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Law Related Education (Period 5th, 6th, and 7th)

Course Description

Law-Related Education for 7th graders is designed to help students understand the role of laws, rights, and responsibilities in everyday life while building critical thinking and civic engagement skills.
In this course, students explore:
The Purpose of Laws – Why societies create rules, how laws protect people, and how they promote fairness.
The U.S. Legal System – An introduction to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and how local, state, and federal laws work together.
Civic Responsibilities – Voting, jury duty, community service, and how individuals can influence change.
Conflict Resolution & Ethics – How to solve disputes peacefully, respect differing viewpoints, and make ethical decisions.
Mock Trials & Simulations – Hands-on activities where students take on roles like lawyers, judges, and jurors to better understand courtroom procedures.
The class blends discussion, real-world examples, and interactive projects to make legal concepts relatable. By the end, students gain a stronger sense of justice, respect for the law, and confidence in participating in their community.

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4th Nine Weeks, Week 8

This week in Law Related Education we will be finishing up our state testing and also finishing up our very last unit of our textbook!  We are all excited to see the end of the year approaching, but we do still have 2 weeks of regular school, and we will be working for those 2 weeks.  It's not time to quit just yet.... Assignments and homework for the week are as follows: 
 
Monday: Bell Ringer #109: Students will answer the following question: Describe how politics in the South changed during Reconstruction. Explain the social and political impact of southern conservatives during Reconstruction. Students will write a one paragraph response to the prompt and be ready to discuss with the class. Classwork: We will continue on Topic 9: The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877) Lesson 3: Reconstruction and Southern Society on page 569 of our textbook. Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will cover sections in Lesson 3 today: How Did Political Problems Slow Progress? And Economic Problems in the South. (slides 34 - 38). After completing the lecture for today the students will complete the Lesson Check for Lesson 3 on page 572 of the textbook. Students will write the question and an answer for questions 1-5 and write a paragraph response for question 6. Here the students will write a paragraph about what their main ideas would be for a paper on the Freedmen’s Bureau. Add supporting details and evidence to back your claim. Homework: No homework tonight.
 
Tuesday: Bell Ringer #110: Students will answer the following question: What impact did sharecropping have on African Americans’ economic status? What was the biggest problem with sharecropping? Students will write a one paragraph response to the prompt and be ready to discuss with the class. Classwork: We will begin today on Topic 9: The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877) Lesson 4: The Aftermath of Reconstruction on page 574 of our textbook. Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will cover sections in Lesson 4 today: How Did Reconstruction Come to an End?, and the beginning of New Restrictions on African American Rights. (slides 39 -43). After completing the lecture for today the students will work on doing research for their Civil War projects that are due this Friday. Homework: No homework, unless students have 0’s they need to be working on! Students will also need to be working on their project for this nine week that will be taken as a test grade. They will have 2 options: 1. A comparison poster of Lincoln/Davis and Lee/Grant for the Civil War. Option 2: A timeline poster of 10 events during the Civil War. Students will choose one option to complete. This project will be due on Friday, May 8, 2026.
 
Wednesday: Bell Ringer: No bellringer today! Classwork: We will continue today on Topic 9: The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877) Lesson 4: The Aftermath of Reconstruction on page 577 of our textbook. Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will cover sections in Lesson 4 today: Continue New Restrictions on African American Rights and How Did the South Rebuild its Economy?. (slides 44 - 47). After completing the lecture for today the students will complete the Lesson Check for Lesson 4 on page 579 of the textbook. Students will write the question and an answer for questions 1-5 and write a paragraph response for question 6. Here the students will correctly cite the sources they found to be reliable when doing research on the Freedmen’s Bureau. Cite at least 3 reliable sources that you would include in a paper on this topic. Homework: No homework.
 
Thursday: Bell Ringer: No bellringer today! Classwork: We will continue today on Topic 9: The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877). Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will be completing the Review and Assessment questions located on page 581 of their textbook. Students will write the questions and the answers for questions 1 - 17, excluding #13, the writing workshop. This is classwork and students will turn this in at the end of the class period. If the students finish the Review and Assessment questions located on page 581, they may work on their Civil War Project that is due tomorrow, or complete a 0 that may be in the gradebook for a missed assignment. Homework: If they do not finish these questions in class they will need to finish them for homework. Civil War Projects are due tomorrow!!  We will also have a vocab test on MONDAY, May 11th on the Topic 9 Vocabulary!!
 
Friday: Bell Ringer: No bellringer today! Classwork: We will continue on Topic 9: The Reconstruction Era (1865 - 1877). Students will be prepared to take notes from the board as we go through and discuss the sections of this lesson. Students will turn in their Civil War Poster Projects today. If a student needs a few minutes to finish something on their project, they will be given time to do that. Students will also be given a vocabulary worksheet to help them get ready for their Topic 9 Vocab test on Monday! Students should complete this in class and study over the weekend. Homework: Study for the Vocab test on Monday!