed to teach the significance of the U.S. Constitution and the shared powers of governm...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnderstanding Procedural Justice
Grades: 4 to 7Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceObjectives: Students will analyze the concept of procedural justice by: identifying in a play the unfair decisions by the ruler...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0