Helpful Tips for Teaching in a Juvenile Detention Facility
This document provides helpful suggestions for first-time teachers in a juvenile detention facility.

Juvenile Justice System and the 8th Amendment
This lesson plan introduces students to the juvenile death penalty through Roper v. Simmons and explores how the 8th amendment applies to the juvenile death penalty.

Felon Disenfranchisement Lesson

Waiver Writing Assignment
Students will read and analyze a problem involving whether a juvenile should be tried in adult court for committing murder

Dealth Penalty Info
This link provides detailed curricula for high school educators on the death penalty.

Gideon at 44: Fighting for the Right to Counsel
This lesson plan comes from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. It commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Gideon v. Wainwright decision. This landmark case guaranteed assistance of counsel to all persons facing imprisonment.

Sixth Amendment Lesson Plan
This unit was created to introduce students to the Sixth Amendment though the Supreme Court’s decision in In re Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967). The Gault case established that juveniles in the juvenile justice system possess constitutional rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments. The lesson includes a section about the role of a defense attorney.

Criminal Law Lesson Plan
This unit was created to explore the basics of criminal law, including an overview of why we have criminal laws, the problems with vague laws, and a brief description of common crimes.

Juvenile Justice Lesson Plan
This unit was created to explain why we have a separate juvenile justice system, and to explore the consequences of placing juveniles in the adult criminal justice system

Chapter 3 Overview and Lesson Plan
This lesson plan corresponds with Chapter 3 in the Youth Justice in America textbook.
Group Project: Custodial Interrogation
For this exercise, students will create three hypothetical examples of an interrogation situation.

Miranda Rights Lesson Plan
This plan was written by Greg Hesler of the Street Law Project at the University of Washington.

Female Offenders: Facing harsher or more lenient treatment?
This plan was prepared by Julia Kraut at the Washington College of Law at American University. It can be used in context with Chapter 9 of the Youth Justice in America textbook

Juvenile Justice: Will teen killers ever see the light of day and is rehabilitation possible?
This plan was prepared by Julia Kraut at the Washington College of Law at American University.

Felon Disenfranchisement: Where voting rights intersect with the criminal justice system
This plan was prepared by Julia Kraut at the Washington College of Law at American University. It can be used in context with Chapter 9 of the Youth Justice in America textbook.

Fourth Amendment Lesson Plan
American Constitution Society Fourth Amendment Constitution Day Lesson Plan