Increasing Student Engagement with History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals


	#### “What I really like about the TCI curriculum is that it’s much more engaging than any other curricular materials I’ve ever accessed. ” Bill Casertano

Grade: High School
Subject: U.S. History
District: Ledyard Public Schools, Connecticut
TCI Program: History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals
Teaching with TCI Since: 2012

Fighting the Cold War at Home

Students play the “red dot” game to help them understand anticommunist hysteria.

This activity leverages the Experiential Exercise teaching strategy, which makes abstract ideas or remote events accessible and meaningful by tapping into intrapersonal and body kinesthetic intelligences.

Popular Culture in the Roaring Twenties

Students enact a Roaring Twenties party and record notes about individual achievements and popular culture trends of the 1920s.

The Cold War Expands

Students play the role of CIA agents to gather information about Cold War situations around the world.

This activity leverages the Social Studies Skill Builder teaching strategy, which turns the traditional, rote tasks usually associated with skill-based worksheets into more dynamic, interactive activities.