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Resource Type: DocumentJustice Sayings Project: Educator's Guide
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Charter Schools, Education Theory and Practice, History-Social Science, 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 / HyperLinkCalifornia Courts - Civics Education
Grades: 1 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, CivicsIncludes resources and materials for teaching and learning about the judicial branch and its role in our democracy.Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 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 / HyperLinkMini Mock Trial
Grades: 6 to 9Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGeneration Citizen
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, CivicsGeneration 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 / 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 / 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 / HyperLinkAppellate Courts: Let's Take It Up
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Civics, American Democracy(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: History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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 / 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 / HyperLinkCampaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, CivicsThe 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: History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkPublic Service Announcement: Civic Responsibility
Grades: 5Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkTeaching About Due Process and the Law
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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 / HyperLinkABA National Civics and Law Academy
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Co-Curriculars and Clubs, CivicsThe 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: History-Social Science, Civics, American DemocracySeePolitical 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: 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 / HyperLinkDefining Civic Duty and Participation
Grades: 5 to 6Subjects: American Democracy, CivicsThis lesson is the first in a series of three in a unit. It is designed to help students understand that personal habits and a...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink9/11 and the Constitution
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, Civics, 9/11On American Identity, Diversity, and Common Ground The anniversaries of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September ...Contributor: San Diego County Civic Learning PartnershipViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNational Symbols
Grades: 3Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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