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Law and Justice Youth Heritage Project

Sourcebook

When creating a project of this type, which combines two interesting fields, history and the study of the law, project planners will encounter many concepts which are foreign or confusing to them. Though law and justice touches us daily--from stopping at a stop sign, rather than going through it, or difficult choices, such as telling the truth when a lie is expedient--and we are not spared these decisions because of our age. The law is often hidden from us, revealed only by experts. The Sourcebook is meant to start your explorations in the law.

What Good is Law in the Classroom?

Case, R. (1985). On the Threshold: Canadian Law-Related Education. Centre for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction: University of British Columbia.

Finckenauer, J. (1998). Legal socialization: concepts and practices. Journal: Civnet's journal for civil society, 2.1.

Gander, L. (2001). Daring to do justice: changes in Canada's legal system. One World, 38, 4-8.

Class Plans

Johnson, D.W. and R. Johnson. (1997). Teaching civil justice through academic controversy. Update on Law-Related Education, vol. 21, no.3, 41-43.

Naylor, David and Scott W. DeWitt. (1999). Using trials to enrich social studies curriculum. Update on Law-Related Education, vol. 23, no.1, 32-34.

SchoolNet. (1998). Lesson Plans: Law.

Snell, David. (1989). Teaching Canada's Charter. History and Social Science Teacher, vol. 24, no.2, 71-72.

Youth Justice Education Partnership. (2000). Identifying successful school and community programs for youth: an evaluation rubric and compendium of sources.

Wright, Ian. (1987). Social Studies and law-related education: a case-study of the Japanese in British Columbia. History and Social Science Teacher, vol. 22, no. 4, 209-214.

Students as Mediators

Bullying.org

Leiterman, Hannah. (2000). Youth Summits: Law-related education for violence prevention. ERIC Digest.

Nessel, Paula. (1999). Teen courts and law-related education. ERIC Digest.

Researching the Law

Access to Justice Network (ACJNet).

Matan, William F. (1994-2001). Canadian Constitutional Documents: A legal history.

Legal Archives Society of Alberta

Legal Education Society of Alberta. Other WWW Sites for Lawyers.

University of Alberta Libraries. Law Pathfinder.

Working with the Law

Alberta Occupational Profiles

Sorted alphabetically, try the following: correctional officer; lawyer; legal and real time reporter; legal assistant; legal secretary; librarian; judge; judicial clerk; justice; mediator; paralegal; parole/probation officer; police officer. This list does not include the other jobs, from other fields, such as science and medicine, which contribute informed opinions on subjects related to the law and legal-issues of that field.

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Table of Contents:

[What good is law in the classroom?]

[Class Plans]

[Students as Mediators]

[Researching the Law]

[Working with the Law]