Law Studies 12

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USEFUL WEB SITES

• Law Lessons: Lesson Plans

• Law Project: Teaching Resources

• BC Citizenship: Grade 11 Teaching Resources

• Ontario Justice Education Network

• Center of Public Legal Education Alberta

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LESSON/UNIT PLANS BY CURRICULAR COMPETENCIES

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Key areas of law such as criminal law, civil law, and family law

• The Criminal Legal System for Teenagers (Educaloi.qc.ca)

• Justice and the Media

• Alcohol and the Law

• Sentencing Theory

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Foundations of Canadian law

• Cases that have changed Canadian Law

• Magna Carta and its Impact on Canada

• The Law That Rules: PowerPoint

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Structures and powers of the federal and provincial courts and administrative tribunals

• Try Judging: Teacher Resources

• Judicial Appointments

• The Role of Judges

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The Constitution of Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• Canadian Civil Liberties Association: High School Lesson Plans

• Student Vote: Federal Elections: Teaching Resources Secondary

• Section 1 of the Charter and the Oakes Case

• Same Sex Marriages

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Legislation concerning First Peoples

• Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan: High School Resources

  • Currents: Exploring Traditional Aboriginal Justice Concepts in Contemporary Canadian Society

• Restorative Justice in the Criminal Context

• Native Land Claims-Negotiating a Treaty

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Role of the judiciary as a constitutional check on legislative power

• Try Judging: Teacher Resources

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Legislation concerning children and youth

• MediaSmarts: Teacher Resources

  • Cyberbullying and the Law (Grades 9-12)

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Legal resources and services, both online and in the community

• Peoples’ Law School

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Structures and roles of global dispute resolution agencies

• International Criminal Court-Mock Trial

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