Students will learn about the Arab-Israeli War of 1948, why the United States remained neutral and how the violation of that neutrality by a small group of Americans played a role in Israel’s victory.
Andrew McGill
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Lesson Plan: The Bystander Effect
Students will learn how social psychologists developed the concept of the bystander effect to explain passive reactions to a shocking crime in 1964, and how that theory can help to explain concerning behavior online today.
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Lesson Plan: The Environment and Natural Resources – Wild Horses
Students will learn about efforts in the early 1970s to enhance environmental regulation and species protections and what happens when those policies lead to conflict – in this case over the wild horse.
Posted inU.S. History
Lesson Plan: The End of the Cold War – Nuclear Winter
Students will learn how a scientific theory of “nuclear winter” shifted the debate over nuclear weapons in the 1980s, and how that hypothesis connects to the 21st century challenge of climate change.
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Lesson Plan: Human Geography – The Population Bomb
Students will learn why concerns about population growth first emerged in the 1970s, why predictions about population were wrong, and what that means for today.
Posted inLaw and Public Policy
Lesson Plan: Journalism and Media Literacy – McDonald’s Hot Coffee
Students will learn how an attention-grabbing news story can easily be misunderstood, resulting in a false narrative that becomes deeply ingrained in the national culture. Journalism students will learn the importance of providing context.
Posted inU.S. History
Lesson Plan: The Moral Panic Over “Superpredators”
Students will learn how politicians of both parties used flawed predictions about the rise of a new class of youthful offenders known as superpredators to justify a series of dramatic changes to the nation’s criminal justice system during the 1990s.
