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The PLEA: Running Jokes ▸

This issue of The PLEA explores the right to run for office. In particular, it looks at people who have made satire a part of their election bid. Ideal for most any reader, Running Jokes fulfills several requirements of Saskatchewan’s Social Studies 30 and English Language Arts 30 curricula.

The PLEA: Curb Your Fanaticism ▸

What does it mean to say that someone is a fanatic? Are all fanatics necessarily bad? Are we at risk of becoming fanatics ourselves? What can happen if fanatics get their hands on the levers of power?

Grades 12
The PLEA: Becoming a Lawyer ▸

Who are lawyers? What do they do? How to become one? This issue of The PLEA helps answer these questions and may set you on a career path as a lawyer.

The PLEA: Shipwrecked ▸

This issue of The PLEA examines how shipwreck survivors set up their castaway societies.

Subject Law
Grades 12
Topics Creating Laws
The PLEA: Cyberbullying ▸

This issue of The PLEA builds on our understandings of cyberbullying.

Subject Health
Grades 8, 9
Topics Relationships
The PLEA: Contract Law ▸

Big or small, contracts are part of our daily lives. This issue of The PLEA will explain contracts, and help you understand your rights and responsibilities when entering into a contract.

Subject Law
Grades 12
The PLEA: Vichy ▸

What was Vichy France? How was it created? Who fought against it? And why are the lessons of Vichy relevant today? Ideal for most any reader, Vichy fulfills several requirements in Saskatchewan’s History 20 curriculum. It will also be of interest to people curious about the history of World War II.

The PLEA: Camus and The Plague ▸

Discover how Camus’ The Plague can help us make sense of our battle with COVID-19 just as much as it can help us make sense of the dangers posed by authoritarian governments.

Subject English
Grades 12
Topics Health
The PLEA: Legal Immunity ▸

Where did vaccines come from? How did they help free us from so many diseases? And what role has the law played in their development and use?

The PLEA: The Mind of Machiavelli ▸

Who was Niccolò Machiavelli? What drove his unorthodox thoughts? And why are his works still relevant today?

Grades 12
Topics Creating Laws
The PLEA: Reconsidering A Modest Proposal ▸

In 1729 Jonathan Swift proposed that the rich eat the poor. Is this actually happening today?

Grades 12
The PLEA: Direct Democracy ▸

This issue of The PLEA considers the ancient Greek origins of direct democracy, the history of direct democracy in Saskatchewan, direct democracy in action, and how to make better democratic decisions.

The PLEA: Cats and the Law ▸

From cat cafés to cat memes, cats and their images are everywhere. Yet, an often-overlooked area is how the law applies to cats. This issue of The PLEA will introduce you to cats and the law.

Subject Law
Grades 12
The PLEA: Democracy and the Rule of Law ▸

This issue of The PLEA considers how the rule of law balances the seemingly contradictory concepts of order and freedom in a democracy.

Subject Law, Social Studies
Grades 12
Topics Rule of Law
The PLEA: Revolution ▸

Ideal for most any reader, Revolution is specifically designed to fulfill several requirements across Saskatchewan’s social science curricula. It will also be of particular interest to people curious about laws, social change, and ideology.

The PLEA: Learning about Law with The Simpsons ▸

This issue of The PLEA takes advantage of students’ familiarity with The Simpsons to better understand law-related concepts.

The PLEA: The Bathroom Barrister ▸

This issue of The PLEA is an uncanny approach to examining the purposes of law, demonstrating how the law applies to the bathroom.

Subject Law, History
Grades 11, 12
The PLEA: 70 Years of the Bomb ▸

This issue of The PLEA builds understandings about nuclear weapons and the international laws used to control them.

Subject Law, History, Physics
Grades 11, 12
The PLEA: Crosswalk Cred ▸

This issue of The PLEA looks at the law from a pedestrian’s perspective, from the rules of the road to neighbourhood design.

Subject Law
Grades 12
Topics Pedestrians
The PLEA: Revisiting Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town ▸

This issue of The PLEA uses Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town to ask how have we succeeded as a liberal democracy? And how can we do better?

The PLEA: The Nazi Satire Project ▸

This issue of The PLEA explores how Nazis used satire to gain public support for their changes to German laws and social systems.

The PLEA: The Youth Criminal Justice Act ▸

This issue of The PLEA is an introduction to the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

The PLEA: Book Club ▸

This issue of The PLEA uses Suggested Units in Saskatchewan’s new English Language Arts curriculum to provide teachers with new approaches to classroom literature.

Subject English
Grades 12
The PLEA: Local Government ▸

This issue of The PLEA introduces municipal government.

The PLEA: Mock Trials ▸

This issue of The PLEA is a how-to guide for implementing mock trials.

Grades 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Topics Mock Trial
The PLEA: Canada's Legal System: An Introduction ▸

This issue of The PLEA introduces various elements of Canada’s legal system, including government, the police, and the courts.

The PLEA: Hammurabi's Code ▸

This issue of The PLEA introduces Hammurabi's Code, the oldest nearly-compete set of written laws.

Subject Law, Social Studies
Grades 9, 12
Topics Rule of Law
The PLEA: Hanging Out and Hooking Up ▸

This issue of The PLEA examines healthy relationships, dating violence, and sexual assault.

Grades 9, 11, 12
Topics Relationships

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