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Resource Type: DocumentJustice Sayings Project: Educator's Guide
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Charter Schools, Education Theory and Practice, Civics, English-Language Arts 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 / HyperLinkSacco and Vanzetti: Were Two Innocent Men Executed?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkGeneration Citizen
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Civics, History-Social ScienceGeneration citizen (GC) works to ensure that every student in the United States receives an effective action civics education, w...Contributor: Los Angeles 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, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkMore Monkey Trials: The Evolution Debate Goes Back to Court
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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: Civics, American Democracy, 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, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkThe Great Debate: U.S. Supreme Court Cases
Grades: 5Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkJohn Peter Zenger and Freedom of the Press
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkCampaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Civics, History-Social ScienceThe Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is a coalition of over 70 national civic learning, education, civic engagement and...Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSalem Witch Trials
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkUnderstanding Procedural Justice
Grades: 4 to 7Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkTeaching About Due Process and the Law
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkABA National Civics and Law Academy
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Civics, Co-Curriculars and ClubsThe ABA Division for Public Education hosts the National Civics; Law Academy (NCLA) for high school students in Washington, D.C....Contributor: Los Angeles County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkSeePolitical
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLink
National History Day
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Civics, History-Social ScienceNational 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 / HyperLinkTeaching Strategies for Civics, Law and Government Education
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Branches of Government, Civics, United States History, 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 / HyperLinkThe Courts – Elementary Level Making an Appeal
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkCitizenship & Participation
Grades: 4 to 9Subjects: Civics, American Democracy, History-Social Science(Create account to access) Students will learn what it means to be a U.S. citizen and how citizenship is obtained. They will com...Contributor: Deborah GenzerViews: 0Favorites: 0