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Laws...Who Needs Them?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Who needs laws? Junior high schoolers sure do! Provide your 7th-9th graders with an understandng about why laws are important and how they are used to create a functioning society. Learners use a series of handouts and readings to build...
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Cartoons for the Classrooms: Wall Street

For Students 9th - 12th
Open up an intriguing dialogue about Wall Street controversy using political cartoons! Background information gives context, including quotes from various newspapers about compensation caps, bonuses, and the growing disenchantment with...
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Cartoons for the Classrooms: Wall Street Financial Meltdown

For Students 9th - 12th
Combine two current events (2008) in one political cartoon. This handout examines the Large Hadron Collider, a scientific invention that caused a sudden fear of black holes, and the financial meltdown on Wall Street. Background...
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The House on Mango Street Activity Pack

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Enrich a unit on The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros with a selection of related activities. The packet contains nine activities that go from pre-reading through wrapping up the novel. Young readers work on studying author's...
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Criminal Law -- Miranda

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the law and the Miranda rights. They role play members of law enforcement and ones being arrested.
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Street Law – Model Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Need a model plan for a mock trial? This four-page outline lists the goals, preparation, methods, and format of that activity.
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What Makes a Good Law?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Why were laws created? Spark a group discussion on why we need laws to co-exist. Should the sale of some things be outlawed on Sundays? Read a case summary between Target and the state of Minnesota that debated this issue. Ask your...
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Street Law: Paternity in Washington

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the topic of paternity under street law enforcements. As a class, they discover the many stakeholders when asking about paternity under Washington law. They examine how the court has the best interest of the...
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Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte

For Teachers 7th
Discuss the balance, color, emotion, and context of the painting Paris Street; Rainy Day by Caillebotte. After a deep discussion, let creativity run free in your class as learners create a dimensional piece that reflects a life change...
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Free Up the Ketchup!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in teams, use given materials and their knowledge of Newton's First Law to create a device that will remove a sticky ping pong ball from a 16-oz. cup (which represents ketchup stuck in a bottle.)
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1834 Poor Law

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the 1834 Poor Laws. In this law lesson, students discover how the poor were cared for in the 1800's. Students gain knowledge about workhouses and the conditions there.  Students view posters and discuss what they portray.
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Laws - Who needs them?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine the need for laws. In this government lesson, students participate in 2 classroom activities that require them to consider the impact of laws on their personal lives. Students discuss how laws solve societal problems and...
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Laws

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss laws and their importance. They discuss silly or unique laws and explore the process that must be followed to make a law.
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Is a Tough Smoking Law Coming to Your State?

For Teachers 2nd - 10th
Students read and discuss a news article about a new anti-smoking law in Hawaii. They answer article comprehension questions, complete a fill-in-the blank activity, discuss laws that ban smoking in small groups, and create a No Smoking...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing a Bead on the Wall Street Rats

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about Wall Street executive bonuses and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Slave Laws in British Colonial New York, 1664—1722

For Students 8th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, students analyze colonial New York slave laws. Students respond to 4 short answer questions about the laws.
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Law School vs. School Laws

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding sexual orientation and restage the debate leading up to the recent decision in Rumsfeld v. FAIR. They write essays evaluating the merits of the decision.
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Huguenot Street

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read about and discuss American Colonial Folk styles of the 18th century. They research architecture and design found Huguenot Street and use their research and observations to design an original home.
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Introduction to Contracts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the concept of contracts in street law. In groups, they compare and contrast contract law with tort law. They identify the basic concepts of each and view examples to see the concepts in use. They also...
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Newton's Third Law of Motion

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Newton's 3rd Law of Motion. For this physics lesson, students participate in various experiments that demonstrate the idea of action/reaction, such as a balloon launch, a skateboard activity, and a spring scale...
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Family Law - Domestic Violence

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students take a closer look at domestic violence. In this family law lesson plan, students participate in a classroom simulation that requires them to define domestic violence and students then discuss teen dating violence. Students make...
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Taking It to the Streets

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read about a protest in France, led by students against the government's labor laws targeting youth. They research student-led protests over the past 50 years and role-play student protesters, reporters, and government officials.
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Playing With Science

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scientists investigate the scientific concepts and principles that help make common toys such as hula hoops, yo-yos, slinkies, and silly putty work. As a class, they read "Backyard Rocket Science, Served Wet" to get a look behind...
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Terminal Velocity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers calculate acceleration due to gravity with the measurements of the period of a pendulum or measurements of the time for an object to fall from different heights. They observe and measure the effect of air resistance on the...

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