With Liberty and Justice for All

On this day in 1870 (June 22), the Department of Justice was formed. Today's freebie is a lesson plan that helps students learn more about the application of justice in many situations, not just legal ones.

Title: Justice, Is It Fair?
Description: Presents a hypothethical problem which students will try to solve through critical thinking skills.
Suggested Grade: 5
Format: Online Lesson Plan
Availability: Available to all requesters
Source: Phyllis Muranaka
http//www.col-ed.org/cur/sst/sst10.txt

U. S. Constitution Freebie

On this day in 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. The following freebie allows students to access primary documents, identify arguments for and against the ratification of the Constitution, and produce a broadside in which they take a position on whether their state should ratify the Constitution. Would they have agreed with Maryland?

Title: The Constitution: Counter Revolution or National Salvation?
Suggested Grade: 11
Format: Online Lesson Plan
Availability: Available to all requesters
Source: Claudia Argyres and Jim Smith
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/broad/intro.html