Active Learning Activities

Put Your Theory on Trial

Scaffolded debate that explores the nuances of a belief that the teacher has introduced.

Taskmaster: Diction Icebreakers

These gamified activities will help sensitize students to the nuances of diction and allow them to work together.

From Bauhaus to Britney: A Catchall Timeline

Students map key movements in Architecture and Design alongside social, political, artistic, economic, and tech milestones.

Reimagining the Reading Quiz: Peer Instruction in English

Students do a reading quiz in class and revise their answers after developing and sharing a rationale for their choice.

More Than One Way to Cook an Egg: Exploring Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Teams explore Gardner's Theory, present one component, summarize presentation content, and conduct a self-assessment.

Who Are You? A Multidimensional Examination of Self-Concept

Students investigate their self-concept, compare it to a classmate, assess differences between self- and social perception.

Can I Use the Internet?

Peerwise Assignment: Human Body

Exam Preparation

Blended Learning

Instructional Survey

5 Senses Lab

Peer Review

Problem-based Learning: Research Project

Urban Planning Project

Gender Socialization throughout the Life Course

Students complete a grid that illustrates different life periods that reinforce gender narratives.

In-Class Think Pieces: Course Pack

Vénus d’Ille: Police Enquiry

Durkheim Suicide: Functionalist and Conflict Theory

Sustainability Development Plan (Part 1 and Part 2)

Rédaction d’un Paragraphe de Texte Expressif

Let’s Role Play the French Revolution!

Pratique d’écriture

Rhetorical Strategies