Fall 2010
LAW-RELATED EDUCATION NEWS
Volume 4, Number 1
Hatton W. Sumners Teacher Institute Foundations of Democracy INSIDE THIS ISSUE Page 2 LRE Coordinator’s Welcome
June 14-18, 2010, the third annual Hatton W. Sumners Teacher Institute was held at the Tulsa Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center. The institute focused on the Center for Civic Education’s Foundations of Democracy curriculum. This curriculum covers the four basic ideas of government responsibility, justice, privacy, and authority. Each day scholars lectured on a specific concept. Monday, OU Political Science Assistant Professor, Dr. Margaret Ellis, lectured on Responsibility. Tuesday, OU School of Law Professor, Dr. Mary Sue Backus, lectured on Privacy. Wednesday and Thursday, famed Constitutional scholar and Professor Emeritus of Indiana University, Dr. John Patrick lectured on Authority and Justice. The second sessions were dedicated to classroom applications for each topic, mentors Sandy Baker and Melissa Bell conducted these sessions. The final day Becky Walderbach introduced participants to supplemental classroom resources available through the Representative Democracy in America Program. Participants received a classroom set of FOD textbooks, a copy of the book, “The Pursuit of Justice”, co-authored by Dr. Patrick, lesson plans and activities. Mentor Sandy Baker completes an afternoon exercise with (l-r) Timothy Perkins, Judy Dilbeck, Terri Hooper, Megan McCausland, and Jo Heiliger.
WTP National Meeting Page 3 PROS WTP National Competition Lawyers in the Classroom Page 4 CIVITAS World Congress State Project Citizen Showcase Oklahoma Supreme Court Teacher and School of the Year Nominations Page 5 Workshop Project Citizen RDA Mock Trial Close Up