Imperial Tug of War

A quick, high-impact bell ringer lesson exploring the execution of King Louis XVI and the French royal family through a primary source engraving and a See-Think-Wonder cognitive routing activity.

An advanced, interdisciplinary lesson for high school and undergraduate students exploring the causal relationship between 1930s Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) redlining maps and modern-day urban heat island (UHI) effects, analyzing systemic racism and environmental injustice.

An inquiry-based lesson exploring how historical epidemics (from the Black Death to Smallpox inoculation) tested and reshaped the social contract between citizens and states, forcing a reckoning between personal liberty and public safety.

A lesson that contextualizes the key phases of the French Revolution (1789-1799) from the National Assembly to the Directory, guiding students to analyze social dynamics, political shifts, and cause-and-effect relationships.

An anthropology lesson where high school students curate and analyze contemporary artifacts that represent modern adolescent culture, exploring generational shifts in social norms and material culture.

An advanced AP US History lesson exploring the constitutional, economic, and political crises that fractured the United States between 1828 and 1861. Students analyze key events including the Tariff of Abominations, State v. Mann, the Wilmot Proviso, and the rise of the Know-Nothing Party through lectures and structured primary sources.

An advanced AP US History lecture series exploring the constitutional, economic, and political crises that fractured the United States between 1833 and 1861. This lesson highlights key legislative compromises, executive decisions, and judicial rulings that made sectional conflict and the Civil War inevitable.

Ce troisième chapitre interroge la dimension géopolitique et économique du numérique : le rôle et l'influence des GAFAM et des géants de l'IA, la souveraineté des données citoyennes, le cloud souverain et l'alternative du logiciel libre pour l'indépendance nationale et européenne.

Ce deuxième chapitre traite de la structure de l'espace public numérique, en abordant la polarisation des débats sur les réseaux sociaux, les bulles de filtres, la liberté d'expression face à la modération et la haine en ligne, ainsi que la citoyenneté numérique active.

Ce premier chapitre explore l'impact de l'intelligence artificielle générative et des algorithmes de recommandation sur la vérité historique, scientifique et journalistique. Les élèves analysent la notion de désinformation, les deepfakes et l'importance de l'épistémologie critique.