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CCTV: Privacy or safety?

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students read and evaluate a proposal to put CCTV in their school classrooms. Students use a highlighter pen and a map to identify places on the school campus that should have cameras to stop bullying. Students read a message from the...
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Force and Motion

For Students 6th - 8th
In this force and motion worksheet, students read six paragraphs with numbered sentences about force and the laws of motion and answer one question.
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100 Great English Oxymorons - Phrases That Contradict Themselves!

For Students 6th - 8th
In this oxymoron worksheet, students test their vocabulary skills by reading and identifying the contradiction in each of the given phrases.
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Picture This: People Getting Along Together

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars analyze various mosaic murals by the artist Charles Alston. They view and discuss ways to show a family of people, how art expresses relationships between people, and create a painting that demonstrates how people get...
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Causes of School Violence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine school violence. In this school violence lesson, students listen to a teacher-led lecture regarding statistics and studies about school violence. Students discuss bullying and school violence.
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Immigration and Asylum

For Students 9th - 12th
In this European Union activity, learners respond to 12 short answer questions about immigration and asylum issues in the European Union.
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Liberation and Return to Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read testimonies of Holocaust survivors, describe conditions liberators found upon entering camps, investigate liberation, and research background of the Office of Special Investigations and Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.
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Crime and Young People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read the story, "Police in Schools". They view a list of common offences committed by young people and identify the victims of these offences and consider how the offence would affect those people.
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State v. Russell, Minnesota Supreme Court

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact of court decisions. In this Minnesota Supreme Court instructional activity, students read the State v. Russell case study regarding cocaine drug use. Students take notes on the case and respond to discussion...
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Citizen Juries: Zacarias Moussaoui - May 1, 2006

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider deliberations by juries. In this citizen jury lesson, students complete readings regarding the constitutional right to a trial by jury as well as on the civic responsibility to serve on a jury.
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Breaking News English: China's Death Penalty Reform

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "China's Death Penalty Reform," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: Ex-Thai PM's Wife Guilty of Tax Evasion

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "Ex-Thai PM's Wife Guilty of Tax Evasion," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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C-SPAN

C Span Classroom: Teaching About Criminal Justice Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
C-Span classroom examines criminal justice reform, particularly whether or not the federal government should reform minimum sentencing laws and reduce incarcerations for non-violent drug offenses. With lesson plan, vocabulary preview,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Government: Criminal Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Virtual learning unit on the U.S. Criminal Justice system. Students explore informational text on topics about crime, victims, the accused and effects of crime on society. Complete and comprehensive multi-source content includes...
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The Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the Criminal Justice System in Nebraska.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Women & Girls in the Criminal Justice System: Lesson 3: The State of the Criminal Justice System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will look at restorative justice as a competing model, learn more about the state of the criminal justice system, and express their opinions about the topic to an elected leader. The prison population has exploded in the United...
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Streetlaw: Criminal Law and Juvenile Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
The chapters of this unit on criminal law and juvenile justice are as follows: "Crime in America," "Introduction to Criminal Law," "Crimes Against the Person," "Crimes Against Property," "Defenses," and "The Criminal Justice Process: The...
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Naacp: Naacp Criminal Justice Program Issues

For Students 9th - 10th
The NAACP seeks to eliminate harsh and unfair sentencing practices that are responsible for mass incarceration and racial disparities in the prison system.
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Department of Criminal Justice [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they research Texas prisons to learn about the inmates there,...
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Other

World Justice Project: What Is the Rule of Law?

For Students 9th - 10th
Derived from internationally accepted standards, the World Justice Project's definition of the rule of law is a system in which the following four universal principles are upheld by four universal principles. These four universal...
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Bureau of Justice Statistics: Victim Characteristics: Race/ethnicity

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides downloadable reports on rates and types of criminal activity in the United States in different years and regions. Includes data on crimes against various ethnic groups and races.
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The Impact of Juvenile Curfew Laws in California [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at what effects curfew laws for young people were having in California. Published by the Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice, June 1998.
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US Department of Justice

U.s. Department of Justice: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete government description of Section 3789d of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, which explicitly prohibits the federal government from controlling state or local police agencies, and which explicitly...
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Other

Encyclopedia.com: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: Gender and Crime

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines male and female patterns of criminal activity, looks at theories that have been developed to try to explain why males offend at a much higher rate, and at the debate over the reasons for increased female crime in recent decades....

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