STOP! Don't speed past this training opportunity which combines social studies skills and important traffic safety issues. The State Bar of Texas Law-Related Education Department has partnered with the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center to create a workshop for grades K-3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and high school government classes. All participants will receive a kit, at no cost, containing all of the differentiated units, appropriate support material, class sets of manipulatives for small and large group instruction, and on-line computer games information that incorporates specific Texas legislative and judicial processes while encouraging TEKS/STAAR skill development. The content by which these processes are illustrated focuses on traffic safety issues, laws, and the relevance of these laws in daily experiences.
Lessons incorporate Law-Related Education instructional strategies, as well as the opportunity to utilize judges and court support personnel as resource persons in classrooms. The materials for early elementary grades K-3 and grades 4, 5, 7, 8, & H.S. Government include: interactive teaching strategies, mock trials, Do Nows, computer-based learning, and more. K-3 to include: center activities, easy reader booklets, Do Nows, map activities, sponge activities, matching card sets, sub lesson plans, and more. These classroom materials are supported by online resource materials in English & Spanish. The materials are aligned with social studies, language arts, physical education/health, and math TEKS.
Funding is provided by a traffic safety grant from the Texas Department of Transportation.