Law-Related Education Teaching tools include mock trials for all grades, laws competence through citizenship and lawrelated education State Court System lesson plans for teachers http://www.mnfindalawyer.com/education.htm
Extractions: What is law-related education? Law related education involves teaching students about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. It provides students K-12 with active learning opportunities that foster their understanding of the role of law in a democratic society. Students learn about laws and the legal system and how it affects their lives. LRE also stresses the use of outside resource people and the application of LRE to real life situations. What are the benefits of law-related education? LRE improves critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills. Students are actively engaged in the learning process. LRE encourages students to respect laws, rules and persons in authority when exposed to a balanced view of our democratic society. LRE can aid in reducing discipline problems in schools. Students learn positive ways to resolve conflict. Students are exposed to members of the legal community in positive ways. Students involved in LRE are less likely to become delinquent LRE promotes positive self-image in students.
Extractions: A statewide conference on Law Related Education and Civics will be held on Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13 in Springfield on the campus of the University of Illinois- Springfield. The conference designed to provide those attending with knowledge of a variety of law related education teaching strategies. The primary audience is students in the colleges of education but current teachers and others who work with youth in a variety of settings will benefit by attending. The conference is being developed by the Center for Legal Studies and the Teacher Education Program at the University of Illinois-Springfield with support from the Illinois State Bar Association Law Related Education Committee and Project LEARN. The conference will begin on Friday April 12 at 12:30. and finish by about 3 pm on Saturday. After a welcoming session and a session that introduces participants to the many aspects of law related and civics education the rest of the afternoon and early evening will be devoted to conflict resolution strategies. The conflict resolution session will be conducted by Topper Steinman and Vernessa Gipson of the National Center for Conflict Resolution in Education. Saturday will begin with a presentation by Dr. Phillip Paludan, a Lincoln historian, who will discuss Lincolns life in relation to elementary and secondary teaching. Ten different workshops will be offered during the rest of the day allowing participants the opportunity to attend two different sessions. The workshops include, Lincoln in the Classroom, Local History, Cultural Diversity, Mock Trials, Infusing Civics Material into the Curriculum, Elementary Plays, Creating Historical Characters, and separate workshops on using We the People, Street Law, and Constitutional Rights Foundation instructional materials. Workshop presenters will be encouraged to set up display tables to allow those participants who are unable to attend the workshop to become familiar with the workshop materials. There will also be a luncheon presentation on School Law and Policy.
Careers School lesson plans for Business and Personal law http//www.wa.gov/courts/educate/lessons/lphigh.htm mock trials A Starting Point lesson Plan http//www http://www.trschools.k12.wi.us/TRHS/FACE/careers.htm
Extractions: Career Guides / Information O*NET Online - information on skills, abilities, knowledge, work activities, and interests associated with occupations http://online.onetcenter.org/ The Occupational Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ Michigan Occupational Information System Careers by Cluster http://mois.org/clusters.html Welcome to Career Paths! This page is broken into three sections. Career Choices contains a list of sites that will help you narrow down that career choice. Career Biographies contains professional insight into individual careers. Career Preparation learn interview, cover letter, and resume tips. http://aristotle.sils.umich.edu/teen/pathways/ Career Search Career Search is a way to find out about jobs and careers. If you already know what you want to do, go ahead and browse the list of Career Categories. Select a career to learn what to expect from a job and what to do in school so that you can work toward the job you want. You'll find out about
Social Studies Development Center CongressLink lesson plans and other teaching resources on service learning, government, and lawrelated education, and mock trials and simulations. http://www.indiana.edu/~ssdc/civlinks.htm
