In this simulation, students become familiar with the arguments used by different players in the debates about Galileo.... Read more about The Galileo Debate

After reading Thomas More’s Utopia, students debate topics related to the text in order to understand More’s use of rhetoric.... Read more about Practicing the Rhetoric of Thomas More

In this activity, students discuss three religious traditions of medieval China to consolidate knowledge and bring out the similarities and contrasts.... Read more about Exploring Medieval Chinese Religions

In this activity, Jerusha Achterberg has her students work in groups to develop persuasive arguments.... Read more about Making a Persuasive Adaptive Argument

Each student is assigned to a country and asked to represent that country's views in a simulated debate to represent the War Guilt Clause negotiations at Versailles.... Read more about War Guilt Clause Debate

Fictional island nation Atlantinha needs a new constitution.... Read more about Atlantinha

This exercise has students explore the postwar notions of high brow and low brow by ranking and discussing various cultural items.... Read more about High Brow, Low Brow

Assigned debates work well for weeks where several competing theoretical approaches are covered.  This debate involves competing theories on approaches to explaining political attitudes.... Read more about Explaining Political Attitudes

Should anabolic steroids remain banned?  What about research cloning?  In this activity, students work on constructing clear argumentative moral arguments using bioethical prompts.... Read more about Steroids and Cloning