Teaching / Open the question
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.
Frontiers Simulations8
Whose Terms?33 resources
Israel–Palestine, explored through interactive cases. Follow the evidence. Test an explanation.
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Simulation / Core ~60 min · Full ~90 min · Save & return
Build the rules of a fictional cooperative in Palestine, 1905–1948. Use Shafir and Peled’s Being Israeli to investigate how work, national belonging, donor finance, and institutional authority shape who gains access and who is left out.
Created by Yoav Duman
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02Simulation / Estimated 90–120 min · Save & return
Advise a fictional Palestinian civic committee under the British Mandate. Use Rashid Khalidi’s The Iron Cage to investigate representation, public work, and the powers a seat at the table may leave untouched.
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03Simulation / Estimated 90–120 min · Save & return
Follow people trying to reach a job, claim service benefits, live together, and return home under a court order. Use Shafir and Peled’s Being Israeli to explore who qualifies, who decides, and how rights become usable.
Created by Yoav Duman
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MUSE / AI & education
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.
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
Bots open in ChatGPT or Gemini. You may need an account. For classwork, follow your course’s instructions about AI.
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