‘It’s More Than a School': Proposing Programs to Meet Student Needs
Considering the sports series about a girls' basketball team at a school operated by a juvenile court, then thinking about the needs of the students in their own school and proposing new programs to...
View ArticleYear-End Roundup | Social Studies, History, Geography and Civics
Our lessons are on summer vacation, but here are our social studies-related lesson plans for the 2011-12 school year.
View ArticleAddressing the Colorado Shootings With Students
Are you talking about this news with students or your own children? Here are some suggestions. We'll continue to update this post.
View ArticleWatershed: Teaching About Gun Control After Newtown
In this lesson, students will explore the political process set in motion by the Dec. 14 school attack that killed 20 children and 6 staff members and try to predict what sort of bill Congress might...
View ArticleCrossing the Line Online: Sexual Harassment and Violence in the Age of Social...
How widespread is sexual harassment and sexual violence among teenagers, and what role does social media play? In this lesson, students take an anonymous survey about their experiences, then discuss...
View ArticleJustice for All? Teaching About Crime and Punishment in America
In this lesson, students will consider whether the nation’s system for addressing crime is effective and consistent with its Constitutional ideals of equality under the law.
View ArticleLooking for Answers: Making Sense of the Boston Marathon Bombing
In this lesson students grapple with the same questions all of America has been asking in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. Extension activities allow students to research issues raised in the...
View ArticleA Nation in Transition: Investigating Evolving Research and Policy on Marijuana
In this lesson, we offer some starting points for science, social studies and English teachers aiming to use the debate over marijuana legalization as an opportunity for learning, research and discussion.
View ArticleEquality Under the Law? Investigating Race and the Justice System
In this lesson, we ask students to study the 14th Amendment to discern what it means and how it has been interpreted. Then, we suggest Times articles that examine how our criminal justice system treats...
View ArticleHow to Fix the Criminal Justice System: A Student-Created Debate and Lesson Plan
In this Room-for-Debate-style lesson plan, three students from across the United States take different perspectives on which aspect of the criminal justice system should be fixed first.
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