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Tech: Medical Forensics
High schoolers explore what it takes to be a forensic scientist or pathologist. They view a PowerPoint, discuss what education and skills are needed to succeed as a pathologist. They play a game to test their observation skills, a skill...
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Respect
Students, in groups, exchange their opinions and experiences on issues around respect and anti-social behavior. They come up with approaches to youth crime prevention and discuss and present their own solutions.
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Children and the Death Penalty
High schoolers examine how different countries deal with juvenile offenders. Using the internet, they research what offenses are punishable by death and how the laws protect students. They interview local authorities and discuss...
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Who Are Travellers?
Students visit specified websites to research zoning information in Essex. They participate in a role play to present a zoning request to a city council. Groups of students prepare their side of the case and create their proposal to be...
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Oxymorons
In this vocabulary activity, students read 100 English oxymorons. They include "absolutely unsure" and "hone hundred and ten percent."
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Mathematical Reasoning
In this data analysis learning exercise, students read a list of 4 criteria and then select the picture on the sheet that matches the criteria.
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The Family Tree
In this patterns practice worksheet, students read a 3-paragraph excerpt regarding a family tree and respond to 1 graphic organizer question and 1 short answer question.
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Thinking Skills: Connecting shapes
In this thinking skills worksheet, students draw a line connecting each blue figure without touching any other color. Students connect 4 figures.
Facing History and Ourselves
Continuing Lemkin's Legacy: What Can We Do to Prevent and Stop Genocide?
Young scholars investigate genocide. In this contemporary history lesson, students research Darfur advocacy organizations and present plans of action to stop the injustice in Darfur.
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Language Arts: Twinning At-Risk Students
Students at-risk in high school and primary grades pair up to read and write together. They create books modeled after authors and illustrators. They hold a parents' day to display their completed books.
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Are Curfew's Fair?
Students explore and discuss how curfews are set up. They discuss how difficult it can be to define appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Students role play situations involving curfew and the behaviors they are meant to curb.
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CCTV: Privacy or safety?
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
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!
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
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
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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Crime and Young People
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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Citizen Juries: Zacarias Moussaoui - May 1, 2006
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.
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About Criminal Justice Reform
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,...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: American Government: Criminal Justice
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...
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Department of Criminal Justice [Pdf]
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,...
Other
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Victim Characteristics: Race/ethnicity
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.
Other
Encyclopedia.com: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice: Gender and Crime
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....
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Restorative Justice: Lesson 1
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that restorative justice is one of many conflict resolution methods, and is specifically an application of conflict resolution techniques to criminal activity and its aftermath. It...