Lesson Plans

This lesson is on the Court System and how it is split into separate courts. Students will use primary source research and group work to understand the purpose of the court system being split in levels. 

This lesson is on court organization and has the students use primary source research and a simulation to understand how the Judicial Branch is split and organized. 

This lesson is on the Supreme Court, and has the students use a variety of methods to determine how and when the decisions of the Supreme Court impacted daily life. 

This lesson is on civil law, and asks the students to analyze the process of a civil case in court. 

These are historical content notes for the previous lesson on civil law. 

This lesson is on criminal law, and stages a mock trial to explain the process and importance of a criminal case proceedings.