Extractions: Teaching, Research, and Citizen Group Resources Active Citizenship: Empowering America's Youth Features a 17-lesson curriculum unit for grades 7-12; information about citizenship education, civic values, service learning, and in-service programs on all these topics. The American President This is the official Web site for the PBS documentary series by the same name. It features lesson plans based on the series; in-depth information about all 41 U.S. Presidents; learning activities; historical documents; essays on a wide range of presidential topics; a political magazine by and for students; and a section devoted to following and learning about the 2000 election. Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System Visitors to this site can follow the fictional story of a murder trial, complete with legally accurate details. Provided to enhance the educational purposes of this site are an introduction to the legal justice system, a glossary, information on Supreme Court cases, and actual documents filled out during an arrest. Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
Georgia Law-Related Education Consortium for additional ideas and lesson plans which may administrators, recorders, clerks, law enforcers, probation include Essays, speeches, mock trials, posters, or http://www.cviog.uga.edu/lre/lreweek.php
Extractions: LRE Week This year, LRE Week will be celebrated from Sunday, April 27, through Saturday, May 3, 2003. Below, you will find ideas which can be used for celebrating this important week. You can contact Anna Boling for additional ideas and lesson plans which may be used as well. Why Observe LRE Week? Because schools can highlight LRE class activities and use the Week to initiate or expand school LRE programs. Because it provides a special opportunity to bring the legal community and judiciary, educators, and students together in activities that promote mutual knowledge and understanding.
Search Courts Elementary school lesson plans on the following topics Bill of Rights/Constitutional Rights; Introduction to law; mock trials/Hearings; Problem Solving http://www.lawforwa.org/search/ask_results2?q=Where can I find Judges in the Cla
Resources lawrelated education materials, including books, lesson plans, mock trials and videos are available for checkout for two weeks from our lending library. http://lawrelatededucation.org/Resources/resources.html
Extractions: LENDING LIBRARY Law-related education materials, including books, lesson plans, mock trials and videos are available for checkout for two weeks from our lending library. To check out materials, please e-mail the Project office at lre@icw.com. The materials will be shipped to you at no cost. The teacher/school will need to pay the cost of return mail to the office. For the list of elementary materials available, click here . For the list of secondary materials available, click here LESSON PLANS The Project has gathered and developed lesson plans to help teachers teach civic education to our youth and communities. A Law and Citizenship Manual for both elementary and secondary schools has been compiled, and is available free of charge, to Utah teachers. The Table of Contents for the elementary manual can be viewed by clicking here , and the Table of Contents for the secondary manual can be viewed by clicking here . Individual lesson plans can be obtained by e-mailing the Project at lre@icw.com
Extractions: criminal law, procedure, and criminology. Grades 9-12 Our most popular publication, Criminal Justice in America is complete with revised readings, up-to-date statistics, and new, expanded case studies. It is the most comprehensive secondary text available on the subjects of criminal law, procedure, and criminology. It can serve as a text for an entire law-related education course or as a supplement for civics, government, or contemporary-issues courses. Its extensive readings are supported by: Directed discussions Activities to involve outside resource experts The student text is divided into six chapters: CRIME covers victim rights, history of crime, methods for measuring crime, white collar crime, violent crime, youth gangs, elements of crimes, and legal defenses to crime. POLICE includes sections on history of law enforcement, search and seizure, interrogations and confessions, the exclusionary rule, the use of force, and police-community relations.
NATURE: For Teachers: Lesson Plans: The Trial Of The Bloody Sucker Hawaii Friends of Civic and lawRelated Education http very useful strategies for staging mock trials, with guidelines for Web sites in this lesson, each group http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lesson_plans/bloodysuckers2.html
State Bar Of Georgia from the mock trial office, including lesson plans for guiding Evidence, modified and simplified for application to mock trials. A law Academy will be held in http://www.gabar.org/mtoverview.asp
Extractions: 104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30303 WHAT IS A MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION? A mock trial is much like a real court trial. Team members, "attorneys," and "witnesses," prepare a case for trial before a judge. All competing teams prepare the same case. Local teams in a region compete, the regional winners then vie for the state championship, and the state champion has the option of competing nationally. WHAT DOES A TEAM DO?
