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Of Codes & Crowns, Third Edition
codessrdent.jpgFrom the Ancient World to the Renaissance
Linked to world history standards
Grades 9-12 Download Sample Lesson (PDF) One of our most popular texts returns in a new edition—Of Codes and Crowns is fully revised and updated. Featuring lessons with:
  • Short, high-interest readings.
  • Discussion questions to facilitate understanding.
  • Interactive activities to foster critical thinking.

Unit 1: Hammurabi’s Treasure explores the concept of lex talionis, the law of retribution, and an ancient set of laws—The Code of Hammurabi.

Unit 2: Blood Feud discusses the Greek tribunal system and the myth of Orestes.

Unit 3: Jewish Law looks at the development of Jewish law, one of the foundations of Western legal tradition.

Unit 4: Roman Law traces the more than 1,000-year evolution of this law—from its beginnings in the city-state of Rome through the republic and empire.

Unit 5: Islamic Law looks at the origins and development of Islamic law.

Unit 6: Merry Old England examines the medieval English jury system, one far different from ours today.

Unit 7: The Magna Carta analyzes how the English got King John to limit the power of monarchs.

Unit 8: The Trial of Galileo explores the conflict between the greatest scientist of the time and church officials who believed his ideas clashed with church doctrine. Of Codes & Crowns has an extensive teacher’s guide containing discussion questions and answers, and step-by-step instructions for the interactive lessons.

Of Codes and Crowns, 3rd Ed., Student Book, 104 pp.
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Of Codes and Crowns, 3rd Ed., Teacher's Guide, 136 pp.
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Of Codes and Crowns, 3rd Ed., Student Book (Set of 10)
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Volume Two: Of Democrats and Dictator
democrats_dictators.jpgFrom Elizabethan England to the Modern Age
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Grades 9-12 Download Sample Lesson (PDF)

Unit 1: Sir Edward Coke and the Common Law explores the development of the common law by focusing on one of its great proponents, Sir Edward Coke.

Unit 2: The Enlightenment Philosophers looks at four philosophers’ views on government and natural law—Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau.

Unit 3: The Code Napoleon explores the first modern code of laws, which became the model for legal systems in most other nations in the world.

Unit 4: The Dreyfus Affair examines the trials of the innocent man Alfred Dreyfus and the role the press played in his convictions and ultimate vindication.

Unit 5: The Totalitarians looks at the perversion of law under Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union.

Unit 6: War Crimes focuses on the development of rules of war and the Nuremberg and Yamashita trials following World War II.

Unit 7: Gandhi and Civil Disobedience looks at Gandhi and the question of when it proper to disobey the law.

Unit 8: International Law traces the emergence of international law in the modern age and looks at its value and limitations. An extensive teacher’s guide containing more than 20 lesson plans. The plans include focus activities, discussion questions with suggested answers, step-by-step instructions for interactive activities, and debriefing questions and suggestions.

Web Links: Our web site has links to additional resources for each unit.

Of Democrats and Dictators, Student Edition, 124 pp.
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Of Democrats and Dictators, Teacher's Guide, 110 pp.
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Of Democrats and Dictators, Student Edition (Set of 10)
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