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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Law and Society

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An impressive collection of resources that can be used to enhance lessons focused on the law. Covers the nature of laws, legal reasoning, how it can effect societal change, and how laws are enforced and experienced.
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Article
Other

Journalists Resource: Excessive or Reasonable Force by Police?

For Students 9th - 10th
Excessive or reasonable force by police? Explore this research on law enforcement and racial conflict.
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Handout
Other

National Agricultural Law Center: Clean Water Act: A Summary of the Law [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary of the Clean Water Act and sections such as background, federal and state responsibilities, regulations, enforcement, and major amendments are provided.
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Article
Other

Zorza Associates: The Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

For Students 11th - 12th
This lengthy article in the Fordham Urban Law Journal gives a history of Uniform Child Custody legislation and shows how the most recent, the Enforcement Act, affects women and children.
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Activity
Other

Fec: The Fec and the Federal Campaign Finance Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Sharp critique of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and its role in enforcing campaign finance rules in the United States. Provides good information on the structure of the FEC, its members, its relationship with other branches of...
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Curated OER

A View on Cities: Washington: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

For Students 9th - 10th
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, Judiciary Square (Washington)
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Graphic
Curated OER

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

For Students Pre-K - 1st
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
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Website
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Fbi: A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This FBI site provides some basic guidelines for kids while they use the Web. Content also includes Internet law enforcement stories and a parent's guide to Internet Safety.
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Handout
Other

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (Iihs): Safety Belt Use Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Hover over each state on this interactive map to see what its laws are regarding the enforcement of seat belt use.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the Horrific Tragedy of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Led to Workplace Safety Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
The March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was one of the deadliest workplace catastrophes in U.S. history, claiming the lives of 146 workers, most of them women immigrants in their teens and twenties. The fire was so horrific it...
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Article
Texas Department of Public Safety

Txdps: Texas Rangers: Historical Development

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief article about the Texas Rangers, the oldest law enforcement organization on the North American continent with statewide jurisdiction.
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Website
Other

Osha: Employer Responsibilities for Keeping Young Workers Safe

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about child labor laws and occupational safety standards for anywhere employing teen workers.
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Article
Other

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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Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Fifteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides the 15th Amendment, which declares the Right of Citizens to Vote, with annotations on Abolition of Suffrage Qualificatrions, Adoption and Judicial Enforcement, and Congressional Enforcement.
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Handout
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the Supreme Court decision of Shelley vs. Kraemer, relating to the enforcement by the courts of private agreements that exclude persons of color.
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Website
Other

Streetlaw: Careers in the Law

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are interested in being an attorney, corrections officer, court reporter, forensic scientist, police officer, judge or government agent, check out this description of several legal careers. Learn about salary, required education,...
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Website
Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Bureau of Investigation

For Students 9th - 10th
The Federal Bureau of Investigation(F.B.I)is an independent agency of the U.S. government. This homepage contains a wide variety of information, such as: Your FBI, Contacting the FBI, Major Investigations, Employment, etc.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Photographs of Signs Enforcing Racial Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographs taken in the 1940s of various public places that had posted signs for "White" and "Colored."
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Primary
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Eighteenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
The 18th amendment regarding the prohibition of intoxicating liquors, as it is worded in the U.S. Constitution. Annotations about the validity, enforcement, and repeal of the amendment are provided, as well as footnotes.
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Website
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Summary of the Clean Water Act

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a brief overview of the Clean Water Act. Includes links to its history and to information about compliance and enforcement.
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Activity
US Department of Justice

Us Department of Justice: Antitrust Enforcement and the Consumer [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article outlines how the Antitrust Division of the Department Of Justice works for and protects the typical American consumer.
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Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article Iii: Federal State Courts Relations

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource shows the relationship between the Federal and State Courts as stated in Article III of the U.S. Constitution. This annotated text details issues like problems raised by concurrency, autonomy of state courts, and rules of...
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Article
Ibis Communications

Eyewitness to History: Encounter With the Texas Rangers, 1876

For Students 9th - 10th
This firsthand account of an encounter with some of the men from the Texas Rangers, a group of law enforcement officers in nineteenth century Texas.
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Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: Article Iv: Penal Judgments: Types Entitled to Recognition

For Students 9th - 10th
Refers to Section I of Article IV that ascertains that judicial systems of states or countries are not responsible for enforcing the laws of another state or country.

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