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Constitution Day 2011 Supreme Court Case with Activities for the Classroom
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In addition, the lessons for middle and high school provide student readings with additional content on the topic. [|Click here to view lessons] or go to:[|www.courtsed.org/courts-in-the-classroom/teacher/constitution_day.htm] || ||   ||
 * || [|Constitution Day 2011] Join the Judiciary of California and Constitutional Rights Foundation for an educational celebration of the United States Constitution. We have three new multimedia lessons—elementary, middle, and high school—on important constitutional content and topics. The standards-based lessons feature:
 * A Flash presentation utilizing the Courts in the Classroom web resource;
 * A directed classroom discussion; and
 * A student writing activity.


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Webb's DOK on [|Social Studies] Applying Webb's [|Depth of Knowledge] DOK Chart from [|the SAS site]



[|Citizen'sUnited] Go to Civics and government page to find a link to a PBS Bill Moyer discussion of the implications for elections of this decision.

[|Role of money] [|jon stewart] Citizen's United [|Salon Article]

[|National Archives]

Images of [|Reconstruction]
 * Analyzing Documents at Library of Congress**
 * [|DBQ for the War of 1898]**
 * [|Resources to Support using DBQ's]**
 * How to use and [|interpret]images**
 * [|Middle Ages Resources]**
 * Middle Ages [|Pictures]**
 * Images from [|Renaissance]**
 * Images from the [|Reformation]**
 * Early civilization and [|physical environment]**
 * The C[|ommunist revolution]in China**
 * Images of life in the [|Han Dynasty]**
 * Images of the [|Long March]in China**
 * Images of[| African]Colonization**
 * Written Document [|A][|nalysis] Worksheet**
 * American History Primary Source Documents**
 * [|Civil War] Pictures**
 * The Archicture of [|Ante Bellum]South of the U. S.**
 * Geography quiz** **on the early Muslim Empires**
 * [|World War I] pictures**
 * [|Gilded Age] pictures**
 * Images from the [|Jacksonian] era**
 * [|Women's History]Source Book**



Click here for a good source for articles on historical thinking about primary sources of all types

Go to the geograpy page to see videos of the great migrations.

Go to Civics and Government Page for lessons on Marbury v Madison. for lesson for Constitution Day 2010[|Teaching with Documents Constitution Day]

Go the the Geography page for lesson plans about King Tut. For an interactive virtual field trip that explores the themes of geography.

UPDATE Standards Aligned System Professional Development for Social Studies Teachers. this is the schedule for the SAS that was announced previously. Use the link to get the registration information.
 * //Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities//**

To access the SAS website go to www.pdesas.org To create an account

C-Span classroom has some very good videos appropriate for American History and American Government. Here is the information **C-SPAN Classroom**

Timely Teachable Videos

James Madison and the Constitution (1 hr.)

A panel discussion was held on James Madison and the U.S. Constitution, discussing his enormous achievements and his legacy. []

In Depth with historian Paul Johnson (2 hr. 59 min.)

British historian and author Paul Johnson talked by remote link from London, England, about his life, career, and his work. [] []

Politics of National Security (41 min.)

Author Julian Zelizer talked about the influence of the political process on national security and foreign policy decisions. [] <span style="display: block; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Click here [|Politics and National Security] Fifth and Sixth grade teachers Please visit the geography page to have your students participate in an interactve webinate designed to promote the understanding of Pennsylvania Geography.

The Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the American Civil War is just around the corner! Don’t wait to start planning. Resources beginning to appear at [].

Analyzing documents

The Elements of Critical Thinking 10 common errors of logic in argumentative writing ;
 * 1) Go to the Civics and Government page to find resources and schedule from CSpan about their Supreme Court Week.
 * 2) Click here to find ideas for the RESEARCH PAPER. It includes:

Nurturing Critical Thinking in the Classroom 23

30 classroom techniques that encourage critical thinking

Primary Sources on Wisconsin History Available Free Online 29

1,000 Wis. documents at www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints

20 Model Lessons Using Primary Sources from Wisconsin History 31

integrating these into your U.S. history textbook 7

**Judge Rendell has been active in promoting citizenship learning through her initiative, the Pennsylvania Coalition for Representative Democracy, or PennCORD, which is a unique union of educational, advocacy and governmental organizations that are committed to improving civics education for students in grades K-12.**

