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CRFC High School Lesson Collections

CRFC Elementary and Middle School Lessons

CRFC Constitution Day Lessons

CRFC Lessons on Current Issues

CRFC Lessons in Other Languages

Mock Trial Resources

Selected CRFC Feature Lessons

9/11 Materials for Teachers

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)
  Equal Justice Under Law Materials
  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?
  State v. Roberts Interactive Mock Trial
  State v. Bean Interactive Mock Trial
  State v. Wolf Interactive Mock Trial
  To Kill a Mockingbird Classroom Conversation
  VOICE Issues Poll
  Who Votes in the United States?

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CRFC Constitution Day Lessons
Single and multi-unit lessons selected for teaching on September 17, the anniversary of the last session of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 when 39 delegates signed what became the Constitution of the United States.

• 2011 Constitution Day—Feature Lessons
  2010 Constitution Day—Feature Lessons
  2009 Constitution Day—Feature Lessons
  2008 Constitution Day—Feature Lessons

CRFC 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.

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

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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.

• State v. Roberts Interactive Mock Trial
  State v. Bean Interactive Mock Trial
  State v. Wolf Interactive Mock Trial
  

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Selected CRFC Feature Lessons