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Children and Family Law | Child Custody and Foster Care Infographics
Students assess certain child custody situations and decide which parent will be the custodial parent, which will be the noncustodial parent, or if the situation warrants joint custody. Next, they analyze infographics and data about the foster care system. This includes data on children who age out of the foster care system, the amount of money given to the foster families, and general information about the foster care system. Includes 6 infographics to analyze.In this activity, students will en
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8th - 12th
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Argumentative Writing- Adult Time for Adult Crimes???
Students analyze excerpts of interviews from various lawyers and judges in the juvenile justice system. Students are asked to think about the pros and cons of the juvenile justice system, while evaluating the credibility of their sources. Students then reflect on the question of whether or not juveniles should ever serve adult time.
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9th - 10th
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John Scopes Trial
The Trial of Biology teacher John Scopes captured the nation's attention in the 1920s. Students will learn about the circumstances that surrounded the case with a slide show and after watching some videos. Students also will consider some primary source documents/quotes from defendant, William Jennings Bryan.An exit slip helps students to process what they have learned.
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10th - 11th
Bill of Rights Jigsaw Activity
This is an easy-to-implement but collaborative and rigorous activity for a U.S. government, history or introductory law or civics course. In it students focus on 2 amendments and then report on historical and contemporary issues related to those respective amendments. As a result, your students walk away with much more knowledge while saving you some valuable class time.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The PATRIOT Act. Document Based Questions
This assignment contains four primary sources covering The PATRIOT Act.(1.) Leone and Anrig, eds., The War on Our Freedoms; Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism, Century Foundation, 2003(2.) President George W. Bush Remarks on the USA Patriot Act. October 26, 2001. (3.) War on Terrorism. Nick Anderson, Washington Post Writers Group, November 7, 2001. (4.) Ricard Lacayo et al., “Civil Liberties: The war Comes Back Home,” Time. May 12, 2003. Each document has 1-4 questions each to help students
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Modern American History (1990s-Present) DBQ Bundle
Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision: Common Core Analysis
Dred Scott Case Common Core Analysis of the Justice’s Opinions:
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American who sued for his freedom and his case went all the way to the Supreme Court. This is a great activity to help your students dive deeper into the Dred Scott v. Sanford case by annotating primary resource documents in a step by step process. Students work in cooperative groups and analyze one of the excerpts from the Justice’s opinions. There are four different excerpts, two from Chief Ju
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8th - 12th
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Nuremberg Trial Stimulus Based Questions
This assignment contains 7 primary source documents covering the Nuremberg Trial.
The document is separated into two sections; Section 1 The Crimes, and Section 2 The Trial
The sources include; Solomon Radasky Warsaw Ghetto survivor, Jenny Schaner Auschwitz survivor, Nuremberg Trials Charter, Chief Prosecutor Robert Jackson statement, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Nuremberg Trial Sentencing, and Karl Donitz trial excerpt.
Each document has (1-3) questions each to assess student und
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: World War 2 DBQ Bundle
Materials and Role Cards for Nuremberg Mock Trial
These are the accompanying primary source materials to go with the slideshow that walks students through the mock trial.After read the Rudolf Hoss reading for homework, they are ready to discuss the nature of the crimes against humanity that have taken place during the Holocaust. This lesson was intended as an entry event into WWII, but it could come after students gain more context as well.Students are then assigned roles (Defense, Prosecution, Hess, Goring, and Speer, and Jurors. Depending on
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8th - 11th
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Sacco and Vanzetti Stimulus Based Questions
This assignment contains 3 separate primary sources.
The sources includes; (1.) Document 1, Background Information; After they were sentenced to death, this poster was made from a comment Vanzetti made to news reporters.
(2.)Document 2, “Letters to Supporters from Sacco and Vanzetti” Background Information: Following their conviction, sentencing, and failure of appeals, the men seem to accept their fate.
(3.)Document 3, The Culprit, Background Information: This document is a poem written b
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Roaring Twenties and Progressivism DBQ Bundle
Tinker v DesMoines - Students and Free Speech
This is a series of brief primary and secondary sources surrounding the landmark Supreme Court case, Tinker v DesMoines. Students will use all of the sources to first, determine what the case was about, and second, understand how the Supreme Court protects a students right to free speech. Includes sources and answers. It is also like a mini DBQ.
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8th - 11th
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In Cold Blood: Students Create and Write Synthesis Essay
This assignment, accompanied with a thorough rubric, asks students to create their own synthesis prompt and essay based issues found in Truman Capote's In Cold Blood. There are nine prompt suggestions (or students can create their own). They are responsible for finding five academic sources that could be used to defend, qualify, AND challenge the prompt. They must then create an annotated bibliography that cites the source and explains how it could be used to address the prompt. Students must in
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Challenges to Civil Liberties Document Based Questions
This assignment contains 4 primary source documents covering the Espionage Act 1917, Sedition Act 1918.
