Social Studies Resource

Additional Resources

Addresses:

Administrative Office of the Courts
P.O. Box 2448
Raleigh, NC 27602
919-733-7107

Department of Cultural Resources
Division of Archives and History
109 East Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
919-733-7305

Department of Public Instruction
Education Building
301 North Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2825
919-715-1299

Internet Sites:

North Carolina Courts homepage (http://www.aoc.state.nc.us)

North Carolina Courts homepage for children (http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/homecourt/index.html)

LAWKids' Only (http://www.lia.org/kidsonly.htm)

Legal Pad Junior for Teens (http://legalpadjr.com./teens.htm)

Teen Court TV (http://courttv.com/teens/)

American Bar Association (for mock trials and other educational materials) (http://abanet.org)

U.S. Federal Judiciary Homepage (http://www.uscourts.gov/)

U.S. Information Agency: An Outline of American Government (http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/GOV/index.htm)

Minnesota Center for Community Legal Education (http://www.ccle.fourh.umn.edu/index.html)

A U.S. Supreme Court Database (http://court.it-services.nwu.edu/oyez/cases/search.pl)

NCSS Online -- Resources for Social Studies Educators from the National Council on Social Studies (http://www.ncss.org/)

Law Library of Congress -- Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/glin/lawhome.html)

Supreme Court Decisions from 1937-1975 (http://law.cornell.edu/supct.table.html)

Historical File of Supreme Court decisions (http://www.fedworld.gov/supcourt/index.htm)

Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy (http://www.law.vill.edu/)

FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/)

Constitutions, Treaties, and Official Declarations (http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/po/const.htm)

Website for K-12 Teachers (http://www.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html)

National Archives (http://www.nara.gov/)

Federal Judicial Center Homepage (http://www.fjc.gov/)

Books:

North Carolina Focus: Anthology on State Government, Politics, and Policy. From the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research, Raleigh, NC: 1996.

Commission for the Future of Justice and the Courts in North Carolina (passed out in workshop) Administrative Office of the Courts

The Judicial System in North Carolina; Administrative Office of the Courts (919-733-7107)

Curriculum Resources:

Teaching Constitutional Themes in United States History: Public Schools of North Carolina, State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction. Contact Jeanne Weavil-Haney, Social Studies Consultant -- 919-715-1694.

Teaching Supreme Court Cases in ELP Classes: Public Schools of North Carolina, State Board of Education, Department of Public Instruction. Contact Jeanne Weavil-Haney, Social Studies Consultant -- 919-715-1694.