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Explore Issues

When you click an Issue icon on the Justice Learning home page or select an Issue from the main navigation menu, a new, Issue-specific page is displayed in the browser. Every Issue page has the same major sections of interest:

Listen Up	For each Justice Learning Issue, there will be at least one corresponding Justice Talking radio program that reflects or illuminates the issue in a real-world context. Each Listen Up item references a single program and provides a link to its own page on the Justice Talking website. Choose between the full hour-long debate or any of the program segments. Transcripts; Listening and Learning Guides and written excerpts (Radio in Print) and additional resources on the issue are available for many of the topics.
Read On	For each Justice Learning Issue, there will be several corresponding New York Times articles that reflect or illuminate the issue. These are selected by curriculum experts at The New York Times Learning Network and link back to resources on their website. Use the online "knowledge tools" to better understand the vocabulary words and geographic references in each article.
Teaching Materials	As with the Read On articles, each Justice Learning Issue also includes links to lesson plans and other educational materials authored by The New York Times Learning Network. In time, these will be supplemented with additional materials authored by Justice Learning's users - working teachers just like you!
Issue Timeline	To the right of each page are additional elements common to all Issues. Each Issue includes a link to its own historical Timeline of significant events. Clicking this link launches the Justice Learning interactive Constitutional Timeline in its own window. In addition to timelines for each Issue, this comprehensive tool also contains the full text of the U.S. Constitution and timelines for each of its Articles and Amendments.
In Their Own Words	This section presents primary source information about each issue from each of the institutions of democracy: The Congress, the Courts, the Presidency, the Press and the Schools. Find Presidential speeches; policy positions from members of Congress; Supreme Court decisions; and New York Times editorials here.
Speak Out	We don't want Justice Learning to be a One-Way only experience for our users. The Speak Out section provides links to public discussion boards at both Justice Talking and The New York Times. If you've got something to say, get it off you chest, and continue the dialogue that makes Democracy work.

More Issues in the Issue Archive

As mentioned, in addition to the Issues featured on the Justice Learning home page and in the main navigation menu, a broader range of Issues is always available in the Justice Learning Issue Archive. You can access the Issue Archive by either selecting its menu item from the Issues flyout, or by clicking the home page link directly under the second row of featured Issues: