What Makes Us Human

A three-part cognitive psychology series designed for Grades 9-12. Students learn the science of automation, explore how to isolate triggers and cravings, redesign unhelpful routines, and restructure their environments to make habit modification effortless.

Lesson 8 of the Habit Architects unit. Students learn how to design personal reward structures and periodic tracking audits to maintain long-term habit health and recover quickly from routine disruptions.

A hands-on student worksheet providing a 7-day tracking log, a micro-reward design space, and a system diagnostic checklist to identify, adjust, and recover disrupted habit routines.

Create a multi-lesson sequence covering the Cold War, focusing on origins, global expansion, and domestic impacts.

Lesson 7 of the Habit Architects unit. Students deconstruct how social groups influence habit cues and design supportive loops to engineer collective habits.

A 7-slide presentation illustrating the science of behavioral tracking, micro-rewards, systems audits, and resilience strategies to maintain long-term habit health, styled in a chalkboard theme.

A comprehensive unit on child development from birth through age 18, focusing on physical, cognitive, and social-emotional growth across early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence.

Lesson 6 of the Habit Architects unit. Students learn to align routines with cognitive self-image, shifting focal points from task-completion to personality-alignment.

A hands-on student worksheet where students deconstruct how social groups influence habit cues and design supportive loops to engineer collective habits.

A comprehensive instructional sequence designed for high school CTE pathways in Education & Training and Human Services. The unit introduces students to the foundational theories, modern research methodologies, and instructional models (pedagogy vs. andragogy) that govern lifespan human development.

Lesson 5 of the Habit Architects unit. Students learn how to sequence routines using anchor points, attaching new behaviors onto strong automated habits.

A 7-slide presentation illustrating how peer networks and social environments influence habit cues, detailing strategies to build supportive social loops for collective success, styled in a chalkboard theme.