POLITICS. TEACHING. OTHER QUESTIONABLE INTERESTS.
YDYOAV DUMAN

Teaching / Open the question

CLASS
WORK.

The world is complicated.
The worksheet should know that.

Simulations, visual arguments, syllabi, and things to try in a room full of people. Built to make ideas do some work.

Use something. Tell me what happened.
All topics 35Israel-Palestine3Comparative Politics22International Relations11American Politics6Immigration1Citizenship6Political Theory1Frontiers Simulations8Whose Terms?3

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American Politics

Institutions, participation, representation, and arguments that persist.

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Simulation / One-file lesson · plan 50 minutes

The Complaints Department

Answer the question. Show what the evidence supports. In The Complaints Department, audit a department’s reply to a resident: check the question, pin relevant values, retain supported findings, and request suitable evidence for what remains open. Assign earnings, women’s representation, opinion of Congress, or the housing source audit as an individual file, or follow a selected sequence. First responses remain visible beside later replies; optional fresh cases test the same reasoning in invented settings. Created by Yoav Duman.

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Simulation / 10 stages · Core or Full guidance

Name the Problem

Name a pattern. Defend what deserves attention. In Name the Problem, you join a citizens’ assembly, compare two views of representation or democracy, and develop a public interpretation. Make the political value or benchmark behind your priority explicit, respond to a challenge, and defend action, further inquiry, or monitoring. Leave with a poster that states your final interpretation and a report that separately explains your revision.

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Simulation / Four rehearsals · plan 45–55 minutes with discussion

The Square - A Collective Action Game

Twenty citizens want the same reform. Will enough of them act? Play Citizen B1 in four rehearsals of a collective decision, forecast the other nineteen citizens, and weigh personal payoffs against a shared goal. Compare local communication, a national coordination proposal, and participant-only incentives. Each reveal exposes pivotality and the programmed intervention effect with conditions held fixed. Explain the mechanisms in a printable or downloadable reasoning record. Created by Yoav Duman.

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Student and instructor guide · rules, debrief, assessment

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Simulation / Core 30–40 min · Full 45–60 min · plus discussion

The Evidence Lab: Everyday Mysteries, Better Questions

A good story is only the beginning. Investigate a suspicious café claim, an accused navigation app, and a final battery-saver headline. Compare rival explanations, request evidence that separates them, and defend what the records support. Core teaches fair comparisons and event order; Full also asks students to design their own mystery and investigate public power. First checked responses, later revisions, and opened hints remain visible in a printable reasoning record. Created by Yoav Duman.

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MUSE / AI & education

BETTER QUESTIONS.
BETTER CONVERSATIONS.

A little help getting from “I read it” to “I understand it.”

These learning bots help students read difficult texts, apply concepts, test arguments, and revise their thinking. Start with the source. Keep your judgment switched on.

Who Gets to be We

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Who_Gets_to_Be_We_Readings.pdf

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The Cooperation Lab — Multilateralism Partner

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Cooperation_Lab_Readings.pdf

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The Rivalry Brief

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John J. Mearsheimer - The Inevitable Rivalry.pdf

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The Democracy Repair Shop

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Kreps and Kriner - How AI Threatens Democracy.pdf

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THE RULES HEARING

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14_FAZAL.pdf

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The Signal Room: January 6, Testimony & Power 40-60 minutes

Before You Begin Watch these three testimony videos before starting The Signal Room: 1. Police testimony: Aquilino Gonell, Michael Fanone, Daniel Hodges, and Harry Dunn https://youtu.be/a8WU8MRC2M8 2. Shaye Moss’s testimony, including recorded testimony from Ruby Freeman https://youtu.be/6dn48fcHkFw 3. Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony https://www.pbs.org/video/the-january-6th-hearings-day-6-9racyj/ As you watch, note a few specific moments: what each witness personally experienced, what they learned from others, and what questions their account raises. Bring those observations to your conversation with Alex. Prefer to read? You can use the hearing transcripts instead: Police testimony: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-117hhrg45472/html/CHRG-117hhrg45472.htm Shaye Moss: https://www.gov

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After the Headline: The Nigeria File

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After_the_Headline_Nigeria_Reading_Packet.pdf

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Bots open in ChatGPT or Gemini. You may need an account. For classwork, follow your course’s instructions about AI.

For educators

LET THE ROOM
FIND THE PROBLEM.

I also build activities that happen between people.

My workshops start with decisions, bargaining, uncertainty, and competing priorities. Then we use theory to make sense of what just happened.

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