Government

This activity brings the real world into the classroom. Eva Millona visited GOV98mg to talk about The Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA). Prior to the talk, students read the handout with information about Eva Millona and MIRA...

This easy "Do Now" gets students engaged from the moment they enter the classroom. Students receive a handout when they enter the class ( see the document below). During the next few minutes, students respond to the questions on the handout, which prompt...

Should anabolic steroids remain banned? What about research cloning? In this activity, students work on constructing clear argumentative moral arguments using bioethical prompts. The instructor divides the class section into two groups and assigns each...

Revolutions require collective action. This simple activity, used during the week on revolutions, demonstrates the difficulty of carrying out collective action. This activity is used in a class on comparative politics, during the unit on revolutions. It...

In this in-class simulation, students adopt the interests and goals of the Kayapó Indians, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Brazilian government, and Electrobras in order to resolve a conflict over the construction of the Belo...

How should Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak respond to the massive protests plaguing his country? This in-class simulation requires students to adopt Egyptian and international actors' perspectives to aid President Mubarak's decision making. This activity...

In this three-stage simulation, the Chinese government considers the reform of its re-education through labor regime. The objective is for students taking on the perspectives of Chinese politicians to reach a consensus, that can then be justified to those...

In-class interactive game between students playing a modification of the "selectorate-electorate" game. This game has a leader distributing private and public benefits, and others voting. In the activity students logged into Econvision.com and played the...