In 1961, Congress passed a resolution designating May 1st of each year as Law Day. In most states, Law Day activities occur sometime during the first week in May. The most frequent activity is to have an attorney speak to a class. The American Bar Association develops lesson plans each year to be used by visiting attorneys. Delaware also has materials on a variety of topics that are available for use. Last year was the Center's first year of assisting with Law Day. The Supreme Court of Delaware, the Administrative Office of the Courts and members of Delaware's Bar coordinate the program.
Law Day will cover the period from April 27 - May 1, 2009, and attorneys and judges visiting classes will be asked to present a 45 minute lesson. DELREC has worked with the Delaware Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and a committee chaired by the Honorable Henry du Pont Ridgely on this year's Law Day in the Schools Program. The lesson is based on material developed by the Center for Civic Education which is titled What was Abraham Lincoln's Legacy to American Constitutionalism and Citizenship.
The lesson plan will provide the teacher and the visiting resource person with a step-by-step outline on how to present the material, along with student handouts to use in class.
You will need to take 30 copies of the content material titled What was Abraham Lincoln's Legacy to American Constitutionalism and Citizenship
and 30 copies of the student handouts from the lesson plan. The procedure section of the lesson plan describe what to do in presenting the lesson.
To volunteer to participate in the program as an attorney, judge, or as a teacher please contact Pat Quann at delrecntr@aol.com. Please include the following information:
Additional plans may be found at the Law Day website.