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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching About Due Process and the Law
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsIn this lesson, students will be presented with various cases of discrimination. They will identify the discriminatory practice,...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSpotlighting the First Amendment with a 5-Step Teaching Strategy
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsI am a San Marino High School (CA) social studies teacher who tells the students enrolled in my U.S. Government class that with ...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeparate But Equal – Is It Black or White?
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsThe 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 / HyperLinkSeePolitical
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsSeePolitical is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that makes the electoral process and ballot propositions entertaining and easy to...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkScottsboro Trial
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsIn this lesson, students will read about and discuss the Scottsboro Trials from the 1930s. This miscarriage of justice clearly d...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSalem Witch Trials
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsThis 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 / HyperLinkSacco and Vanzetti: Were Two Innocent Men Executed?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsIn 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 / HyperLinkRepairing the Fabric of Democracy
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsIn the 21st century, the democratic principles of equality, freedom, and civic engagement could be more actively integrated into...Contributor: California Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPublic Service Announcement: Civic Responsibility
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsThis is the final lesson in a unit designed to help students understand E Pluribus Unum (Out of many, One), and that personal ...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkProtecting our Freedoms: The Bill of Rights
Grades: 3Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsThis standards-based lesson is the second in a series of three lessons that address the connection between the Preamble of the...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPlanet Fourth Grade is Researching the U.S. Constitution
Grades: 4Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsStudents have been working on dissecting the U.S. Constitution, reviewing the frameworks of a democratic government, and learni...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOut Of Many, One: Our Nation's Symbols
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis lesson is the first lesson in a unit and is centered around the idea of the importance/relevance/significance of our nation...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOur Government Today…What A System!
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis lesson (which will take place over several class periods) is the first in a series of three in the unit. It is designed to...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNo, David! - Introduction to the Rule of Law
Grades: 4 to 5Subjects: English-Language Arts, Humanities, History-Social Science, English Language Development, CivicsThis unit focuses on the rule of law and the impartiality of the courts, requiring students to act as a jury, writing and presen...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink*NEW* Argument Wars Extension Pack
Grades: 5 to 9Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Civics(Create account to access) Make your students' game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed speci...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNational Symbols
Grades: 3Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsThis lesson introduces national symbols, landmarks and monuments and what they stand for. Once students begin to understand the...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0- Resource Type: Website / HyperLink
National History Day
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, CivicsNational History Day (NHD) is a non-profit education organization based in College Park, Maryland. NHD offers year-long academic...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0 
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNational Constitution Center
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsThe National Constitution Center is the first and only institution in America established by Congress to disseminate information...Contributor: Los Angeles 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, History-Social Science, CivicsThe 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 / HyperLinkMini Mock Trial
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, CivicsMini-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