Judges in the Classroom

High School Lesson Plans

Automobile Accident Liability

• Tort Liability: Mock Trial**
  (Grades 10-12)

Battered Child Syndrome

• Battered Child Syndrome -- Mock Trial
  (Grades 8-12)

Consumer Law

• Buying a Used Car**
  (Grades 10-12)
• Minors and Contracts**
  (Grades 9-12)
• Unfair or Deceptive Sales Practices**
  (Grades 8-12)

Contracts

• Minors and Contracts**
  (Grades 9-12)

Court System

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game
  (Grades 8-12)
• Conflict Resolution
  (Grades 6-12)
• No Vehicles in the Park
  (Grades 5-12)

  Note - the next two lessons need to be taught together as a unit.

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Discrimination in Housing Practices

• Housing Law**
  (Grades 9-12)

Driving While Intoxicated

• Drunk Driving Legislative Session
  (Grades 9-12)

Drugs

• Drug Testing in Schools -- Take a Stand
  (Grades 8-12)
• Drugs and the Law Opinion Poll
  (Grades 6-12)

Equality, Discrimination and Civil Rights

• Brown v. the Board of Education
  (Grades 9-12)
• Her Day in Court
  (Grades 9-12)
• Cultural Defense to Crime
  (Grades 7-12)
• Exploring U.S. v. Hirabayashi
  (Grades 4-8)
• Housing Law
  (Grades 9-12)

Family Law

• Domestic Violence**
  (Grades 9-12)

First Amendment Rights

• Freedom of Expression in Special Places**
  (Grades 9-12)
• Religion in the Schools
  (Grades 9-12)

Freedom Of Speech

• Freedom of Expression in Special Places**
  (Grades 9-12)

Housing Law

• Housing Law**
  (Grades 9-12)

Introduction to Law

• No Vehicles in the Park**
  (Grades 5-12)

  Note - the next two lessons need to be taught together as a unit.

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Jurisdiction

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game
  (Grades 8-12)

  Note - the next two lessons need to be taught together as a unit.

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Juvenile Justice

• Cultural Defense to Crime
  (Grades 7-12)
• Juvenile Justice -- Adjudicatory Hearing
  (Grades 7-12)
• Juvenile Justice -- Consequences of Offenses to Offenders, Victims, and Community
  (Grades 6-12)
• Juvenile Justice - Decline Hearing
  (Grades 9-12)
• Juvenile Justice -- Disposition
  (Grades 7-12)
• Juvenile Justice -- Introduction**
  (Grades 9-12)
• Parental Accountability and Public Policy
  (Grades 6-12)

Landlord/Tenant

• Housing Law**
  (Grades 9-12)

Legislative Process

• Birth Control by Law? - Legislative Hearing
  (Grades 9-12)
• Drunk Driving Legislative Session
  (Grades 9-12)
• <No Vehicles in the Park**
  (Grades 5-12)

Mock Trials

• Battered Child Syndrome - Mock Trial
  (Grades 8-12)
• Tort Liability: Mock Trial**
  (Grades 10-12)

  Note - the next two lessons need to be taught together as a unit.

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Plea Bargaining

• Plea Bargaining
  (Grades 9-12)

Problem Solving

• Conflict Resolution
  (Grades 6-12)

Religion

• Religion in the Schools
  (Grades 9-12)

Search and Seizure

• Ferry Searches During Times of Crisis**
  (Grades 9-12)

• Search and Seizure in Washington**
  (Grades 9-12)

Separation Of Powers (Legislature)

• No Vehicles in the Park**
  (Grades 5-12)

State and Federal Court System

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game
  (Grades 8-12)

  Note - the next two lessons need to be taught together as a unit.

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Supreme Justice Video Lessons

• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Trial Procedures

• Battered Child Syndrome -- Mock Trial
  (Grades 8-12)
• Claim Your Jurisdiction Game
  (Grades 8-12)
• Juvenile Justice -- Adjudicatory Hearing
  (Grades 7-12)
• Plea Bargaining
  (Grades 9-12)
• Tort Liability: Mock Trial**
  (Grades 10-12)
• The Trial Process
  (Grades 5-12)

  Note - the next two lessons need to be taught together as a unit.

• <Claim Your Jurisdiction Game: Getting Ready for Moot Court ***
  (Grades 8-12)
• Courts: Interpreting the Law on Safe Employment ***
  (Grades 8-12)

Victim Rights

• Juvenile Justice -- Consequences of Offenses to Offenders, Victims, and Community
  (Grades 6-12)

Warranties

• Buying a Used Car**
  (Grades 10-12)

Lessons tied to the Teaching the Bill of Rights curriculum are indicated by a single asterisk (*).
Lessons tied to the Street Law curriculum are indicated by double asterisks (**). These curricular materials for teachers are available through the Citizen Education in the Law (UPSICEL), Seattle, WA.

Lessons tied to the Video: Supreme Justice, a TVW production developed in part with a grant to OAC from the State Justice Institute, and available from the OAC and in Real Audio format on the Internet at www.tvw.org, are indicated by triple asterisks (***).