NCJ Number
168002
Date Published
1996
Length
129 pages
Annotation
This curriculum in law-related education is designed to provide sixth graders with active learning that will lead to an understanding of the law, legal concepts, and justice.
Abstract
The lesson plans also aim to teach basic skills in the use of the law, to enhance students' understanding of justice and the implications for public policy, to improve critical thinking and decision making skills, and to encourage civic participation. Topics for study include schools and the law, customs and values, peer pressure, protection of the environment, and the mass media. The culminating activity of the curriculum consists of mock trials based on legal precedents for these five topics. The curriculum presents each topic in terms of background information for the teacher, instructional objectives, developmental strategies and exercises for each objective, and worksheets and scenarios related to the topic. Charts, illustrations, and reprints of media articles