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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System: Lesson 3: The State of the Criminal Justice System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will look at restorative justice as a competing model, learn more about the state of the criminal justice system, and express their opinions about the topic to an elected leader. The prison population has exploded in the United...
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Other

Ontario Justice Education Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The Ontario Justice Education Network provides excellent resources for teaching about Canada's legal system. Programs range from Grade 4 up. Examples include a mock trial with Hansel and Gretel, a look at court artists, judge shadowing,...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Family Group Conferencing and Juvenile Justice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand the use of Family Group Conferencing in juvenile justice systems.
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Other

The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the Criminal Justice System in Nebraska.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Government: Criminal Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual learning unit on the U.S. Criminal Justice system. Students explore informational text on topics about crime, victims, the accused and effects of crime on society. Complete and comprehensive multi-source content includes...
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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Teaching About Criminal Justice Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
C-Span classroom examines criminal justice reform, particularly whether or not the federal government should reform minimum sentencing laws and reduce incarcerations for non-violent drug offenses. With lesson plan, vocabulary preview,...
Website
University of New Brunswick (Canada)

University of New Brunswick: Crime and Punishment in New Brunswick

For Students 9th - 10th
Two university professors in New Brunswick have created this web site that explores several historic crimes in New Brunswick and how the justice system handled the cases.
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Other

Gouvernement Du Quebec: Justice Quebec: Judicial System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains the provincial court system of Quebec.
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Other

National Council for the Social Studies: Selecting Supreme Court Justices

For Students 11th - 12th
A panel discusses the questions of whether the Senate or President hold more power in selecting Supreme Court Justices, the impact of interest groups on the process, and whether changes need to be made to the confirmation process. Along...
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Other

Utah Justice Courts: Justice Courts

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the Justice Courts in Utah. Learn about the various branches of the courts and how they operate.
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Other

The Ministry of Justice: Argentina

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by the Argentine Ministry of Justice. It contains an organizational chart, action plans, project updates and data services. It also includes a link to the Civil Services Union.
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Journey Through Justice: Our Federal Courts

For Students 7th
In this tutorial, students learn about the various levels in the federal judicial system and look at a famous Supreme Court case, Tinker v. Des Moines.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation: The Trial of Abigail Briggs

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Lesson plan on the Colonial Virginia court system featuring the trial of Abigail Briggs. Students will develop a sense of 18th century legal terms and justice system through role play and analyzing primary source documents.
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Have Fun With History

Have Fun With History: Crime and Punishment

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module on crime, punishment and the justice system. Students and teachers can view videos and search links to National Museum of Crime and Punishment.
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US Department of Justice

Us Department of Justice: Justice 101: Federal Court System

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out what the three levels of the federal court system are and how they work.
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Other

Naacp: Naacp Criminal Justice Program Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
The NAACP seeks to eliminate harsh and unfair sentencing practices that are responsible for mass incarceration and racial disparities in the prison system.
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Cato Institute

Buying Justice: Plaintiffs' Lawyers Reap Huge Dividends

For Students 9th - 10th
This writer discusses the buying of justices' impartiality by trial lawyers and calls for tort reform.
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Separate but Equal: The Plessy v. Ferguson Case

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the judgment of Supreme Court justice, Henry Billings Brown, who wrote for the majority in the Plessy v Ferguson decision that codified the idea of "separate but equal" in the American justice system until it was overturned by Brown...
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Other

World Justice Project: What Is the Rule of Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Derived from internationally accepted standards, the World Justice Project's definition of the rule of law is a system in which the following four universal principles are upheld by four universal principles. These four universal...
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Other

Mac Arthur Foundation: Research Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of research on adolescent development helps expand the base of knowledge about juvenile crime and delinquency, disseminate that knowledge to professionals and the public, improve decision making in the current system, and...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Department of Criminal Justice [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they research Texas prisons to learn about the inmates there,...
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Syracuse University

Syracuse University: Youth Due Process Gerald Gault

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site contains a description of the juvenile justice system, background on the case involving Gerald Gault, and learning exercises for teachers to use in class.
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Other

University System of Georgia: Civil Rights Digital Library

For Students 9th - 10th
Compilation of primary resources from broadcasters, museums, libraries, and other content repositories, constituting a scholarly collection of primary sources that document aspects of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s....
Interactive
iCivics

I Civics: Court Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
In Court Quest, people from around the country need your help to navigate our court system. Listen carefully to each case, so you can guide them to the right place!

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