For Teachers

Online Resources

While John Howard Society staff deliver many presentations throughout Alberta, for various reasons there are communities they are not able to visit. The following materials were primarily created to help meet the needs of teachers in these communities. The materials offered here can be used by classroom teachers to support and extend their Social Studies, Health, C.A.L.M., and Legal Studies instruction.

Issues related to the law in the classroom span every subject and pervade all areas of student life. The social implications of students’ decisions and actions are often intimately linked to the legal implications. The information and resources available here focus on both the social and legal aspects of these issues in order to help create a better understanding of their interrelationship.

IMPORTANT NOTE (March 13, 2012): Parliament has now passed Bill C-10, which will introduce some changes to laws affecting youth, such as the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA). The materials on this site are currently being revised to reflect these legislative changes, and the updated versions will be posted as they are completed. In the meantime, please note that some of these documents will have outdated information. To see a summary of the changes to the YCJA, please refer to this page on the Parliament of Canada website.

The John Howard Society of Alberta gratefully acknowledges the work and support of the Edmonton John Howard Society in the initial creation of these materials.

Topics Currently Available

• Alcohol
• Bullying
• Drugs
• Family Violence
• Gangs
• Newcomers
• Restorative Justice
• The Youth Criminal Justice Act

How are the resources organized?

Each topic area is on its own page, and is divided into four sections.

• Information - A brief overview of the topic and relevant issues. Each information brief is available in PDF format for download and printing.
• Lessons - This section includes reproducible ready-to-go teaching resources, information packages, activities and worksheets suiting a variety of purposes and grade levels.
• Links - Each topic includes a collection of links to related resources which are useful for lesson extension, student exploration and expansion of personal knowledge on the topic.
• FAQ - Some topics have a section with questions and answers. If you have any question on the topics presented or the resources available here you may also contact one of our public educators at your nearest John Howard Society, or contact us.

We want to hear from you!

We invite you to send us your comments, experiences, and feedback on our resources. Please contact us by either sending us an email or filling out the form below.

We also are building our collection of questions and answers for our FAQ sections. If you have a question, someone else may also have that same question, so please feel free to ask!