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Subject History and Social Sciences

Grade Level Sixth Grade

Type of Online Class Civics and Economics

(This is an asynchronous course, which means there are no set meeting
times or dates.)
Learning Objective CE.9 The student will apply social science skills to
understand the judicial systems established by the
Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of
the United States by
a) describing the organization of the United
States judicial system as consisting of state
and federal courts with original and appellate
jurisdiction;
b) describing the exercise of judicial review;
c) comparing and contrasting civil and criminal
cases; and
d) explaining how due process protections seek
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to ensure justice.
 Online Activity As previously stated, this is an asynchronous online course
which means there are no set meeting times or dates. However,
there is a syllabus with specific due dates for your work. There
are no required materials for this course. Any additional
materials that are needed to complete weekly assignments will
be provided by the teacher. At the beginning of each module,
the teacher will post a brief overview video explaining what to
expect from each module. These videos will also contain helpful
clues or tips on how to do better on the weekly assignments
associated with the modules. With this being said, students are
not required to watch the videos, but it is strongly encouraged
to do so.

The module for this week focuses primarily on the Judicial

Branch. After viewing the video, the students will complete their
assignment through the website: iCivics.org. This website allows
student to continue without creating an account; however, in
this case the students should create one to save their work.
When students create an account, they will sign up under their
designated class using a class code; this will allow the teacher to
check their progress.

Students are required to complete the simulations for Branches

of Power and Court Quest. Branches of Power allow the student
to accomplish a tricky task, manage all three branches of
government. In Court Quest, students will have to help people
around the country. The students will listen to each case to
determine which court the individual belongs. Together, these
two simulations should take at the most an hour and a half or
two hours. Since the students have created accounts, they will
be able to save their work and complete the simulation at a later
time from where they left off. Students may complete any of the
following to receive extra credit: Argument Wars, Law Craft,
Supreme Decision, and We the Jury. Students can earn two
points of extra credit per each additional simulation completed;
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the maximum amount of extra credit points that can be

awarded is eight points.

Technology Branches of Power: https://www.icivics.org/games/branches-

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power and Court Quest: https://www.icivics.org/games/court-

quest, which can both be found at: https://www.icivics.org/.
The only other required materials are a computer and speakers
or headphones as these simulations do contain sound.