Social studies
Psychology Then and Now: Perspectives and Branches
Students match the major schools of psychology to their key ideas, then sort real-world research scenarios into the branches of psychology.
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Read Like a Historian: An Invented Letter to the Editor
Students analyze an invented 1911 letter to the editor for author, purpose, bias, fact versus opinion, and missing viewpoints.
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Reconstruction After the Civil War: Fact-Check the Notes
Students read about Reconstruction, match the three Reconstruction Amendments, and fact-check a classmate’s study notes for errors.
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Research Methods: Correlation, Experiments and Ethics
Students interpret a small data table, separate correlation from causation, design a simple experiment on paper and match ethics principles to examples.
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Rights and Responsibilities: Two Sides of Citizenship
Students read a short explanation, sort everyday scenarios into rights and responsibilities, and explain how the two connect.
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Rights of the Accused: Four Amendments and Three Landmark Cases
Students learn what the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments protect and match scenarios and landmark cases to them.
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Road to Independence: A Timeline from 1763 to 1783
Students match eight Revolutionary-era events to their dates, calculate the years between them, and answer questions on cause and effect.
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Scarcity and Opportunity Cost: The Corner Bakery
Students define scarcity, find opportunity costs in everyday choices, and read a bakery production table to see rising opportunity costs and incentives.
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Sensation vs. Perception: How the Brain Fills In the Picture
Students read about sensation, perception, Gestalt principles and depth cues, then match examples and analyze illusions described in words.
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Spot the Technique: Media Literacy and Propaganda
Students learn eight persuasion and propaganda techniques, identify them in made-up ads and slogans, and practice asking smart questions about any source.
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Stress and Coping: Build a Personal Toolkit
Students learn about stress types and coping styles, sort coping strategies, and draft a simple plan for handling a common school stressor.
Social studies
Supply and Demand: Finding Equilibrium and Predicting Price Changes
Students find equilibrium in a market table, identify shortages and surpluses, and predict how real-world events shift supply and demand.