Worksheet
Curated OER

Groupon Math: Dollars or Cents

For Students 9th
In this coupon math activity, 9th graders read two coupons and answer 4 questions about how the coupons work. Students must write written responses to explain problems with the coupons.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Channel Islands and the Surrounding Sea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils examine the Channel Islands and identify its characteristics. They participate in activities to help them discover the islands history, geography and conservation efforts. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Fibonacci

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students study and apply the Fibonacci numbers and how they occur in nature. Students solve problems using the Fibonacci numbers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bioweapons - Are You Safe?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate bioterrorism and bioweapons as ways to transmit contagious diseases. Student examine the way the US is protecting itself from bioterrorism.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Miley Cyrus Quits Twitter

For Students 6th
In this Miley Cyrus quits Twitter worksheet, 6th graders read or listen to a passage, discuss 5 warm up exercises, answer 30 pre-reading, while reading and post-reading questions included fill ins, synonyms, matching,true and false,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Mother's Day Words

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this Mother's Day activity worksheet, students read the words related to Mother's Day and write them in the blanks in alphabetical order. Students spell 13 words.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mummies Made in Egypt

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use maps to locate information on Egypt, then create their own maps to display knowledge gained from the lesson and Web sites. They recognize, create, and describe the pyramid's geometric shape in three-dimensional forms.
Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: What Are the Possible Consequences of Privacy?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
This activity examines some of the possible consequences of privacy. Students will classify these consequences as benefits or costs. Later, they will be asked to evaluate positions on issues of privacy by thinking about the consequences...
Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: National Security and Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth and comprehensive learning activity in which students analyze the debate surrounding the Patriot Act and apply constitutional reasoning to formulate opinions about the balance between national security and right to privacy....
Lesson Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Civil Liberties and Due Process

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learning packet was created to provide students with an understanding of the civil liberties a United States citizen is entitled to without interference from government.
Website
Other

Cpsr: Cyber Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
CPSR offers an informative discussion of current legal and policy topics hosted by group working for rights of assembly and speech for online communities.
Article
Other

Controlling Children's Passwords Is a Flagrant Breach of Their Privacy

For Students 9th - 10th
Passwords, by definition, are secrets. We use them to identify ourselves to systems and gain authorized access to places that other people are denied access to. Every online account is an identity, but only if it is reserved for the...
Handout
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Supreme Court History: Expanding Civil Rights: Roe v. Wade (1973)

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS' series on the Supreme Court covers several landmark cases, perhaps the most controversial of which is Roe v. Wade. Read about the case here, the reasons for the ruling that was made, and the exceptions to the ruling.
Activity
Other

Streetlaw: Rights in the Community

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides several links and introductory information on the Constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, expression in special places, freedom of religion, due process, the right to privacy, discrimination, and...
Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Balancing Privacy and Security: Government Data Mining

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is data mining? Students will explore the meaning of data mining and through research create a multimedia presentation of government data mining and privacy.
Website
Other

Liberty: Protecting Civil Liberties, Protecting Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Liberty is a campaign group that "seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone". This site outlines the work of the group and the issues on which it campaigns; provides articles, speeches and publications; and...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Right to Ownership and Use of Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline of the right to owenership and use of home in the United States.
Article
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Privacy of Online Personal Information

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information on maintaining privacy of personal information online.
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Fight for Reproductive Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Along with demands for other rights in the 1960s and 1970s came the demand for reproductive rights. Read the development of ideas from the introduction of birth control pills in 1960 to the contentious Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade...
Website
University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Exploring Constitutional Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Although the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, its interpretation is open to many opinions, causing great controversies. Students can read the Constitution as well as the many issues that surround the document. If that proves...
Lesson Plan
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Privacy of Personal Information at School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What information can parents and students expect to be kept private in school data versus publicized on forms or in announcements? This lesson examines students' privacy expectations through possible scenarios.
eBook
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Rcfp: The Ethics of Recording Conversations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This cleverly designed article contains the laws concerning taping and recording conversation in regard to privacy rights. From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Website
Other

Aclu: American Civil Liberties Union

For Students 9th - 10th
Official home of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Learn about American news, what's going on with the Supreme Court and new legislation, and more at this online interest group.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour: Your Safety and Security or Your Civil Liberties Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The object of this lesson is to take a look at the USA Patriot Act and the controversies around the Act. Does the Patriot Act defy our Civil Liberties? This lesson will explore that question and more.