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Public Policy Project by Josue Franco Inspiring publicly spirited and scholarly minded students means utilizing our knowledge of political ideals, institutions, and behaviors, and exploring the lifecycle of public policies – their formation, effectuation, and […]

The Continuing Significance of History: An Active-Learning Simulation to Teach About the Origins of Racial Inequality by Vanessa Stout, Trinity College, Dublin, Kelsy Kretschmer & Christopher Stout, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale We propose that instructors […]

Eurozone Crisis Policy Roundtable Simulation by William Winecoff This exercise asks students to simulate the negotiation process of the eurozone sovereign debt crisis of 2010-2012. Students represent different countries and institutions involved in the crisis […]

Teaching Community Organizing and the Practice of Democracy by Jyl Josephson, Rutgers University–Newark This article builds on the political science literature on the pedagogy of civic engagement by discussing a recent pedagogical experiment that treats […]

Seeing White through Rap: A Classroom Exercise for Examining Race Using a Hip-Hop Video by Robert Stein, Alfred University When discussing race in the classroom, getting students—including, importantly, white students—to see that all people have […]

Teaching Introduction to American Government/Politics: What We Learn from the Visual Images in Textbooks by Marcus D. Allen, Wheaton College & Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville Political science students learn the fundamental principles and […]