This unit covers a variety of issues designed to pique student interest about juveniles’ problems with society and its legal systems. Students explore topics such as teen drug abuse, guns, violent crimes, censorship, custody cases, and child labor. Much of the data provided for student use comes from government studies and Federal Bureau of Investigation crime statistics—real numbers connecting juvenile offenses to the world of crime. Students are also provided with an opportunity to solve problems related to issues that might arise in their own lives and those of their friends.
This unit should match the government and contemporary issues strands of most social studies curricula and may be used to supplement other secondary social studies courses.
Students look at situations from a variety of perspectives and use role-playing and essay writing to explain their reasoning. They research laws that are peculiar to their own state and community to further verify the local consequences of juvenile offenses. Other academic activities include small- and large-group discussions, debate, survey, analysis of charts and graphs, simulation of a mayoral campaign, and case studies.
Issues in the Workplace,Censorship,America’s Children,American Education,The Environment,Professional Sports in America,Violence in America,The Deficit and National Debt,The American Family,Endangered Species,Teens and Alcohol,Juvenile Justice,International Relations,Privacy,Teens and Tobacco
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