Offers a lesson plan for teaching grade six about the Supreme Court. The lesson includes several situations in which students decide if laws have been broken. (BSR)

Provides a two-day lesson plan that helps students examine the unrecognized role women played during the Revolutionary War and their total absence during the Constitutional Convention. (BSR)

Intended to help teachers provide effective instruction about the economic concept of inflation, this article focuses on (1) a teaching strategy to introduce inflation in a concrete, dynamic way; and (2) topical suggestions for both general inquiry and exploration of the social-psychological dimensions of inflation. Provides a list of 12…

Presents a lesson on Roger Brown's 1974 piece of art entitled "Autobiography in the Shape of Alabama (Mammy's Door)." This lesson is intended to introduce students in grades K-3 to personal symbolism and analysis of art by a living artist. (BSR)

Presents two lesson plans for grades 5-9 which are meant to increase student's legal literacy. The first lesson covers contracts and includes a comic strip which illustrates contract law. The second deals with warranties and why they are important. Included are examples of product warranties. (GEA)

Uses a discussion of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment and a case study entitled "Search and Seizure at a Rock Concert" to teach secondary students about privacy, property, and justice. Examines exceptions to the Fourth Amendment and describes "probable cause" as it relates to searches. (GEA)

Presents four strategies for teaching secondary students about equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment. To be taught by the classroom teacher or a visiting lawyer, these strategies use such methods as a panel discussion and examination of Fourteenth Amendment court cases to accomplish their goals. (GEA)

Presents a strategy which teams secondary school students with community legal experts to identify the rights and responsibilities of youth in the work place. Includes six cases (with corresponding study guides) which provide springboards for the discussions. (GEA)

Introduces students in grades 10-12 to photo-realism and the work of Ralph Goings. Observing the work "Collins Diner," students discover the elements of photo-realist work and how it differs from other art movements. Includes instructional strategies, student activities, and background information on the movement and the artist. (GEA)

Presents a lesson which will help high school students identify the specific parts of the U.S. Constitution, recognize the way the Founding Fathers dealt with the problems of government, and evaluate how the document works 200 years later. Includes an in-depth worksheet for analyzing the document and two sets of constitutional problems to be used…

Offers techniques to first-year teachers for managing the teaching workload in addition to classroom instruction. Topics include (1) preparing course outlines, (2) developing lesson plans, and (3) grading papers. (CH)

Using a full-color reproduction of George Tooker's 1953 painting called "Highway," this lesson plan is intended for students in grades four through six. The lesson's goal is to encourage an awareness of symbols and forms in contemporary society and to express attitudes and feelings about depersonalized structures and systems in society.…

This special supplement provides a five-day unit of instruction on the Northwest Ordinance. Each lesson plan consists of specific objectives, content outline, maps, student reading material, and instructional suggestions. A unit test and bibliography are included. (JDH)

Provides a lesson plan and primary source material for exploring whether Richard M. Nixon should have been prosecuted for obstruction of justice following his resignation from the Presidency. Contains a reproduction of the special prosecutor's memorandum that lists the factors which support or detract from a decision to prosecute Richard Nixon.…

Offers a full-color reproduction of Edward Hicks' painting, "Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch," and a lesson plan for using it with children in grades K through 3. (JDH)