Responsibility: Volume 6 (January 2011)

Welcome to the sixth issue of the Primary VOICE e-News. Because responsibility is key in developing active citizens in a democracy, we provide several resources on teaching the concept of responsibility to primary level students in this issue. (Read More)

• Teaching Responsibility
• Reading Guides on Responsibility
• Student Activity: Exploring Responsibility

Primary VOICE Civic/Literacy Supplement: Volume 5 (November 2010)

Welcome to the fifth issue of the Primary VOICE e-News. The past month has been very busy. The Chicago Public Schools teachers working intensively with CRFC staff have been piloting elements of a new resource: the Primary VOICE Civic/Literacy Supplement. (Read More)

• Primary VOICE Teachers Pilot New Resource
• Linking Civic Learning and Literacy
• Teacher-developed Reading Guides Focused on Conflict Resolution

Decision-Making in a Democracy: Volume 4 (October 2010)

Welcome to the fourth issue of the Primary VOICE e-News, the first for the 2010-2011 school year. The e-News is designed to help teachers using Primary VOICE, a program of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, enhance their students' achievement of social science and social emotional learning standards. (Read More)

• Decision Making in a Democracy
• Student Activity: What is Voting?
• State v Wolf Handouts in Spanish

Immigration: Volume 3 (January 2010)

Welcome to Volume 3 of the Primary VOICE e-News. We are excited in this issue to report on the successful “I'm on the Jury” Literacy Events held at five Chicago elementary schools. These events, using the new CRFC interactive DVD program State v. Wolf, featured 40 attorneys working with 250 students. (Read More)

• “I'm on the Jury” Literacy Events
• Immigration in 2010
• Children’s Literature with Immigration Themes

Understanding Our Courts: Volume 2 (November 2009)

Welcome to Volume 2 of the Primary VOICE e-News. The past month has been very exciting. The group of Chicago Public Schools teachers working intensively on improving the curriculum have been using PV lessons and producing wonderful student work. (Read More)

• A Teacher’s Primer on the Courts
• Reading Guide for The Cupcake Thief
• Student Activity: Trial Cast of Characters

Conflict Resolution and the Nobel Peace Prize: Volume 1 (October 2009)

Welcome to the first issue of the Primary VOICE e-News. The e-News is designed to help teachers using Primary VOICE, a program of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago, enhance their students' achievement of social science and social emotional learning standards. (Read More)

• Conflict Resolution in the News
• Reading Guide for Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa
• Student Activity: The Nobel Peace Prize