A 40-80 minute exercise where students assess how well a system or organization is working, applied to anything from their school to a historical situation, to practice fair-minded, evidence-based evaluation.

A 20-25 minute exercise, framed by Einstein’s advice to spend most of an hour defining a problem, that teaches students to dig past a surface complaint to find the real, underlying issue.

Helps students discover that their own key issues aren’t the only ones worth caring about, and that others may frame a shared issue very differently, through a process adaptable to national, state, or local topics.

Sparks discussion about the pros and cons of students’ own community, revealing how people can view the same facts differently, using Force Field Theory to identify what helps and hinders positive outcomes.