The Summer Institute is a program hosted by The Missouri Bar’s Citizenship Education Program for teachers throughout the state who teach American history, government and civics.
For more information about upcoming training opportunities, please contact the Citizenship Education Program director at tsimones@mobar.org
Summer Institute Training Materials
Materials from the 2022 Summer Institute, including PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, worksheets, activities, and more!
Section 1 Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Planner 2022
- 2022 DESE Alignment
- Supreme Court Article
- Attitudes About the Federal Government
- Perspectives on American Government Lesson Plan
- Perspectives on American Government Flipchart
- Perspectives on American Government Worksheet
Section 2 Federal Power
- Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus
- Abraham Lincoln Mock Congressional Hearing
- Civil Conversations – Student Worksheet
- Lincoln’s Message to Congress July 4, 1861
- Civil Conversations – Teacher’s Guide
- Civil Conversations Using Primary Sources
- Lincoln Suspension Writ of Habeas Corpus
- Socratic Seminar Evaluation Sheet
Section 3 Federal Power Voting Rights
- Voting Rights Presentation
- Why No One Should Vote But Me Lesson Plan
- VRA
- What are Restrictions on Voting
- Who Should Not Vote – Restrictions on Voting Rights CRF
- America Votes Act – Simulation
- Formative Assignment
Section 4 Federal Power Patriot Act
- Instructions for Philosophical Chairs 2015
- Section 215 of the Patriot Act Presentation
- USA Patriot Act Section 215 Fact Sheet
- USA Patriot Act Section 215 Philosophical Chairs Deliberation Question
- USA Patriot Act Section 215 Fact Sheet Freedom Works
- USA Patriot Act Section 215
- Resources for Section 4
- Federal Surveillance of US Persons Under USA Patriot Act
Section 5 Congress – The Sherman Act
- Congress – The Commerce Clause and Trusts
- Goals of Anti-Trust Policy
- Structured Academic Controversy
- The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890
- Structured Academic Controversy Deliberation Steps
- What is Deliberation?
- Anti-Trust Lessons 1-4
Section 6 Congress – Civil Rights
- Congress – Interstate Commerce and Discrimination
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and The Supreme Court
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 Congressional Committee Simulation
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 Legislative History
- Resources for Section 6
- Commerce Clause
- LGBTQ Americans and the Civil Rights Act
Section 7 Congress – Gun-Free School Zones
Section 8 Culminating Lesson
- How Powerful Do We Want Federal Agencies to Be?
- Culminating Lesson Outline Template
- Resources for Section 8
Sections 9 Lesson Plans