Current Events — Election Governance: The Role of the States

Birthright Citizenship

Current Events: Right to Assemble and Crowd Control Tactics

Current Events: Open Primaries in Oregon

Current Events: Black History Month in Oregon

Current Events: Responding to Political Turmoil

Current Events: What Is the Insurrection Act?

Current Events: License Plate Reader Technology

Mock Trial: Leon v. Chinook County (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Mock Trial: Honeycutt Carnival v Snow (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Moot Court: In re Gault (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Townhall Simulation: Future of Water in the Klamath Basin (Secondary) (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Townhall Simulation: Gun Safety (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Townhall Simulation: Drug Addiction (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Townhall Simulation: Deschutes Basin Water Rights (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

«Shipwrecked Sailors: Case Theory» – Lesson Plan & Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

«Fairy Tales: Opening Statements» Lesson Plan & Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

«Lobbying: Advocacy Practice» Lesson Plan & Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

«Who Should Pay?» Lesson Plan & Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

«Extraterrestrials» Lesson Plan & Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

«Should it be a Crime?» Lesson Plan & Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Extraterrestrial News Article Handout (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Mock Trial Evaluation Criteria Handout (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Mock Trial To-Do List for a Student Team (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Mock Trial Script (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Mock Trial Vocabulary Review Activity (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Goldilocks Mock Trial Activity (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Mock Trial Roles: Mock Trial Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Direct Examination: Mock Trial Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Witness Preparation: Mock Trial Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Opening Statements: Mock Trial Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Theory of Case: Mock Trial Resources (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Block Activity: questioning practice (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Community Action Projects – Scaffolded Learning (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Community Action Projects – Independent Learning (SPANISH TRANSLATION)

Current Events: Cascadia Earthquake

Current Events: The Environmental Costs of AI

Current Events: Gambling & the Law

Current Events: Voting Rights Act

Current Events: National Guard Troops Deployed to U.S. Cities

Current Events: Cell Phones Bans in Schools

Current Events: Oregonians Helping Oregonians

Current Events: India and Pakistan: Nuclear Neighbors

Current Events: Freedom of the Press

Current Events: Due Process of Law

Current Events: Term Limits

Current Events: Oregon Health Plan

Current Events: Birthright Citizenship

Current Events: Oregon’s Current Legislative Session

Current Events: The President’s Cabinet

Current Events: Trade and Tariffs

Current Event: When Governments Change

Current Events: Civil Servants: Who are the bureaucrats we rely on?

Current Events: Checks and Balances: One-party Trifectas

Current Events: International Alliances

Current Events: Election Violence in the United States

Current Events: Journalism in Oregon (update)

Current Events: Military Service – Volunteer or Conscription?

Current Events: Dam Removals

Current Events: Book Bans

Current Events: What Are Economic Sanctions?

Current Events: The Oregon Supreme Court & Disqualified Legislators

Current Events: Freedom of Speech & Expression Around the World

Current Events: The Endangered Species Act 50th Anniversary

Current Events: The 14th Amendment & Insurrection

Current Events: Taylor Swift’s Re-Records and Intellectual Property

Current Events: United States House of Representatives

Current Events: Workers, Strikes, & Labor Relations (UPDATED)

Current Events: Modern Day Monopoly & Trust Busting

Current Events: The Laws of War (Israel & Palestine)

Current Events: The Constitution & Foreign Affairs

Current Events: U.S. Federal Government Shutdowns

Current Events: Youth, the Courts, and Climate Change

Current Events: Social Media & Youth Mental Health

Current Events: The Indian Child Welfare Act and Tribal Sovereignty

Current Events: Environmental Protection Agency’s Powers

Current Events: Online Immunity (Section 230)

