This case shows the teacher engaging the students in political discussion and debating about the different political candidates and issues on the 2010 ballot.

This case shows a teacher managing small group work and students discussing their opinions about a specific Supreme Court case and then writing their majority and dissenting opinions.

In this video, students are exploring elements of effective presentations and are practicing their presentation skills through peer-assessment and self-assessment tools. The teacher facilitates the development of students' listening, speaking, and viewing skills through a unit on community helpers and utilizes parent presentations, YouTube videos, and students' own videoed presentations to the class.

This case shows a teacher supporting students' discussions on individualism and students sharing opinions and trying to come to a consensus.

In this case the teacher is facilitating a whole group discussion on women in politics and the students are sharing with their peers what they have learned regarding the views and triumphs of specific women in politics.

This case shows a teacher supporting students during a small-group discussion on citizenship and immigration and students evaluating the effectiveness of government policies and designing a new set of policies based on what they learned and their own personal experiences.

This case shows a teacher facilitating a Socratic Seminar and students referring to their research in graphic organizers to discuss if voting should be voluntary or mandatory and making connections to their immigrant parents' experiences with voting.

This case shows a teacher using specific classroom management strategies to clearly explain instructions, expectations and outcomes to students. Students then conduct small group discussions where they articulate different perspectives about immigration policy in the U.S.

This case shows a teacher circulating around the classroom managing group work and students discussing how economic decision-making is impacted by historical events.

This case shows a teacher assessing and directing small groups of students and students talking about specific case studies and whether those cases are a violation of human rights.

In this case the teacher monitors small group work while students discuss four different ways citizens can protest as well as the benefits to each method and the most effective method.

This case shows a teacher observing students and students working collaboratively on an activity to determine if an excerpt is Republican or Democratic.

This case shows a teacher facilitating a discussion about voter apathy, and students asking questions, expressing opinions and preparing for rebuttals.

This case shows a teacher facilitating discussion with student groups and students planning citizenship skits to demonstrate different problems and how they can be solved.

This case shows a teacher supporting group sharing of student research on famous Americans, and students presenting their posters containing biographical information and timelines and asking questions of the presenters.

This case shows a teacher helping her students understand the significance of our nation's symbols and songs and students singing, performing, and discussing what they know and have learned.

This case shows a teacher facilitating collaborative group work and leading a classroom discussion on needs, and students creating community needs collages that require collaboration across groups in order to collect the resources to complete the assignment, and discussing their strategies.

This case shows a teacher developing critical and analytic thinking while using various strategies and materials to focus student attention, and students discussing their own family traditions, and the shared experience of watching a pinata-making demonstration and making a class pinata.

In this case the teacher is facilitating discussion about current issues involving race relations and students are analyzing the Constitution, Supreme Court decisions relating to race, and President Obama's 'A More Perfect Union' speech, communicating with each other and using teamwork skills to identify and evaluate solutions to improve race relations.