Resource Type

Themes

Websites

PDF descriptinon of Parleamentary Procedure

• http://www.kkids.org/bulletins/Web%20Bulletin%2037%20Parleamentary%20Proc.pdf
  Students can read about how a meeting should be run. Students could then hold a class meeting.

Informative description of the history and explanation of RROO

Roberts Rules of Order

·         http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~philo/apocrypha/roberts-rules/  

Students can read and become more familiar with rules. Teacher can facilitate a discussion using these rules.

Rainforest Action Network

Making an argument

• http://www.ran.org/   
  Students go through the site and learn about how corporations are harming the rainforest. Students write a persuasive letter to companies who add to the destruction of the rainforest

Teacher resource page

Debating Affirmative Action

• http://www.nickjr.com/grownups/teachers/supplies/shows/nick_news/kidspick-affirmative.jhtml?&TimeZone=-3  
  The lessons in this resource ask that you watch some of NICKNEWS segments…but there are many links that describe affirmative action. Students could research the links and write a paragraph explaining if they think it is a good idea or bad one.