Links to Sites and Resources of Interest

Citizen Advocacy Center

Lesson plans include one on judicial independence and one on jury duty.

 www.citizenadvocacycenter.org/teacher lesplns.htm

National Constitution Center

For a variety of lesson plans, including "Using Torture on Suspected Terrorists" and "Selecting a Supreme Court Justice: The Senate Confirmation Hearings of Judge John Roberts, Jr.," go to www.crfc.org. For a number of lessons on the jury, go to www.crfc.org/americanjury.

Justice Learning

This website is a collaborative effort between NPR's Justice Talking and The New York Times Learning Network. Includes lesson plans on the death penalty.

 www.citizenadvocacycenter.org/teacher lesplns.htm

National Constitution Center

Includes Resources for Educators (e.g., "Curriculum Resources" and "Teaching with Current Events") and Resources for Students ("Homework Help" and "Games, Puzzles, Trivia").

 www.constitutioncenter.org/education/ WelcomeEducatorsandStudents/index.shtml

U. S. Courts Educational Outreach

Includes links to About Courts to Classes, Contemporary Topics, Resources, and Programs.

 www.uscourts.gov/outreach/index.html

Exploring DNA

 www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/DNA/index.html

Fingerprint Images

 www.nist.gov/srd/fing_img.htm

Evidence Collection

 www.crime-scene-investigator.net/csi-collection.html

"When Justice Is Up to You"

 atla.org/pip/justice.aspx

"Trial by Jury"

For lessons on, for example, due process, equal protection and judicial independence / judicial accountability, see also www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/schools/lessons/.

 www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/schools/lessons/hs_jury.html

 www.supremecourtus.gov

 www.supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.pdf

 www.wikipedia.org/wiki/supreme_court_of_the_United_States