2008 National Online Youth Summit: Environmental Law & Public Policy
The National Online Youth Summit
The National Online Youth Summit (NOYS) is a national program for high school students and teachers to advance student knowledge and skills (critical thinking, civil discussion, reading, writing, research, problem-solving, self-direction, cooperation, and information literacy). Students study, research, and analyze an issue, and discuss it with other students around the country in online message boards.
About the Summit
The purpose of the summit is to encourage young people to learn about and critically evaluate a timely, law-related topic. The summit curriculum, objectives, and goals are adaptable and allow teachers to create an exemplary project-based learning experience tailored to their students and relevant learning standards.
- Complete 12-14 sequential activities (Feb-May) to build knowledge and skills
- Engage in civil discussion with students across the country in Web message boards about summit topics
- Learn about some legal issues through a literature-based exercise
- Pose questions to legal experts
- Research and write about a legal topic
- Complete a research-based final project
Teachers will:
- Receive all required student activities, additional curricular resources, and instructional materials for using Fuse Talk, the summit Web conferencing software
- Participate in an online teacher orientation in a private message board (Jan-Feb)
- Create one individualized activity for your students based on parameters provided by the ABA during your orientation
More Information and Backgrounders
Past Summits
- 2007: Immigration & Law
- 2006: Law in an Age of Terror
- 2005: The American Jury
- 2004: Capital Punishment
- 2003: Youth Internet Access
- 2002: Race & Criminal Justice
- 2001: Capital Punishment
- 2000: Youth Internet Access
- 1999: City of Chicago v. Morales
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A program of the American Bar Association Division for Public Education, the National Online Youth Summit is supported by Award No. 2003-MU-FX-K015 from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
Contact: (312) 988-5735 or e-mail: parrinim@staff.abanet.org
