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Showing 2,438 results for justice and law ...
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Meet John Marshall, who led the U.S. Supreme Court from obscurity and weakness to prominence and power in the early 19th century.
Natchez Trace Parkway
Read with a Ranger Charlotte Spies for Justice
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Are you finding it difficult to teach or discuss the Civil War and slavery with early elementary students? This program discusses bravery and making difficult choices. A brief discussion of the battlefields, as well as general survival along the Natchez Trace is incorporated.
Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site
The Many Meanings of Justice in American Society
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
What is the meaning of justice? How did Ulysses S. Grant try to promote justice for all during his presidency? This field trip is geared for middle school students and addresses Grant's roles as U.S. general and president during the Civil War era.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson plan examines the home of US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall and his public and private roles.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In 1942, fear and prejudice combined to confine nearly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, citizens and aliens alike, in relocation centers established by the U.S. government in remote areas west of the Mississippi River. Many would not pass through the barbed wire fences surrounding the centers until the war was over.
Gateway Arch National Park
Law Merit Badge
- Type: Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Does protecting the law involve bravery? Does telling the truth equal courage? Investigate the judicial system and its important role in our society. Scouts re-enact a historic trial and debate contemporary issues. An attorney and a National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger will discuss their roles and responsibilities in society.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Exploring Humanitarian Law
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The primary intention of Exploring Humanitarian Law (EHL) is to help young people embrace the principles of humanity in their daily lives and in the way they assess events at home and abroad.
Haleakalā National Park
He Aha Lā He Kūkulu?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Kekahi hale Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Ka Pāka Aupuni Ma Ka Moku O Kīpahulu
Ninety Six National Historic Site
Law and Order: Does the punishment fit the crime?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: -Summarize the establishment of state and national governments. -Explain the structure and function of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government.
Gateway Arch National Park
Segregation Laws in the 1800s: Williams v. Bellefontaine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In 1867, Neptune and Caroline Williams sued the Bellefontaine Railway Company over its discriminatory policies regarding African Americans. In a dispute with the streetcar operator, Mrs. Williams was hurt. The Williamses sued at the St. Louis Courthouse and won their case, but with a twist. Will students reach the same verdict?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
What is the Archaeological Resources Protection Act? How do you read a law? Using this lesson plan, students will learn about ARPA and how to read a federal law.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
A Town Divided
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
We live in a nation of laws. Our rights are protected by the Constitution. There are national laws, state or territorial laws, and local laws that exist to protect those rights. What happens when laws are passed that restrict those rights? What then? What happens when those in power choose which laws to enforce and who to administer justice to?
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park
Grade 3-8 Harriet Tubman, Brave Woman or Just Plain Crazy?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
To better understand Harriet Tubman's decisions in the larger context of the institution of slavery. What led Tubman to escape slavery and to return to rescue her family and friends? What factors led other enslaved people to remain in their conditions? Was Harriet Tubman's decision a product of personal courage, her situation as an enslaved woman facing sale, or a grave risk?
Andersonville National Historic Site
The Wirz Trial: A Mock Trial Lesson Plan Examining the Laws of War
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Exploring what are the Laws of War, and how does the Wirz Trial relate to them?
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Your Day in Court: Bleeding Kansas Courtroom Program
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Is it fair to make decisions based on biased laws? This program recreates a court case that was tried at Fort Scott in the 1850s, The issue involved a land squabble between two men on opposite sides of the political spectrum. The court was left to decide the issue based on territorial law that favored the proslavery side based on the fact that proslavery men held the majority in the territorial legislature and decided territorial law in their favor.
William Howard Taft National Historic Site
Judgement Day
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In the early 1920's the Volstead Act caused many citizens, like George Carroll, to break the law to sell liquor. Chief Justice William Howard Taft and the U.S. Supreme Court would pass down judgement based upon their interpretations of the U.S. Constitution's protection from "unreasonable search and seizures" as outlined in the fourth Amendment.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Guiding Questions: What is stratigraphy? What is the law of superposition? How can archaeologists study stratigraphy to determine the age of archaeological objects? Students will: Explain what stratigraphy is. Describe the law of superposition. Understand how stratigraphy can be used to determine the age of archaeological objects.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Visit the home of the only man to serve the country both as president and chief justice, and meet the rest of his public service-oriented family.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
A sign from the Lewis Mountain Campground, a segregated area for African Americans, demonstrates the role of Jim Crow laws on National Parks such as Shenandoah.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
What would you do if you found a Texas tortoise in the middle of the road? Or if your friend broke the law? In this lesson, students discuss their own values and ethics as well as the importance of respecting the values of others. Next, students learn about laws protecting the state-threatened Texas tortoise. Afterwards, they discuss how their values influence their behavior in various situations.