For example, in a role-play exploration of the roots of democracy, mediators try to work out a compromise between the demands of the people and the demands of government leaders.
Each lesson uses a practical concern to illustrate the development of a concept indicative of civilization: the Agricultural Revolution arises from the need for food surpluses; government, for effective flood control; writing, for accurate tallying of the food supply; written laws, for keeping order in a “city of strangers”; grand architecture, for instilling a sense […]
Whether used as a lead-in to an upcoming lesson or as a wrap-up activity, these mini-simulations provide your students with experiences that will shape their historical perceptions and positively enhance their understanding of the past, current, and future events.
The ten lessons in Volume I cover topics such as the roots and principles of democracy, the three branches, checks and balances, federalism, and constitutional rights.
Students simulate the siege of Constantinople, circumnavigate the globe in a Magellan Readers Theatre, arrange themselves into living tableaux re-creating art masterpieces of the Renaissance, participate in a Scientific Revolution science fair, and play the roles of Hobbes, Locke, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Kant, Mary Wollstonecraft, Ben Franklin, and others in an Enlightenment salon.
These ten lessons concern the foundations, structure, and operations of U.
These six lessons focus on participatory government.
Whether used as lead-ins to upcoming lessons or as wrap-up activities, these brief mini-simulations provide your students with experiences that will shape their historical perceptions and positively enhance their understanding of past, current, and future events.
Whether used as lead-ins to upcoming lessons or as wrap-up activities, these brief mini-simulations provide your students with experiences that will shape their historical perceptions and positively enhance their understanding of past, current, and future events.
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