Canada's SchoolNet Lesson Plan - Laws Of Canada lesson plans Elementary. A Day in the Life of Bill COne Canada s Parliamentary System Did Jack break the law? Simplified mock Trial No Vehicles in the Park http://www.acjnet.org/teacher/
Business/Personal Law Lesson Plans And Links National Constitution Center lesson plans http//www.constitutioncenter State Bar Foundation mock Trial Problem http Boston College law School mock Trial Problem http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/buslaw.html
U.S. History Lesson Plans Big Bunch of Links. lesson plans for Children's BooksAZ list Mr Donn's US History lesson plans Units Page Three (US Government, Bill of Rights, mock trials, Laws, Justice http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/American.html
Vocational Lesson Plans For Health And Human Services Forgery lesson plans lessons and Strategies law and Government mock Trial - Stages of a Trial mock Trial Activity - ERIC Science of Forensics lesson Plan The http://www.khake.com/page77.html
Street Law The following lesson plans have been developed by Direct and Cross Examination; mock Trial Preparation Direct and Introduction to Environmental law (Jill Olson http://www.law.washington.edu/streetlaw/lessons.html
Extractions: University of Washington ~ School of Law The following lesson plans have been developed by University of Washington School of Law Students for the Street Law Course. Each file is in Adobe PDF format. Additional formats are available as notes. Download Acrobat Reader Last updated 06/25/03. Contact Webmaster model lesson plans
ABA Law Day Sample Programs US District Court Central District The primary focus of law Day was a mock trial. In order to integrate the students visit with their ongoing government lesson plans, we provided each of http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/ideas/cacourt02.html
Extractions: E-mail: lydia_yurtchuk@cacd.uscourts.gov Central District of California Law Day 2002 Activity Summary: Activity Narrative: In order to integrate the students' visit with their on-going government lesson plans, we provided each of them with an extensive package of written material, which explained the federal court and some federal agencies. In addition, we mailed other written material to participating teachers, for them to incorporate into their lesson plans in advance of their visit. The program began with a staged arrest by U.S. Marshals. A judge presided over the subsequent trial. After the verdict, the judge spoke about the trial and entertained questions and answers.
Washington Courts Judges in the Classroom. Middle School lesson plans. Battered Child Syndrome. Battered Child Syndrome mock Trial (Grades 8-12). Consumer law. http://www.courts.wa.gov/education/lessons/?fa=education_lessons.lpmiddle
The Law Connection - Current Issue - Lesson Plans ll need the free Acrobat reader to view this lesson. back to index. Subject Social Studies, law Topic mock Trial Judgement on Nuremberg, War Crimes, Hate http://www.educ.sfu.ca/cels/past_lesson1.html
Extractions: Unit Plan: To develop the concepts of conflict, authority, diversity, responsibility and justice. Rationale: To help students understand the procedures that go into play when a young person is arrested and charged with an offense under the Young Offenders Act. Author: Ruth Yates, (based on a concept developed by teachers-in-training at the University of British Columbia - Gail Brown, Jennifer Madison, Pamela Hellyer, Ilona Davidson and Patricia Chan) Youth Justice System - From Arrest to Sentence
The Law Connection - Out On Your Own SchoolNet lesson plans law lesson plans for Elementary and Secondary classes. The Trial of Napoleon Bonaparte - A mock Trial for Social Studies http://www.educ.sfu.ca/cels/lessplan_res.html
Extractions: A Social Studies 11 unit with six lesson plans, handouts, student worksheets and a bibliography. The lesson plan topics are: The Vote; Fashion or Function; Nellie McClung and History; Critical Thinking About Written Arguments on the Role of Women; Critical Thinking About Political Cartoons on the Suffragists; Canadian Women in the 1920s-Various Voices. The Trial of Napoleon Bonaparte - A Mock Trial for Social Studies
