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Fair Vote: X's and O's: A History of the Voting Rights Act and African Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Documented essay on the history of black suffrage in American and the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Construction and Building Inspector

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains what construction and building inspector's jobs entail. Learn about such topics as working conditions, employment, pay scale, training, job outlook, and related jobs.
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Article
Curated OER

Cbc News: A Legal History of Smoking in Canada

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this almost 20 year timeline of Tobacco Laws introduced and enforced in Canada.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Reconstruction

For Students 5th - 8th
A very good overview of Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War. Find the questions that needed to be answered about how to reincorporate the Confederate states, what rights freed blacks would have, and how terms of...
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Park Ranger

For Students 9th - 10th
Working in beautiful scenery is just one of the perks of being a park ranger. This Science Buddies site lays out the requirements needed to become a park ranger, as well as the education and job description. Included are interviews with...
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Interactive
Glenbow Museum

Glenbow Museum: Teacher Resources: Mounties

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many students view Mounties as simply policemen on horses. But it is important to understand the Mountie not only as a Canadian symbol, but also for the role they took in shaping the development of Western Canada. This site has many...
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Website
Other

Insurance Inst. For Highway Safety: Hwy. Loss Data Inst.

For Students 9th - 10th
IIHS is an independent nonprofit public service organization that publishes materials relating to highway safety. Call for materials about safe vehicles, collision losses, etc.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Second Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline on the history of the second amendment.
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Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Life in Renaissance England

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the world of Renaissance England. Discusses how that world is reflected in the works of William Shakespeare. Includes interesting information on how the English language became stabilized due to the printing press. Highlights...
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Primary
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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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Do You Become a Police Officer?

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the basic requirements to become a police officer and opportunities to progress in this career.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Did Baseball's Seventh Inning Stretch Originate?

For Students 9th - 10th
The American tradition might date to President William Howard Taft in 1910, but it could have started in 1869. The seventh-inning stretch, when fans rise from their seats for a brief break after the top of that inning is complete, is as...
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Officials Investigate Incidents at Black Churches

For Students 9th - 10th
A CNN.com/AP article discussing the law enforcement's treatment of incidents at African-American churches in South Carolina.
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Department of Homeland Security

For Students 9th - 10th
Read interesting facts and information about the Department of Homeland Security that was formed November 25, 2002, in response to the September 11 attacks to "prevent terrorism and enhance security, secure and manage US borders, enforce...
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Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: Executive Branch

For Students 9th - 10th
Article provides a guide to the Executive Branch of Government, its connection to the US Constitution, and its role as the branch that enforces the law and is responsible for the daily administration of the government.
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Activity
Other

Changing, Revoking and Contesting Wills

For Students 9th - 10th
This site answers many questions pertaining to the changing, revoking, and contesting of a will. Also discussed is "Undue influence," enforceable clauses, as well as age and legal "Capacity," issues.
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Handout
Other

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum: Ranger History in Brief Form Part 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this historical account of the Texas Rangers, a group of lawmen who fought crime and lawlessness on the Texas frontier in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Handout
Other

Lumen Learning: Encroachment and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
In the latter part of the 1800s, settlers began to ignore treaties when expanding westward. The government followed suit by declaring they would no longer negotiate new treaties, that they had the power to enforce laws on reservation...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Science 911: Cop Psychiatrists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigate special conflict-resolution training for police officers and new high school programs designed to help resolve conflicts. Work in groups to develop possible solutions to real-life conflicts that have actually occurred at U.S....
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Website
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Every Mother's Son (A Lesson for Exploring Police Brutality)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Suggested lesson plan to be used with the P.O.V. documentary "Every Mother's Son" but may be adapted for use without. Students describe examples of police brutality and explore the larger systemic problems related to policing. They also...
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Article
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Carnegie Endowment: China & Intellectual Property Rights [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
In this paper the author argues that China is still weak on enforcing intellectual property laws and that foreign companies should take steps to protect their rights in the Chinese legal system. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Whiskey Rebellion [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Whiskey Rebellion was an early challenge to the new United States government. Read about the importance of whiskey in the back country and the need for the United States to find sources of revenues. This is a story of east vs. west,...
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Handout
Other

Justia: Hollingsworth v. Perry

For Students 9th - 10th
The California Supreme Court held that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the California Constitution; state voters then passed a ballot initiative, Proposition 8, amending the state constitution to define marriage as a...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Drugs, Politics, and Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From mind-altering drugs for pleasure to the push for pharmaceutical drugs, while examining this course of history and its effects on the world, take advantage of these resources. Includes PDFs (require Adobe Reader).

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