Popular culture often portrays the Feds as the most fearsome of law enforcement agencies. Yet, someone charged with a crime is considerably more likely to end up in a state court. The lesson, one of six covering the Organization of the...

In this biology worksheet, students use the given code to discover the punch lines for each of the funny jokes as they relate to different bugs. Then they compare their answers to others in class.

Young scholars participate in a mock trial. Given the scenario, students prepare a cases concerning the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the right to assemble. In groups, young scholars prepare an opening and closing...

Students role play a court with lawyers, a judge, jury, and more. For this classroom court lesson plan, students review rules of the law in the judicial system.

In this drug companies worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...

Sample courtroom protocol and procedures from the YMCA Youth & Government website.

Learn about trial by jury in this tutorial where you exercise your responsibility as a citizen by serving on a jury and deciding on a case. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a teacher named Miss Blake who decided to teach her students about court by creating a courtroom role-play. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka is widely known as the Supreme Court decision that declared segregated schools to be "inherently unequal." The story behind the case, including that of the 1951 trial in a Kansas courtroom, is much...

This is a comprehensive site from UMKC School of Law concerning the trial of John Peter Zenger. You can find just about any information you may need here, from the issues of The New York Weekly Journal to the trial record. Also of...

A television documentary from Idaho Public Television that recreates the trial of Big Bill Haywood, leader of the Western Federation of Miners, charged with hiring a hit man to kill an Idaho ex-governor. Read about how he was captured,...

Biographical and historical note, with portrait, about William Stoughton (1631-1701), that briefly explains Stoughton's role as chief justice during the Salem witch trials. Itemizes the deviations from normal courtroom practice that...

Investigate how fingerprinting works, determine what sorts of evidence and questions are important in deciding a court case and understand the issues involved with using DNA evidence in a courtroom trial.