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Groupon Math: Dollars or Cents
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.
Curated OER
Channel Islands and the Surrounding Sea
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.
Curated OER
Finding Fibonacci
Students study and apply the Fibonacci numbers and how they occur in nature. Students solve problems using the Fibonacci numbers.
Curated OER
Bioweapons - Are You Safe?
Students investigate bioterrorism and bioweapons as ways to transmit contagious diseases. Student examine the way the US is protecting itself from bioterrorism.
Curated OER
Miley Cyrus Quits Twitter
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,...
Curated OER
Mother's Day Words
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.
Curated OER
Mummies Made in Egypt
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.
Center For Civic Education
Center for Civic Education: What Are the Possible Consequences of Privacy?
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...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: National Security and Freedom
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....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Civil Liberties and Due Process
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.
Other
Cpsr: Cyber Rights
CPSR offers an informative discussion of current legal and policy topics hosted by group working for rights of assembly and speech for online communities.
Other
Controlling Children's Passwords Is a Flagrant Breach of Their Privacy
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...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Supreme Court History: Expanding Civil Rights: Roe v. Wade (1973)
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.
Other
Streetlaw: Rights in the Community
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...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Balancing Privacy and Security: Government Data Mining
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.
Other
Liberty: Protecting Civil Liberties, Protecting Human Rights
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...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Right to Ownership and Use of Home
Check out this interactive timeline of the right to owenership and use of home in the United States.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Privacy of Online Personal Information
This resource presents information on maintaining privacy of personal information online.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Fight for Reproductive Rights
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...
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Exploring Constitutional Law
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...
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Privacy of Personal Information at School
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.
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Rcfp: The Ethics of Recording Conversations [Pdf]
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.
Other
Aclu: American Civil Liberties Union
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.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Your Safety and Security or Your Civil Liberties Lesson
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.