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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnalyzing and Creating Infographics
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Making & Reading Maps, Civics, GeographyIf you are not familiar with what an infographic is, it is a text that presents information/data along with visual representatio...Contributor: Alameda County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDemocracy in Action
Grades: 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyEspecially in mid-term and presidential election years, students will learn about political socialization, political parties, vo...Contributor: Alameda County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResearch and Blogging: Seedlings of Civic Engagement from the Classroom
Grades: 11Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyIn my 11th grade ELA class, students engage in a research unit on contemporary civil rights issues. The three lessons described...Contributor: Alameda County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkResearch and Blogging: Seedlings of Civic Engagement from the Classroom
Grades: 9Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyThe following series of three units is designed to take place over the course of a school year. In the first unit, students will...Contributor: Alameda County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkElection Day Extravaganza: No-Prep Lesson Plans
Grades: 1 to 2Subjects: Civics, American DemocracyContributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRockefeller and the Standard Oil Monopoly
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Civics, American DemocracyFollowing the Civil War, few laws limited how businesses went about making money. In building the giant Standard Oil monopoly, J...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMore Monkey Trials: The Evolution Debate Goes Back to Court
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyThe 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 / HyperLinkMilitary Tribunals
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: Civics, American DemocracyOn November 13, 2001, President George W. Bush issued a new military order in the war against terrorism. The order called for th...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkMendez v. Westminster: Paving the Way to School Desegregation
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyIn 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 / HyperLink"We Came to Free the Slaves": John Brown on Trial
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyThroughout American history people have protested and broken the law. Once in court, they often have tried to use their trials t...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFREE PRESS VS. FAIR TRIAL: THE LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING CASE
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyColonel Charles A. Lindbergh was a genuine American hero. In 1927, Lindbergh captured the public imagination by flying solo from...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Scopes Trial: Who Decides What Gets Taught in the Classroom?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyOne of the most famous trials in American history took place in a small town in Tennessee in 1925. On trial was a high-school te...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSacco and Vanzetti: Were Two Innocent Men Executed?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyIn 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 / HyperLinkArizona v. United States
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyStudents will examine a controversial law passed in the state of Arizona that directs law enforcement officers to investigate su...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJuvenile Justice: What Should We Do With Children Who Break the Law?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyWhen adults commit a crime, they are tried and, if convicted, punished according to law. But what if a lawbreaker is 15-years-ol...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDetaining U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyThe war on terror has brought forward many questions of due process. In 2004, the Supreme Court dealt with the case of a U.S. ci...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkJohn Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracyShould 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 / HyperLinkFDR TRIES TO "PACK" THE SUPREME COURT
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyUnlike Congress or the presidency, the Supreme Court is not supposed to be a "political" institution. It must remain neutral in ...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Independent Judiciary
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyOne hundred years ago, a spirit of reform swept America. Led by the progressives, people who believed in clean government and th...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVoters and Judges
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Civics, History-Social Science, American DemocracyWhen trial judges preside over lawsuits and criminal trials, they make many legal rulings: Should this evidence be admitted? Sho...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0