**For more information about PennCORD, visit** [|**www.penncord.org**]**.**

Click here for [|Law Day Lesson Plans] Pennsylvania's Law Day 2009 celebration is coordinated by the PBA Law-Related Education Committee and funded by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. The Pennsylvania Bar Association is proud of our ongoing collaboration with Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge and Pennsylvania First Lady Marjorie O. Rendell in the Pennsylvania Coalition for Representative Democracy (PennCORD). This initiative, founded by Judge Rendell, the PBA, the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the National Constitution Center, is a unique union of educational, advocacy, and governmental organizations that are committed to improving civic learning for students in grades K-College. The Law Day Program is just one example of this work. [|2009 K-College Law Day Lesson Plan Guide] [|View the winners and finalists in the Law Day poster contest] Stories, Publicity and News Releases [|Additional Resources] [|Find out who to contact in your county to learn more about local Law Day Events and other Law-Related Education opportunities]. ||  ||
 * See History Page for Lesson Plans for Constitution Day.**
 * Law Day began in 1958 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed Law Day to strengthen our great heritage of liberty, justice, and equality under the law. This year the Pennsylvania Bar Association is celebrating our 10th year of Law Day activities. The theme for Pennsylvania's 2009 celebration is "By the People, For the People." The Pennsylvania Bar Association and local bar associations across the state will sponsor Law Day activities throughout the month of May. In addition, schools, lawyers and judges are encouraged to work together to arrange for classroom visits and to use the PBA's free law-related lesson plan guide book in all schools. A copy of the lesson guide plan book is available as a PDF document for you to download.

**Free on line course We the People is available on the Civics and Government Page**.

Click here for [|Penn Cord newsletter] How you can use the [|Penn Cord newsletter.pdf] website to your advantage: Find out about and sign up for upcoming events for PA educators Showcase civic engagement in your community by submitting news for us to postBe a mentor teacher by uploading lessons that have been successful in your classroomShow off the civic learning happening at your school by sending us pictures to postBecome a PennCORD School by downloading application for stipend fundingFind organizations in your area that will support work that you’re doing. Learn about Keystone Programs and order material

Colleagues, This wikispace is intended for Social Studies Teachers of Grades 3-12. The **home page** is reserved for announcements about **meetings** and conferences, staff development opportunities either here at the NEIU offices, locally, statewide, nationally, or on the Internet. You may add announcements to the home page.

Feel free to add lessons, resources and DBQ's for the following pages:

**When you add pages, please tell why this page is important and what the readers will find if they go that space**.


 * The **American History Page**contains lessons, resources, and Documents based Questions (DBQ) for American History.
 * **African History**
 * The **European History Page**contains lessons, resources and DBQ's for European History.
 * The **Asian History Page**is underconstruction
 * The **Middle Eastern Page**is underconstruction.
 * The **South American History Page** is underconstruction.

The **Civics and Government** page contains lessons concerning the Constitution, Instructional Strategies that promote civic engagement of students, law- related education.

Feel free to add general titles for the types of appropriate Internet resources and lessons for the following:
 * The **Geography Page**
 * Geography Awareness Week lessons
 * Classroom Companion | //King Herod Revealed//


 * The **Economics Page** is underconstruction.

Feel free to add links to appropriate national sites on the Internet concerning curriculum materials and opportunities for your students to participate in competitions to the
 * The Links to History and Government Projects** contains curriculum and multi-media resources and opportunities for your students to compete on the state level in various projects.

The **Standards Aligned Systems** page contain information from the Pennsylvania Department of Education concerning aligning curriculum with standards. The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is developing a framework for the development of standards-aligned curriculum in the social studies. So far only civics and government have been drafted. Next meeting is April 1, 2009 Topics: Photo story and movie maker Globalization Differentiated Instructioin

Network topics include but not limited to Ø PDE Standards Aligned Systems framework Ø Align social studies curriculum within and across grade level to the standards using essential questions as a guide Ø Research based strategies for increasing student achievement Ø Documents based questions as an assessment for all students Ø Interactive teaching strategies --- town meeting, debate, mock trials, simulated Ø congressional hearings Ø Strategies for helping struggling readers to comprehend text Ø Integration of technology into classroom instruction Ø Forum to discuss issues related to the implementation of social studies curriculum.

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