Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Law in the Future Lesson PlanLaw in the Future Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

Law in the Future

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Law in the Future lesson plan also includes:
  • Project
  • Join to access all included materials

Students develop a legal system. In this justice system instructional activity, students examine case law in the Untied States and draw on that experience to create a legal system for a "moon colony" which integrates the legal systems on Earth.

19 Views 23 Downloads
Concepts

courts, the criminal justice system, trials, laws

Additional Tags

courts, justice system, laws, legal systems, english language arts
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
11th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
2 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use

See similar resources:

Lesson Plan

Law & Ethics for Photojournalists

Curated OER
Students identify and discuss First Amendment rights, examine how to make sound legal judgements regarding photographs of private individuals, examine difference between public and private figures as far as libel law is concerned,...
7th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Lessons in Legal Ethics: Crime and the Media

Curated OER
High schoolers examine a variety of ethical issues that arise in criminal cases. They get into groups, and perform a case study of a real situation in which many of these ethical issues came up. All of the worksheets needed to...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

The Legacy of To Kill a Mockingbird: Continuing Atticus’s Fight for Justice

PBS
Tom Robinson was only one man in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, but he represents many people throughout history who have not found justice in the American justice system. Language arts students discuss the theme of social justice...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System

Teaching Tolerance
Explore the impact of the war on drugs in a thought-provoking lesson for high school academics. Young historians delve into the world of the criminal justice system and the racial disparity that occurs in the US. The resource provides...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Activity

Journalism for Justice

Teaching Tolerance
Roll the presses! Or at least have your class members participate in the time-honored tradition of the student press by creating their own newspapers or journalist pieces on a social problem. After conducting research and collaborating...
6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Handout

Should Recreational Marijuana Be Legal?

ProCon
Almost 600,000 Americans are arrested each year for marijuana possession. Pupils decide if marijuana should be legalized for recreational use after reading state-by-state laws and the top pro and con arguments. The resource also includes...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Meting Out Justice

Curated OER
Learners investigate the murder case of Emmett Till and identify the missing pieces from the case. Through research, they then work to fill in the gaps to create a basis for examining how justice might be served anew in this...
6th - 12th Social Studies & History
Lesson Plan

Design for Social Justice

Curated OER
High schoolers create a solution to a social justice problem within their community. In this urban planning lesson plan, students read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. High schoolers then...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Justice Is Blind, Colorblind That Is

Curated OER
It's so interesting to see kids respond to articles about education. To start the day, prompt learners to discuss the words colorblindness and diversity. Then, split your class in two and have one side read an article from 2007 and...
6th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Introducing 'The New Jim Crow'

Teaching Tolerance
When Jim Crow Laws ended, the intent behind them did not. Academics read "The New Jim Crow Laws" and an interview from the author to understand how racism has not ended, but rather changed over time. The lesson explains how prejudices in...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use