The César E. Chávez Experience focuses on understanding the Migrant Worker’s Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. Different scenarios help the students focus on the different aspects of the movement and its leaders. It…
I have decided to embark on a new summer project. I have created a site called “Animated History.” Animated History is dedicated to finding interesting ways to take historical content and present them with unique…
Reacting to the Past is an active learning pedagogy of role-playing games designed for higher education. In Reacting to the Past games, students are assigned character roles with specific goals and must communicate, collaborate, and…
@Stake is a multiplayer role-playing game that builds empathy and creativity for small group deliberation… players are provided a deeper understanding of community needs by considering different perspectives before making collective decisions. In the game,…
This simulation / role play activity gets students to deal with limited resources. They each are assigned a different government to be, and as that government, they need to solve government problems by functioning how…
This is a list of simulations I have collected over the last few years. I have not evaluated these in a long time. I will be evaluating them over the next few weeks and cleanup…
A coworker compiled a list of interesting resources to add or augment our students eLearning. To Watch: Netflix: World War II in Colour Untold History of the United States The Vietnam War Minimalism Betting on…
By Jeanne Theoharis December 1, 2015 Sixty years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Her courageous act is now American legend. She is a staple of…
The Supreme Court Case Studies booklet contains 82 reproducible Supreme Court case studies. These cases include landmark decisions in American government that have helped and continue to shape this nation, as well as decisions dealing…
The Toolkit is designed to put instructional and curriculum design tools into the hands of teachers and leaders in local districts. The Toolkit resources focus on implementation of the Inquiry Arc, as presented in The…