CRFC High School Lesson Collections

CRFC Elementary and Middle School Lessons

Lessons on Current Issues

CRFC Lessons in Other Languages

Mock Trial Resources

Selected CRFC Feature Lessons

CRFC High School Lesson Collections
Special collections designed for high school students in Law, Government, American History, and Current Events classes. Lesson topics are also searchable by key word.

• American Jury
  Brown Vs. Board of Education
  Classroom Tools for Discussion, Issues, and Service Learning
  Deliberating in a Democracy (DID) OFFSITE
  Democracy Modules for High School Law and Government Classes
  Democracy Modules for High School U.S. History Classes
  Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC)
  Illinois Youth Summit Curricula

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CRFC Elementary and Middle School Lessons
Single and multi-unit classroom lessons on basic constitutional principles, democratic procedures, and law-related education strategies for elementary and middle school classrooms.

• A Constitutional Convention
  The Declaration of Independence
  The Fight for Equal Voting Rights
  Making the Grade: What Makes a Good President?
  No Weapons Allowed
  Polling the Electorate
  Purposes of Government: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States
  Sacred Blade at Heart of School Dispute
  Should Students Have the Same Right to Free Speech as Adults?
  The State v. Bean Interactive Mock Trial
  To Kill a Mockingbird Classroom Conversation
  VOICE Issues Poll
  Who Votes in the United States?

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Lessons on Current Issues
Developed in response to current and recurring issues in American democratic life, these selections are primarily for high school students but also feature lessons for elementary and middle school classrooms.

• School Violence
  Voting
  War in Iraq
  America Responds to Terrorism
  Tolerance, Diversity, and American Democracy

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CRFC Lessons in Other Languages
Available in French, Russian, and Spanish.

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Mock Trial Resources
Free mock trials available for download from CRFC, links to other free mock trial archives on-line, and mock trial resources available for purchase.

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Selected CRFC Feature Lessons