The Death Penalty Information Center’s High School Curriculum on the Death Penalty is now avail­able for stu­dents and teach­ers as a free elec­tron­ic text­book for use on the Apple iPad. This bal­anced and dynam­ic resource uses an issue of pub­lic con­cern to teach civic respon­si­bil­i­ty, research, and crit­i­cal think­ing. The e‑textbook con­tains all the fea­tures of DPIC’s award-win­ning online cur­ricu­lum, includ­ing sum­maries of argu­ments for and against the death penal­ty, case stud­ies based on actu­al tri­als, sum­maries of the legal stages in a cap­i­tal case, a brief his­to­ry of the death penal­ty, col­or maps and inter­ac­tive fea­tures. The e‑book ver­sion incor­po­rates the inter­ac­tiv­i­ty and user-friend­ly inter­face of a tablet, includ­ing touch-screen nav­i­ga­tion, access to the full cur­ricu­lum even when offline, and use of stan­dard iBook fea­tures, such as instant word def­i­n­i­tions and easy note-tak­ing func­tions. For instruc­tions on down­load­ing the e‑book, click here or go to the iBookstore on your iPad and search ​“Death Penalty Information Center.”

(DPIC Posted, September 5, 2012). See Educational Curricula and Student Resources.

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