Current Events: Judicial Precedent

Current Events: Food Insecurity & Supplemental Food Assistance Programs

Current Events: Defamation Cases

Current Events: Child Labor

Current Events: International Disaster Relief

Current Events: ChatGPT & AI Content Generators’ Impacts

Current Events: Classified Documents

Current Events: The Debt Ceiling

Current Events: Local Newspaper Closures

Current Events: Oregon Public Defender Shortage

Current Events: Oregon’s 2023 Legislative Session

Current Events: The World Reaches 8 Billion People

Current Events: Speaker of the House of Representatives

Current Events: 2022 UN Climate Conference

Current Events: Oregon Election Results 2022

Current Events: Brittney Griner and ‘Hostage Diplomacy’

Current Events: Title IX’s 50th Anniversary: Giving Women a Sporting Chance

Current Events: Executive Orders

Current Events: 2022 Election: Ballot Measures

Current Events: Peaceful Assembly as a Right

Current Events: Electoral Count Act

Election 2022: Envisioning Oregon’s Future

Current Events: Types of Electoral Systems

Current Event: Native American Boarding Schools

Current Event: Campaign Finance Reform

Current Events: Refugee Policies

Current Events: Unpacking the Federal Reserve and Interest Rate Hikes

Current Events: The State of the Union

Current Events: Nominating and Confirming a Supreme Court Justice

Current Events: Invasion of Ukraine: A NATO Perspective

Current Events: Oregon’s 2022 Short Legislative Session

Current Event: The Debate Over Reforming the Supreme Court

Current Event: Equal Rights Amendment & Adding an Amendment

Current Event: Lowering the Voting Age

Current Events: The Filibuster

Current Events: Inflation

Current Events: The New Laws of 2022

Current Events: January 6th, One Year Later

Current Events: Bill of Rights Day

Current Events: The State of Democracy in the World

Current Events: Presidential Succession

Current Events: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 2021

Current Events: United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021

Current Events: Executive Privilege

Current Events: Striking Unions

Current Events: 2021-2022 Supreme Court Term

Current Events: 2021 Voter Redistricting

Middle East Conflict: Israel and Palestine

Vaccine «Passport» Debate

2020 Census Results

Criminal Justice Reform

Oregon Legislative Session

Corporations, Activism, and Backlash in Georgia

The Future of Voting Rights

Gun Safety in the United States

Myanmar Coup and Resistance

Severe Winter Weather and Energy Structures

Cybersecurity Threats and Attacks

The Second Impeachment of Donald Trump

Civics Resources for Black History Month

Coronavirus and School Reopenings

The 117th Congress

The 2021 Inauguration

The Federal Transition of Government

COVID-19 Restrictions, Lockdowns and Vaccines

Thailand’s Student-Led Pro-Democracy Protests

2020 Election Results & the Electoral College

2020 Election: Early Voting and Voter Access

The Nomination and Confirmation of a New Supreme Court Justice

Civic Engagement and the Ethics of Public Health: Digital Project Citizen & Lesson Plan Resources

2020 Election Resources

Community, Collaboration, Courage: 2020 Summer Institute Resources

Geo-Civics: Teaching Justice Through Geography Digital Resources

Resources for Anti-Racist Education & Teaching

Resources for Remote Learning

COVID-19 and the Justice System

COVID-19 and the Census

Project Citizen Distance Learning Guide

Community Action Projects for Middle School Students

COVID-19 Update: The Epidemic Comes to Oregon and the U.S.

Strategies for Building Consensus

The 1619 Project and the 400-Year American Legacy of Slavery

Extraterrestrials and Your Rights!

The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: Primary Sources

Iran, the United States, and the War Powers Act

The United States and NATO: World Relationships and Why they Matter

Protesting for Change: Young People Rise Up Around the World

Wildfires and Who Controls the Power

Vaping, Teens, and the Regulation of Substances

The NBA, China, and Free Speech

Mock Trial in the Classroom – Student Handouts

Mock Trial in the Classroom: Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Harrison Bergeron’

Mock Trial in the Classroom – Strategies

Mock Trial: State v. Goldilocks