Students will learn about the ancient stones on a tiny Pacific island and what they can teach us about Bitcoin, blockchains and the future of money.
Andrew McGill
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Lesson Plan: Future of Work
Students will learn about historical examples of change in the labor force and how artificial intelligence can potentially impact the economy.
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Lesson Plan: Future of College
Students will learn how online education is changing and examine what that might mean for their own future.
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Lesson Plan: Future of Aging — Mini Lesson
Students will learn about the impact on financial systems and other supporting infrastructure of the increase of people 65 and older.
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Lesson Plan: Tracking the Python Threat in the Everglades
Students will learn how Burmese pythons have been multiplying unchecked in the wilds of Florida and what is being done to stop them from devastating the native wildlife populations.
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Lesson Plan: Why We Can’t Have a Civil Conversation About Guns
Students will learn about the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan and how decades later, lawmakers and the American public continue a debate over gun control.
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Lesson Plan: Respectful Conversations in Schools – Patriotism
Students will learn about the Respectful Conversations in Schools (R.C.S.) strategy, a program of the Y.M.C.A.’s Center for Youth Voice, which helps students have important and sometimes difficult conversations while enhancing learning and improving classroom culture. R.C.S. is a structured, content-neutral discussion strategy that helps students reflect on and speak from their own experience, listen carefully to classmates and ask questions of genuine interest to deepen empathy and understanding.In order for a democratic republic to thrive, citizens must be able to express and exchange ideas among themselves as well as with their representatives in government. Effective teachers utilize many strategies to structure student conversations so that they are civil and productive, often requiring students to prepare ahead of time and reference text or evidence. This strategy does not require participants to prepare ahead of time, other than reviewing the outlined steps.R.C.S. includes these consistent elements:
- Small groups (4-5 students)
- Current, often divisive topic
- Discussion ground rules
- Consistent, tailored questions
- Timed discussion segments
- Time for individual and group reflection
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Lesson Plan: The Equal Rights Amendment
Students will learn about the battle in the 1970s between feminists and a group led by the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly over the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, a proposed Constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights for women.
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Lesson Plan: The Yellowstone Fires of 1988
Students will learn how the Yellowstone fires of 1988 created a national controversy that challenged long-held assumptions about the role that fires should play in forestry policy.
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Lesson Plan: A Trusted Pill Turned Deadly. Here’s How Tylenol Made a Comeback.
Students will learn how Tylenol responded when a mysterious killer spiked Tylenol capsules with cyanide and explore other crisis management strategies.
