Grades 6-8 :: Play By the Rules Class-time: 10-15 class periods (at instructor’s discretion) Topics: 200 laws & consequences relevant to Nevada’s youth Worth noting: There are two teachers guides to choose from, and both encourage team-based and project-based experiences. Plus, police officers and attorneys can be used as co-teachers or guest speakers that bring the lessons to life! For more information or to request a resource, contact our Program Director at [email protected] or 702.703.6529 Or visit: http://projectrealnv.org Project REAL’s “Play By the Rules” Instructor Planning Summary SUGGESTED USE & TEACHING PLANS Through your participation in Play By the Rules, you are empowering your students to make informed decisions about matters that may shape the rest of their lives. We rely on you to share the concepts and materials we provide so that your students can understand the laws that are likely to impact their lives, and the consequences of breaking them. This Planning Guide has been created to help you and your students throughout this exciting opportunity, remember to choose the activities that fit your needs best. Thank you and enjoy! What is Play By the Rules? Book + Activities provided for free that help students to learn 200+ laws unique to Nevada, and the consequences of breaking them. Designed to meet a number of national common core content standards and Nevada Department of Education Content Correlations. Key correlations with Nevada DOE Social Studies Content Standards (October 2018 rev). More than 80% of Play By the Rules students anonymously reported an intent to improve themselves after participating in it. How does Play By the Rules fit with the other material we offer our middle school students? Ideal for 6th Grade students. Gym, Health, & Social Studies Elective Courses are all perfect – odd mix, but makes plenty of sense when reviewing the material! Lessons are taught by you! All you need to do is refer to the Teacher’s Guide and plot out when you want to use the materials. Co-teachers & guest-speakers are an optional but planned-for part of the Play By the Rules experience. This may include local celebrities / notable athletes for special appearances How Long Will it Take and What Resources Are Available? Play By the Rules is very customizable! Use it for a week, once a week, or regularly throughout the year! Two standard options for using all material: 10-period lesson plan and 15-period lesson plan. For the 10-day plan, we suggest using the book every 2nd Friday of the month throughout the school year For the 15-day plan, we suggest using the book every 1st and 3rd Friday of the month throughout the school year. Teacher’s guide + lesson plan suggestions (see other side) feature easy-instructions: Great lessons w/ little planning required! What are the ‘two pathways’ of lessons, and what will the classroom experience be like? Play by the Rules was originally designed in 2001, and the original teachers’ guide reflects that. There is that classic ‘send the kids home to read, do exercises in class, and measure success by detail retention ’ design to it. While the original guide is still useful and can be easily adjusted to meet the needs of today’s classrooms and teaching methods, Project REAL created an alternative guide in 2019. Done in response to the changing needs of classrooms and to make Play By the Rules more accessible to after-school programs as well. The new guide takes the emphasis off individual study and detail retention. Replacing those are carefully-plotted team-based learning modules with one goal: teach the experience participants to ‘think within the context of the law’. With the focus shifting from academic retention to improved habits, the positive behavior impact on students (the primary goal of Play By the Rules being to help students be the best versions of themselves) becomes unavoidable No matter which teaching path you choose - or even if you combine the two guides - the lessons and activities are easy to implement, and meet a number of content correlations for middle school English and civics classes. Thankfully, the design and impact of the lessons also allows for the 10-15 days of Play By the Rules classroom experiences to be done consecutively or just once a month without any loss to the behavior impact the experience produces in the students that get to participate in it! To Signup or Request More Information, contact Project REAL’s Program Director at [email protected] or 702.703.6529 Presents Revised Use Guide -- Updated January 2020 -- This ‘Revised Use Guide’ was created by Yolys Carrera & Mike Kamer, M.P.A. About