Institutional Friction

A three-day social psychology sequence exploring conformity, groupthink, and social influence. Students analyze foundational experiments, compare compliance versus internalization, and dissect modern digital peer pressure and media dynamics.

A comprehensive study of the Atlantic slave trade, the plantation economy, forms of resistance, and the eventual path to emancipation.

A comprehensive multi-day review sequence for psychology units on emotion, motivation, memory, and forgetting, featuring structured study aids, interactive challenges, and practice assessments.

A comprehensive look at economic systems, competition, and the role of government in regulating markets using the cell phone industry as a primary case study.

Social Studies Standards Revision Project for ABC Schools.

A unit exploring the foundations of humanistic psychology, focusing on person-centered approaches, therapeutic relationships, and the drive toward self-actualization.

A comprehensive study of leadership, civil rights, and social ethics through the lens of the film Remember the Titans.

A sequence for high school students (B1+ level) exploring the social and cultural impacts of gentrification in London, focusing on the tension between urban development and local community identity.

A comprehensive overview of four major turning points in United States history: the American Revolution, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, and World War II. This sequence explores how each era redefined the American identity and shifted the nation's trajectory.

A comprehensive 10-day unit exploring the causes, courses, and consequences of four major world-altering revolutions: American, French, Industrial, and China's Communist Revolution. Students will analyze political and economic drivers, human costs, and lasting global impacts through comparative study.

A deep dive into President Lyndon B. Johnson's domestic agenda, focusing on the Great Society's attempts to eliminate poverty and racial injustice. This sequence examines the legislative milestones of the mid-1960s and their lasting impact on American society and government.

An intensive two-week exploration of the Classical Period's greatest powers—Persia, China, and Rome. Students act as 'Imperial Architects,' analyzing the structural components that allowed these empires to rise, flourish, and eventually crumble.

A deep dive into the rise of totalitarianism in the 20th century, focusing on the social, economic, and political factors that allowed dictators to seize and maintain absolute power.