The sources includes; (1.) Espionage Act 1917 (2.) Sedition Act 1918 (3.) Speech in Canton, Ohio 1918 Eugene Debs (4.) Schenck v. United States 1919 (5.) Abrams v. United States 1919
Each document has (1-3) questions each to assess student understanding, with a total of 15 questions, and one open ended question at the end. This is geared towards US History and APUSH, and is created to intro
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: World War 1 and the Aftermath DBQ Bundle
Salem Witch Trials - False Confessions
Witches are fictional. At least, the sort the fly through the air are. So why would the people of Salem confess to being one when the punishment for witchcraft was death? The answer is partly related to the circumstances of the day, but are not necessarily restricted to the time. Confessing to crimes that you are not guilty of still occurs, and modern theories in criminal justice can help us understand this behavior.This lesson asks students to contrast testimony from the accused witches of Sale
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: U.S. History I Bundle
AP Government Affordable Care Act and Supreme Court Case Study
This reading has select excerpts on the Supreme Court's decision regarding the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act. Following the majority opinion, there is a excerpt of a concurrence as well as excerpts of dissenting opinions. There are also guided questions to go along with it to help students understand this case and how it impacts federal power and the way the commerce clause was interpreted.Additional Free Items: Here is also a link to my FREE 21/22 APG Pacing Calendar so you ca
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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“The Warren Court Decisions” : Document Based Questions
This assignment contains 5 separate sources, covering the the The Warren Court's Decisions. The sources include;(1.)David M. O’Brien, “The Supreme Court: From Warren to Burger to Rehnquist,” PS, Winter 1987(2.)Kermit Hall, “The Warren Court in Historical Perspective,” Bernard Schwartz, ed., The Warren Court: A Retrospective, Oxford University Press, 1996.(3.) President John F. Kennedy, News Conference, June 27, 1962(4.) Richard A. Leo, “The Impact of ‘Miranda’ Revisited,” The Journal of Criminal
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9th - 12th
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US History Essay - Civil Liberties During War - English/Spanish
Hello! Attached is an essay geared toward the NYS Framework Regents, focusing on civil liberties during war. Students will analyze 6 documents, respond to DBQ questions, and argue the historical context/significance surrounding: the Bill of RightsCivil Liberties during the Civil War (suspension of Habeas Corpus)WWI (Espionage Act) WWI (Schenck v United States)WWII (Japanese Internment Camps)War on Terror (Patriot Act) Pages 1-7 are directions, documents, and responsesPages 8 through 16 include p
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7th - 12th
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Justinian I/Byzantine Empire/Justinian's Code DBQ and PowerPoint With Key
This includes a four-slide PowerPoint on Justinian I and a DBQ on Justinian's Code. The DBQ goes over two primary source passages of his code and asks 4 critical thinking questions. It also includes an answer key. The DBQ is a Word Doc.
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5th - 12th
The Holocaust and Nuremberg Trials DBQ PowerPoint
Within this PowerPoint are eight slides containing seven primary source documents regarding the Holocaust and the Nuremberg Trials. 1.) The MS St. Louis surrounded by smaller vessels in the port of Hamburg, c. 19392.) “Indifference” This painting was created by Fritz Hirschberger a Polish Jew, and is part of a collection of forty such paintings reflecting his experience in the Holocaust. 3.) Intelligence report of First Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein. 4.) A photograph of Buchenwald inmates on liberati
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9th - 12th
Legal Codes PPT Slideshow 15+ Days (Hammurabi, Iroquois, etc.)
Attached is an in-depth PPT slideshow that spends around two days each on the various legal codes throughout history (Hammurabi, Roman Law, Mosaic Law, Justinian, Magna Carta, Colonial American Law, and Iroquois Law).Included in Each PPT Lesson:Learning IntentionNext Generation Learning StandardsSuccess CriteriaActivitiesCartoonsVisualsQuotesDo NowsSummaries
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Also included in: Legal Codes Bundle (PPT, Worksheets, Assessment, & Study Guide)
US History: Gunfight at the OK Corral
EDITABLE reading comprehension packet on the clash between Wild West Outlaws and the Federal Marshals at the OK Corral in the town of Tombstone. Packet includes key information, pictures for visual learners, and reading comprehension questions with space to answer them right on the page.
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7th - 12th
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ENL - International Criminal Court (English and Spanish)
Attached is a literacy based ENL lesson focusing on an overview of the International Criminal Court. This lesson, like all of my lessons, is 100% translated in English and Spanish. I regularly include leveled texts to assist students with language development, images to assist with understanding, and translations to assist our newest students.Are you looking for more Global ENL materials?https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Full-Global-History-Curriculum-AND-Google-Docs-Downloads-6336105M
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7th - 12th
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Hammurabi’s Code (DBQ)
This resource has students complete an analysis of Hammurabi's Code. This would be a great assignment to extend student learning/thinking. Works great in Kagan structures or collaborative assignment.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Watergate: Ford's Pardon of Nixon - Harkness Discussion
Looking to create a student-centered learning experience where students analyze important historical sources, develop critical, open-ended questions, and engage in meaningful dialogue to build a shared understanding? The Harkness Discussion, pioneered at Phillips Exeter Academy, takes the Socratic Seminar method teachers are familiar with and reduces the teacher to an observer and referee. By placing more of the onus of the discussion on students, they will take ownership of the discussion, allo
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Global - Primary/Secondary Sources - 24/25 - Genocide/Human Rights - 10th Grade
Eighteen short-answer questions, worth 23 total points and spanning 14 pages, based on primary and secondary sources about genocide, child soldiers and modern human rights issues. These 14 pages of questions can be useful to any social studies curriculum based on world/global history. This assignment correlates to my 10th grade Unit 19 (Out of 20 total 10th grade units) of my reading and study guides for global history.Unit 19 (Global Conflicts & Human Rights)Many of the following sub-topics
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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