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ERIC Number: ED256639
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 110
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Justice: Law and Responsibility. A Case Study Approach to Law Awareness.
Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, FL.
Teacher-developed law-related education lessons that can be integrated into secondary school world history and U.S. history courses are provided. The first of two major sections contains law lessons for world history. Lessons are varied and deal with topics such as sources of the law, laws in early civilizations (Rome, Greece, and Egypt), the Code of Hammurabi, the caste system, religion and the law in the early Middle Ages, the Magna Carta, and the powers of a king as compared to those of a U.S. president. The second section contains law lessons for U.S. history. Lessons deal with a variety of topics, including rules among Native Americans, laws in colonial America, religious toleration and freedom, Shays' Rebellion, the power of the Supreme Court, legal compromises concerning slavery, wagon train law and order, civil rights, and juvenile law. Objectives and teaching procedures are provided for each lesson. In some lessons, student handouts and discussion questions are provided. Activities include case studies, role play, classroom discussions, and guest speakers. (RM)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Seminole County Public Schools, Sanford, FL.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A