Judicial Learning Center
Your 4th Amendment Rights
Americans love to learn about their rights, especially those that protect them from the government's power to invade their privacy. Young people are especially engaged by this topic. An informative lesson explores four Supreme Court...
Judicial Learning Center
Your 1st Amendment Rights
Why should classes care about the First Amendment? An engaging lesson serves as a powerful tool for answering just that. As all four cases in the lesson relate directly to freedom of expression in schools, young scholars explore the...
ProCon
Olympics
Are the Olympic Games a benefit for their host countries and cities? Scholars decide for themselves in preparation for a class debate or discussion. After reading a brief background and overview of the topic, pupils read the top three...
Judicial Learning Center
Getting Ready for Trial
A courtroom can be a scary place for the uninitiated. Get familiar with the process using a helpful overview of the activities that take place prior to both civil and criminal cases. The lesson explains the differences between...
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: Foreign Rule Breaks Down
Find out about the development of self-government in the English colonies and the responsibilities of the colonial legislatures.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Rules of Engagement: The Geneva Convention (Lesson Plan)
A lesson in which students examine the agreements stipulated by the 1949 Geneva convention. They then assess if the Iraqi media's use of POW images is or is not contrary to the tenets of the convention. Students will also discuss the...
US Senate
Us Senate Committee: Environment and Public Works
The U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works website provides a summary and description of its responsibilities.
Other
Wise Kids: Online Safety Tips for Kids
A good list of rules to govern your Internet use, with explanations for each. It also includes an Internet Safety Agreement that covers the same rules and that teachers or parents can print out and ask students to sign.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Parabola Focal Point
Dr. Math discusses some of the "rules" of parabolas that are specific to the focal point.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Lying, Cheating, Stealing
A four part NPR series on contemporary ethics, one part talks starts with whether one should eat a grape in the supermarket without paying for it, and then expands the topic. The second part is corporation/business ethics. The third is...
Live Wire Media
Good Character: The Six Pillars of Character: Citizenship
How can you be a good citizen? Discuss this questions and others with the help of writing prompts and activity ideas at this website. The material provided teaches children that "Good citizens do their part to make their community a good...
University of California
Ucla: Manas: Robert Clive
Read a brief biography of Robert Clive, a leader largely responsible for the conquest of India for the British East India Company.
Other
The Vanished Gallery
Desaparecidos is the Spanish word for "The Disappeared" - the thousands who vanished during the 70's under the rule of the Argentine military junta. This site is a personal collection of testimonials about these people, who vanished...
Other
Elections Bc: A Non Partisan Office of the Legislature
This is the Office of the British Columbia Legislature that is responsible for administering their provincial elections. Here you will find out everything you need to know about rules governing elections, donations to provincial...