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Website
Other

Bitlaw: Fair Use in Copyright

For Students 9th - 10th
An article that explains the "fair Use" issues in the copyright law.
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Handout
University of Texas at Austin

Texas Politics: The Constitution: Bill of Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the current Texas Bill of Rights, which spells out individual freedoms of state residents, and reiterates those of the United States of America.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teacher.org: Rules and Laws

For Teachers K - 1st
This instructional activity is designed to help students evaluate rules. It is important since not all rules are necessarily good or appropriate. Sometimes, school rules are arbitrarily imposed, other times they are arrived at as the...
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Website
Other

Litigator's Internet Resource Guide: The Rules of Court

For Students 9th - 10th
A database of the rules, forms, and dockets for both the state and federal court systems.
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Handout
CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: Modern Democracy in America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a collection of 19 Grade-Leveled texts (6-12) on the topic Modern Democracy in America. How does democracy function in modern-day America? Learn how a bill becomes a law, the role of American presidents, and much more in this...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Themes: Justice, Freedom & Equality: What Is Fair?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of Grade-Leveled texts (3-12) to address the question, Justice, Freedom & Equality: What is fair?" Select a grade level and a collection of on grade-level reading passages on the topic comes up. [Free account...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Jim Crow

For Students 9th - 10th
After Reconstruction, states in the South passed laws that barred African Americans from voting and segregated schools, restaurants, and public accommodations.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 3.2 Revisiting Exponential Expressions and Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section draws on the different laws of exponents that have been covered in previous sections and uses them to simplify exponential expressions. Additionally, the lesson explores the impact on the simplified expression when the laws...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade 1: Duck for President

For Teachers 1st
First graders build on their knowledge of positive character traits and those valued in a good citizen and leader by exploring rules, laws, elections, and the presidency. Through the anchor text, 1st graders discuss the details of the...
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Activity
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Laws of Logarithms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Eight laws reguarding logarithms. The laws include the Law of X, 0, 1, and more. Sample problems and solutions provided.
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Article
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Rcfp: Court Rescinds Its Own Prior Restraint Against the Ap

For Students 9th - 10th
A judge decided not to continue to enforce a prior restraint keeping the Associated Press from releasing information it had obtained through an open records request.
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Website
Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Building Inspectors

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives and overview of the Building Inspector career field. While some of the information is specific to New Zealand, most of it is uniform to the career.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Example for Development of Theories

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An exercise where students must distinguish between laws and theories, then answer a challenge question.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Gas Laws

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers core concepts of Gas Laws for High School Chemistry. Topics covered are Boyles Law, Charles, Gay Lussac, Combined Gas Law, Avogadro volume, Temperature Conversion between Kelvin...
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Website
Other

Laws.com

For Students 9th - 10th
This page will provide access to laws of the United States, Canada and selected international areas.
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Primary
Other

Texas Bob: Title 106 Patriotism and the Flag

For Students 9th - 10th
A reprinting of Title 106 of the Texas State Constitution, which lays out one of Vernon's Civil Statutes about the state flag and patriotism.
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Other

Brad Templeton: 10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site from Brad Templeton provides an article on copyright myths with explanations of the USENET/Internet.
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Article
Other

Brad Templeton: A Brief Intro to Copyright

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site provides an article on the copyright issues. Includes the basics, creative work, making copies, commerce, fair use/fair dealing, and some legal basics.
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Article
Social Studies for Kids

Social Studies for Kids: The Presidential Veto

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The President of the United States has extraordinary power over the shaping of federal laws. He or she can veto any law passed by Congress.
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Handout
Cornell University

Cornell University: Law School: Legal Information on Divorce

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides an easy-to-understand explanation of the legal types of divorce; also provides links to state statutes & recent federal decisions.