A 12th-grade Civics lesson exploring individual and international responsibility regarding refugees and genocide, contrasting the failures of 1939 with modern 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P) doctrines.
An 8-day introductory economics unit for EVSC high school students. This unit explores scarcity, the factors of production, opportunity cost, and economic systems, heavily integrating Evansville's local industries and development scenarios.
Days 7-8. A dedicated unit review session on Day 7 featuring a comprehensive study guide, followed by the formal 25-question Unit 1 assessment on Day 8 covering Indiana EC.1 standards.
A 2-page comprehensive student guide and grading rubric for the cumulative 'Create Your Own Economy' project. Designed for 70-minute blocks, allowing students to apply scarcity, factors of production, PPC, and economic systems to their own custom-built nation.
An 8-day social studies and English language development unit for WIDA emerging English learners in high school. Students explore New England's physical geography, climate, and the respective roles of local and state government, while acquiring foundational English grammar including the verb 'to be', possessive 's', simple present verbs, and cardinal directions.
Days 5-6. Introduces market, command, and mixed economic systems on Day 5 (including Indiana-focused incentives), and launches the cumulative "Create Your Own Economy" project during the Day 6 70-minute collaborative block.
A formal 2-page Unit 1 exam featuring 15 rigorous multiple choice questions and 2 multi-step scenario-based analysis questions, aligned with Indiana EC.1 standards.
A comprehensive writing workshop sequence helping students write powerful historical arguments. Covers general transitions, cause-and-effect connections, and specialized argument structures for U.S. History.
Days 3-4. Covers opportunity cost, trade-offs, and how societies make choices. Students learn to construct and analyze a Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) using a real-world Evansville riverfront redevelopment scenario.
A 2-page comprehensive unit study guide for Day 7. Helps students review core terms, PPC curve properties, economic systems, and local industrial scenarios before the final exam.
A comprehensive 4-day project-based learning unit where students design and run a simulated food truck business. Through this hands-on scenario, they discover, graph, and apply the principles of demand, supply, shifting markets, and market equilibrium.
Days 1-2. A 70-minute block-focused introduction exploring scarcity and the four factors of production (land, labor, capital, entrepreneurship). Heavily emphasizes local Evansville giants like Toyota Indiana, Berry Global, and Mead Johnson.
A 2-page student worksheet comparing the market, command, and mixed economic systems, and exploring how incentives shape investment decisions in Indiana's economy.
