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Update on Law-Related Education, 1989
Involves upper elementary students in a problem-solving activity that raises questions about who should have the right to a lawyer in a criminal case. Students discuss the importance of the right to due process in a criminal proceeding as well as in other situations. Defines due process and includes a handout on protections in the Bill of Rights.…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Criminal Law
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Heerman, Barbara – Councilor, 1993
Maintains traditional grading techniques can be a form of authentic assessment. Discusses three aspects of authentic assessment: (1) interdisciplinary problem-solving; (2) grading process as well as the product; and (3) developing a grading rubric to be shared with students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Civics, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Constitutional Law
Quigley, Charles N., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This curriculum is designed to introduce secondary students to the ideas behind the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution and the experiences of the Founders that led to the creation of this document. Its intent is to provide young people with a knowledge of how the Bill of Rights came into existence, why it took the form it did, and how it has…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civil Liberties, Constitutional History