Department of Defense
Do Dea: Justice and Injustice
In this self-guided unit, you will be exploring the themes of justice and injustice. Included are lessons, self-assessments, background information, and learning activities. At the end of the unit, you will follow the research process to...
Other
Us Department of Justice: Faces of the Ada
This site has individual stories and pictures of people personally affected by the implementation of the ADA of 1990. Good introduction to the law and what it was designed to accomplish.
Other
Department of Justice: Four Communities Improve Civic Access
This site has information about four communities that were able to improve access to programs and services for disabled Americans.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History Resources: Robert Kennedy on Civil Rights
[Free Registration/Login Required] After reading the background information about Attorney General Robert Kennedy's report on civil rights enforcement activities of the Department of Justice in 1962, read the full transcript of the...
US Department of Justice
U.s. Department of Justice: Water Pollution Prevention and Control
Original text of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972.
Library of Congress
Loc: Official Us Executive Branch Websites
This is the official US executive branch site. Provides links to every department of this government branch.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: George Biddle
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, George Biddle is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his murals and famous frescos (designed for the Department of Justice Building).
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U.s. Marshals Service
Homepage for the United States Marshals Service. There are many helpful links on this page - history, major cases, and information on becoming a Deputy.
US Department of State
Us Department of State: Archive: Mexico Report on Human Rights Practices
This 1998 government report talks about human rights in Mexico.
Other
Watergate.info: Jaworski Memorandum on Prosecuting Nixon
Originally written in 1974 by Carl B. Feldbaum, this text overviews the "Factors to be Considered in Deciding Whether to Prosecute Richard M. Nixon for Obstruction of Justice."
Other
Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
A comprehensive guide written in response to violence in schools and the efforts by the US Department of Education and the Department of Justice to develop early warning signs of violence in schools. This guide is designed to provide...
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Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools
A comprehensive guide written in response to violence in schools and the efforts by the US Department of Education and the Department of Justice to develop early warning signs of violence in schools. This guide is designed to provide...
American Psychological Association
Americans With Disabilities Act Information
Brief description of the Americans with Disabilities Act passed in 1990. Outlines the three main areas of enforcement and gives links to the Department of Justice and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pages.
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,...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Civil Rights Activist: Burke Marshall
Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall, in this transcript of an interview for Eyes on the Prize, remembers mediating the 1962 desegregation of the University of Mississippi.
Other
North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State: Famous North Carolinians
Find links to biographical sketches of famous persons from North Carolina.
BBC
Bbc: Week of 5 19 14: u.s. Justice Department Charges Chinese With Hacking
The United States government has formally accused Chinese officials of hacking. Learn what kind of information these government officials are being charged with accessing.
US Department of Justice
Introduction to Federal Voting Rights Laws
From the U.S. Justice Department, this is a history of voting rights laws in the United States, including a discussion of the Fifteenth Amendment.
US National Archives
Nara: Teaching With Documents: Watergate and the Constitution
Using documents from the U.S. Justice Department, students analyze the events following the revelations of the Watergate scandal, and the legal and constitutional arguments that ensued over whether Nixon should or could be indicted after...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: Revisiting Waco
News article revisits the Waco incident in light of the Justice Department admitting "to using pyrotechnic devices at the compound."
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Changing Immigration Policy
This PBS site takes a look at the changing immigration policy since 9/11. Addresses issues such as the Patriot Act, problems with the immigration system, and attracting international students.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum
Jfk Presidential Library: Integrating Ole Miss: A Civil Rights Milestone
This site lets visitors learn about the integration of the University of Mississippi firsthand through the actual letters, recorded telephone conversations, and images of those who made history.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Whose Streets?: Lesson Plan Clips
This lesson plan provides a framework for critical analysis of current and historic race relations in America through the lens of the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., a young unarmed black man, by white police officer Darren Wilson...