Teaching Civics Deliberating in a Democracy Judicial Elections

Deliberating in a Democracy Judicial Elections

Posted By Jennifer Bloom On March 2, 2011 @ 4:00 pm In | Comments Disabled

By Jennifer Bloom and Kate McBride

Engage students in a Structured Academic Controversy in this lesson that focuses on developing deliberation skills using a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution that would change the way Minnesota judges are elected.

This lesson from the Deliberating in a Democracy Minnesota project teaches deliberation skills so that conflicting views can be heard, understood, and valued. The lesson includes a reading about the pros and cons of judicial elections for increasing understanding of the issue.

Objectives

Students will learn the process of deliberation
Students will increase understanding of the tensions concerning the way in which judges are elected and the impartiality of judicial elections and the first amendment
Students will practice skills for democracy

Materials Needed

Procedure

See Deliberating in a Democracy Steps and Steps Video

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URLs in this post:

[1] Student Handout Judicial Election Deliberating in a Democracy: http://teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Student-Handout-Judicial-Election-Deliberating-in-a-Democracy1.docx

[2] Judicial Elections Deliberating in a Democracy instructions powerpoint: http://teachingcivics.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Judicial-Elections-Deliberating-in-a-Democracy-instructions-powerpoint1.pptx

[3] Deliberating in a Democracy Steps: https://teachingcivics.org../wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Deliberating-in-a-Democracy-Steps.pdf

[4] Deliberating in a Democracy Steps Video: http://did.deliberating.org/lessons/proceduresvideo.html

[5] Making Civics Real: SAC on Racial Profiling with MN teacher JoEllen Ambrose: https://www.learner.org/series/making-civics-real/controversial-public-policy-issues/workshop-session/

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