CLASS WORK.

Instructor guide · setup, timing and decision rules

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.

Instructor guide · PDF

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.

Instructor overview · Word

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.

Student and instructor guide · rules, debrief, assessment

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.

Instructor guide · case map and assessment

Learning bot / 40-60 minutes

The Signal Room: January 6, Testimony & Power

How do political messages become action—and what evidence connects them? Explore January 6 through the testimony of election workers, police officers, and a White House aide. With Alex, your AI evidence guide, examine race, loyalty, violence, and accountability. Compare accounts, question assumptions, and build an explanation you can defend—and revise when the evidence demands.

Open learning bot

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

Who_Gets_to_Be_We_Readings.pdf

The Cooperation Lab — Multilateralism Partner

Cooperation_Lab_Readings.pdf

The Rivalry Brief

John J. Mearsheimer - The Inevitable Rivalry.pdf

The Democracy Repair Shop

Kreps and Kriner - How AI Threatens Democracy.pdf

THE RULES HEARING

14_FAZAL.pdf

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

After the Headline: The Nigeria File

After_the_Headline_Nigeria_Reading_Packet.pdf