Weekly Lessons

Theme of the Day 

Week 6

Essential Question:  How did the founding fathers create and implement the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

Legal Vocabulary For Students

     http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/kidspage/glossary.html

History for Kids – Declaration of Independence

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/declaration.htm

Kids Connect - Declaration of Independence

http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/16-history/436-declaration-of-independence.html

Congress For Kids

http://www.congressforkids.net/Independence_declaration_1.htm

Social Studies for Kids

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/declaration.htm

America’s Freedom Documents-Declaration of Independence

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/

Declaration of Independence Powerpoint presentations from Mr. Donn

http://government.pppst.com/declaration.html

Book:  Will You Sign Here, John Hancock?  By Jean Fritz

            Can’t You Make Them Behave, King George? By Jean Fritz

           And Them What Happened, Paul Revere?  By Jean Fritz

Online Activities: 

     Constitution Day

     http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/davidj/Special%20Events/Constitution%20Day/constitution_day.htm

     Declaration of Independence Jeopardy Game

     http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Mar201012/game1269265877.php

     Declaration of Independence Jeopardy Game

     http://jeopardylabs.com/play/declaration-of-independence4

     Fun Trivia Game

     http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz824349725f8.html

     People Trivia Contest

  http://www.peoplequiz.com/quizzes-2687-  A_Patriotic_Quiz_about_the_Declaration_of_Independence.html

Fun Art Activity:  Cascading Star Mobile

http://www.independencedayfun.com/159/cascading-star-mobile/

SURPRISE FOCUS OF THE DAY:   The Trial of Goldilocks vs. the Three Bears (continued)

       American Bar Association  http://www.americanbar.org/aba.html

Week 7

Essential Question:  Why did the founding fathers create and implement the U.S. Bill of Rights?

America’s Freedom Documents – U.S. Bill of Rights

 http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/bill/

Kidipede-U.S. Bill of Rights

 http://kidipede.net/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/billofrights.htm

Social Studies for Kids-U.S. Bill of Rights

 http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/billofrightsdef.htm

Gifted Childrens’ Bill of Rights

http://www.nagc.org/uploadedFiles/PHP/Bill%20of%20rights.pdf

Gifted Kid’s Bill of Rights

http://www.lessontutor.com/ml3.html

Congress for Kids – Bill of Rights

http://www.congressforkids.net/games/billofrights/2_billofrights.htm

 Bill of Rights Powerpoint Presentations

http://government.pppst.com/billofrights.html

Bill of Rights Powerpoint Presentations from Mr. Donn

http://government.pppst.com/billofrights.html

Articles of the Confederation

http://government.pppst.com/articles.html

Online Activities:

     Constitution Day

     http://cfbstaff.cfbisd.edu/davidj/Special%20Events/Constitution%20Day/constitution_day.htm

     Bill of Rights Match Game

     http://www.texaslre.org/BOR/billofrights.html

     Bill of Rights and Amendments Trivial Game

     http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz7685e4760.html

     Save the Bill of Rights Game

     http://constitutioncenter.org/BillOfRightsGame/

Jeopardy Games

     Bill of Rights Jeopardy Game

     http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Apr201015/game1271253698.php

SURPRISE FOCUS OF THE DAY:  The Trial of the Wicked Witch vs. Snow White

     American Bar Association  http://www.americanbar.org/aba.html

Week 8

Essential Question:  How did the founding fathers create and implement the U.S. Constitution?

America’s Freedom Documents-U.S. Constitution

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/constitution/

Things That Are Not In the U.S. Constitution

http://www.usconstitution.net/constnot.html

U.S. Constitution Powerpoint presentation from Mr. Donn

http://government.pppst.com/constitution.html

Book:  Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz

            Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29^th of May? By Jean Fritz

Activity:  U.S. Constitution Jeopardy Game online

                  http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm

Online Activities:

     Trivia Game

     http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/ancient_rome_quiz.htm

     Free Videos from Mr. Donn

     http://videoclips.mrdonn.org/government.html

SURPRISE FOCUS OF THE DAY:  The Trial of the Wicked Witch vs. Snow White (continued)

     American Bar Association  http://www.americanbar.org/aba.html

Week 9

Essential Question:  What are childrens’ legal rights around the world?

U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/youthlabor/

Timeline on Child Labor Laws

http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/us_history.html

Fair Labor Standards Act

http://www.stopchildlabor.org/USchildlabor/fact1.htm

Effects and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution

http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/legacy/acs/library/ushistory/laborwebquest/index.html

Immigration, Unions and Child Labor Laws of the 1900s

http://www.johnmuirsl.org/Immigration,%20unions,%20and%20child%20labor%20in%20the%20early%201900's.html

Virtual Tour of Ellis Island

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/

Kid Info and the Industrial Revolution

http://www.kidinfo.com/american_history/industrial_revolution.html

Industrial Revolution for Kids from Mr. Donn (includes free videos, ppts, games)

http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/industrial.html

Powerpoint Presentations on Child Labor

http://socialstudies.pppst.com/childlabor.html

Child Labor in U.S. History

 http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/laborctr/child_labor/about/us_history.html

Teaching with Documents:  Child Labor

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/#documents

Teaching Activities with Documents:  Child Labor (above site)

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos/activities.html

UNICEF on the Rights of Children

http://www.unicef.org/crc/

Internet Safety for Kids

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/net_safety.html

Math:  Child Labor in the U.S.

http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/whaples.childlabor

Online Activity: 

     BBC Victorian Britain and Child Labor

     http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/victorian_britain/

     Child Labor Laws Activities

     http://www.wartgames.com/themes/world/childlabor.html

Book:  Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

SURPRISE FOCUS OF THE DAY:  The Trial of the Village of Sheepfold vs. Joey Wolfcrier

     American Bar Association  http://www.americanbar.org/aba.html

Week 10

Essential Question:  What are the legal human rights around the world?

United Nations Agreements on Human Rights

http://www.hrweb.org/legal/undocs.html

Guide to Human Rights Laws

http://www.hg.org/human-rights.html

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:  Human Rights

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rights-human/

Moral vs. Legal Rights

http://www.iep.utm.edu/hum-rts/#SH3a

Human and Legal Rights Under International Law

http://www.gsdrc.org/go/topic-guides/human-rights/human-rights-legal-framework

The Civil Rights Movement and Segregation

http://americanhistory.mrdonn.org/CivilRights.html

Crime Definitions

http://www.criminalattorney.com/crime_definitions.htm

Probable Cause  Incident

http://www.criminalattorney.com/news/illegal-search/