This site contains a rubric one can use to evaluate critical thinking skills in the classroom. It tells what to look for in student thinking, and how to score it. This site contains a series of mini-activities to teach the students the importance of time management and time management skills. This would be done over the course of several class periods. The lesson has a game format, with teams competing against each other.
Students are often unable to understand what justice means when conflicts are resolved.
Some decisions seem to be unfair to them. Adult intervention is often needed to resolve conflicts. A unit on justice makes students aware of possible solutions for their problems of conflict. This activity is used in a social studies unit on justice for grade 5. The purpose of this activity is to provide an unfair situation to introduce the concept of justice.