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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhere We Fit In: The Judicial Branch
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis 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 / HyperLinkWe the Civics Kids Lesson 4: Principles of Justice and the Role of the Judiciary
Grades: 1 to 4Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceLesson 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 / HyperLink"We Came to Free the Slaves": John Brown on Trial
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThroughout 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 / HyperLinkVoters and Judges
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceWhen trial judges preside over lawsuits and criminal trials, they make many legal rulings: Should this evidence be admitted? Sho...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrial Court "Go Fish"
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social Science(Create account to access) Here, iCivics presents a judicial variation of the classic card game "Go Fish!" Students use a write-...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe "Supreme" in Supreme Decision
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social Science(Create account to access) After playing Supreme Decision (http://icivics.org/games/supreme-decision) with your class, use this...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Scopes Trial: Who Decides What Gets Taught in the Classroom?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceOne 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 / HyperLinkThe Rule of Paradox: The Rule of Law
Grades: 5Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis lesson is the 3rd lesson for the unit outline which centers on of the necessity for rules. Students have had the opportun...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 / HyperLinkThe First Amendment - Free Exercise, Freedom of Religion: A Case in Point
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis unit will complement or begin study on the First Amendment of the Constitution as it relates to freedom of religion. Studen...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Courts – Elementary Level Making an Appeal
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceObjectives: Students will be able to argue an appellate case. Students will analyze public policy conflicts. ...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeen Curfew
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, students will consider a proposed teen curfew law in a mock city council session. The class is divided into grou...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching Strategies for Civics, Law and Government Education
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, Civics, Branches of Government, History-Social ScienceInstructions including student handouts for the most often used engaging strategies in civics, government, and law education. In...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTeaching About Due Process and the Law
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceIn 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, Civics, History-Social ScienceI 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 / HyperLinkSeePolitical
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: American Democracy, Civics, History-Social ScienceSeePolitical 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, Civics, History-Social ScienceIn 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, Civics, History-Social ScienceThis 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, 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