our 2020 revised use updates Dear Instructors, In October 2018, the Nevada Department of Social Studies updated their middle school content standards and correlations to focus more on practical financial life skills and cultural intelligence. We love those standards, and have heard about many amazing things taking place in the classroom as a result of those changes. Unfortunately, when those changes were made, Play By the Rules went from connecting with over 20 content themes of the Social Studies and Civics Standards to just 1 (SS.6-8EUSH.34 – Evaluate the social, political, and economic changes that have impacted the evolution of laws throughout US History). Play By the Rules still connects with most of the Disciplinary Skills standards for 6-8 Social & CivEd, however the adjustments make bringing our material ‘as is’ difficult for MS social studies instructors. Our ‘ideal audience’ for Play By the Rules these days is 6th grade, so – with support from ELA instructors – this could work out well (just check out the nearly 30 standards this material still connects with for those classes on the next page!): Grade 6: Play By the Rules through English/Reading/Lit classes Grade 7: Courthouse Fieldtrips through US History classes Grade 8: US History: a global story of Immigration through WorldHist/Geo This guide has been created to prepare students for Project REAL experiences we provide for grades 7- 12. In the past, we’ve focused on having students memorize as many of the 200 laws (and the consequences of breaking those laws) as possible. Not anymore. We have one goal now for students that participate in Play By the Rules: When they complete the activity, they will have learned to ‘Think within the context of the law’. Rather than memorizing specific laws and consequences, they’re being trained to consider the potential criminal and civil consequences of the decisions they make on a daily basis. Clearly, this is not a lowering of the bar: this approach is simply more effective at preventing crime and empowering your students. Plus, we think these guidelines are just a bit more fun that what we’ve used over the past 12 years. We thank you for keeping an open mind, bringing this material into your classrooms, and finding the class-time to squeeze these lessons in. This experience will make your students’ lives better. Thank you for helping us provide it to them. Play By the Rules :: NV.DOE Content Correlations These are correlations will all be reached by following this guide. Using the pre-2019 “Teacher’s Guide” may achieve fifteen or less correlations. Reading (Informational) Reading (History/Social) RI.KID.1 RH.KID.1* RI.KiD.2* RH.KID.2* RI.CS.4 RH.KID.3 RI.CS.5* RH.CS.4 RI.CS.6* RH.CS.5* RI.IKI.9* RH.CS.6* RI.RRLTC.10 RH.IKI.8 RH.IKI.9* RH.RRLTC.10 Speaking & Listening Reading (Technical) SL.CC.1.a-d RST.KID. 1 SL.CC.2* RST.CS.5* SL.CC.3* RST.KI.8* SL.PKI.4 SL.PKI.6 Writing Social/Sci/Tech: Writing W.TTP.1.a-e* WHST.TTP.1.a-e W.TTP.2.a-f* WHST.TTP.2.a-f W.PDW.4 WHST.PDW.4 W.PDW.5* WHST.PDW.5 W.PDW.6 WHST.PDW.6* W.RBPK.7 WHST.RBPK.7* W.RBPK.8* WHST.RPBK.8* W.RBPK.9.b WHST.RPBK.9 W.RBPK.10 WHST.RW.10 Language L.VAU.4.a-d L.VAU.5.c* L.VAU.6 * Standards with an *asterisk* are those that are met with use of the Project REAL mobile app articles written to enhance the Play By the Rules classroom experience if sticking with the pre-2019 teacher’s guide. Disregard this statement if using the 2019 revisions. Table of Contents α: Tools & Tricks Preparing for the Exp. Pg. 01 Day 0: Getting Ready + How To Prepare Pretest + Tools Pg. 09 Day 1: Criminal Offenses + Civil Responsibility Ch. 3 & 11 Pg. 11 Day 2: Rule of Law + Restorative Justice (only) Pregame & Ch. 1 Pg. 17 Day 3: Rule of Law + Consequences of Ignorance Pregame & Ch. 1 Pg. 23 Day 4: Juvenile Justice System Chapter 2 Pg. 43 Day 5 : Weapons, Guns, & Fireworks + Alcohol & Other Drugs Ch.4 & 5 Pg. 51 Day 6 : Parent-Child Relationship + School / Transportation Ch.6, 8, & 9 Pg. 57 Day 7 : Recreation + Work Ch.7 & 10 Pg. ## Day 8: Civil Engagement, Responsibility, & Duty Chapters X Pg. ## Day 9: Technology + Game Highlights + Review Ch.12 Pg. ## Day 10: Tech. + Highlights + Wrap-up + Conclusion Capstone Pg. # Day 11: Post-testing and more Closing Pg. # Ω: Resources & More Resources Pg. # 10 Day Overview αlpha Day 6 Prep & Introduction Parent-Child Relationship // School / Transportation This has all the tools you’ll need to conduct each session This begins a lesson in ‘The Inescapability of Law’: There are effectively: Daily procedures, an explanation of the lessons, and three things you can never escape: Gravity, Oxygen, and Law.