Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article Iii: Judicial Power

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotations to Article III on the characteristics and attributes of judicial power as related to specific Supreme Court decisions. The author distinguishes between judicial power and jurisdiction.
Handout
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Fourth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the reference to Rochin v California, that is found in the annotations page to the 4th Amendment. Specifically, focusing on the section covering "Property subject to seizure".
Activity
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Annotation 1: Fifteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives the text of the Fifteenth Amendment with annotations. The paragraph on literacy tests includes information on Alabama's amendment which was clearly aimed at African Americans.
Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article I, Section 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents section 6 of article 1 of the U.S. Constitution, which details the rights and disabilities of members of Congress. The site discusses congressional pay, and privileges from arrest and of speech or debate in an...
Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article Iii: Federal State Courts Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource shows the relationship between the Federal and State Courts as stated in Article III of the U.S. Constitution. This annotated text details issues like problems raised by concurrency, autonomy of state courts, and rules of...
Activity
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Fourteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives the text of the 14th Amendment and includes annotations, which are helpful to understand interpretations and uses of the amendment.
Primary
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Eighteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
The 18th amendment regarding the prohibition of intoxicating liquors, as it is worded in the U.S. Constitution. Annotations about the validity, enforcement, and repeal of the amendment are provided, as well as footnotes.
Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Fourth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource not only provides a text of the amendment, but also extensive annotations to words and phrasing.
Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Fourth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and fully annotated phrasing of the amendment.
Website
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Eighth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains the text of the Eighth Amendment and legal annotations.
Activity
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Eleventh Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives the text of the Eleventh Amendment. Additionally, annotations are provided, which cite case law and other pertinent information.
Primary
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Find Law: United States Constitution: Article Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Article II from the U.S. Constitution, as well as detailed annotations that explain the reasoning and subsequent impact of each clause and section of the Article. Content explores everything from the nature and scope of...
Handout
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: First Amendment Protections

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains an annotated look at the different topics covered within the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Click on any subtopic link for in-depth information about that part of the First Amendment.
Lesson Plan
University of Maryland

Morality in Manufacturing: The Case of Bowen and Mc Namee [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using primary source documents as evidence, learners will create an annotated illustration depicting the situation among textile merchants in New York City while deciding in what ways do personal values influence business decisions.
Lesson Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Thunder Bay Sinkholes 2008: Cells That Changed the World [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A class experiment on cyanobacteria and green algae. The lesson is based on research conducted during a 2008 expedition to study sinkholes in the waters near Thunder Bay, Ontario. An annotated list of websites with source materials and...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Understand Information From Introductory Material, Headings, Etc.

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson students learn how to develop an overview of the material using information gained from text organization to help predict content and make connections. They also to gather information from reading the introduction,...
Website
University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Collaborative Learning: Introduction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive site presents the concept of collaborative learning, which encourages active student participation in the learning process. There are five sections: Stories (from teachers describing how they implemented collaborative...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the book "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Article
Lectric Law Library

Lectric Law Library: Due Process Mini Outline

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides an extensive, annotated outline of the concept of "due process". This would be an excellent starting point for research.
Website
Boise State University

Boise State University: Byzantine Empire: An Outline

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated outline of the history of the Byzantine Empire.
Website
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Mark Twain in His Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This etext from the University of Virginia provides a detailed look at Twain's novel "Huckleberry Finn". Included is a complete text with annotations, original illustrations and background on the illustrator, early reviews of the work,...
eBook
Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Life of Milton by Samuel Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated version of Johnson's Life of Milton contains hyperlinks to explanatory notes added by the editor of the online edition.
Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Descriptive Writing

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
This is a comprehensive article about what descriptive writing including what it is, why to teach it and strategies to teach it. It also features two videos Five Senses Graphic Organizer and Writing Poems as well as an annotated list of...
Activity
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Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Article Iii: Annotations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses both the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and the appellate jurisdiction of the lower federal courts. There are hypertext links to related materials.