Assessing the Significance of Agents of Socialization
By Jill Stiemsma
In this learning object you'll explore how agents of socialization shape a person's life and you'll map the significant events, places, and people that have shaped your life.
Sources of Government Power
By Nancy McFadden
In this learning activity you'll apply information about three different sources of governmental power: Unitary, Confederate, and Federal to world governments.
A Theoretical Analysis of Religion
By Deb DeRosso
In this interactive object, learners examine the structural-functional, social-conflict, and symbolic interaction analyses of religion. A mind map and quiz questions are included.
Evaluate Your Stress Journal
By Kathy Lich
In this learning activity you'll evaluate your stress journals by responding to questions to identify potential stressors of their future careers and personal lives.
A Rabbit or a Duck: An Ambiguous Figure
By Carol May
In this learning activity you'll discover how perception influences understanding.
The Amazon Rain Forest
By Virginia Kirsch
Learners read about the world's largest rain forest. A map is provided.
The Symbolic Interaction Theoretical Approach
In this interactive object, learners view a mind map of the symbolic interaction Approaches and answer questions about communication and symbols.
Angles Within Angles
In this learning activity you'll discover how visual perception of size is influenced by what's surrounding an image.
Overcoming Barriers to Critical Thinking: People-Related Obstacles
By Therese Nemec
The learner will identify techniques to use to overcome people-related barriers to critical thinking.
Seven Barriers to Listening
The learner will identify common barriers to effective listening.
Free Exercise of Religion - U.S. Supreme Court Case: Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. and Ernesto Picardo v. City of Hialeah
In this learning activity you'll review the facts and interpretations, determine a verdict, and respond to questions.
Pie Charts/ Basic Social Studies (Video)
By Barbara Laedtke
Students interpret pie chart information and identify the parts of a chart in an interactive exercise.
Monitoring Your Stress Level
In this learning activity you'll explore the benefits of journaling to evaluate levels of stress. You can personalize the design of your own journal and print it for immediate use.
Australia/New Zealand
Learners view maps of Australia and New Zealand and locate the territories and states of these countries in an interactive exercise.
The Production Possibility Model (Screencast)
By Nicole Paplham
In this learning activity you'll construct a production possibility model.
The Federal Reserve System
By Karyl Nicholson
Students read about the Federal Reserve System's structure and goals and the tools it uses to control the flow of money and credit in the economy. At the end of this activity, learners are asked to write how they would solve specific economic problems if they served on the Fed's Board of Governors.
Stacked Cubes: An Unstable Figure
In this learning activity you'll discover how visual perception influences your understanding of unstable figures.
The U.S. National Debt
Learners examine how the National Debt occurs and trace its history from the time of the Revolutionary War through the present.
U.S. Supreme Court Case: Lemon v. Kurtzman
In this learning activity you'll review the facts and interpretations of this court case, determine a verdict, and respond to questions.
SQ3R
In this learning activity you'll be explore independent and cooperative learning strategies to support retention of the material.
Barriers to Critical Thinking: Being Human
The learner will explore basic human limitations that create barriers to critical thinking including selective thinking, false memories, and perceptual limitations.
East Timor
In this learning activity you'll read about the history of one of the world's newest nations and test their knowledge with a short quiz.
Pacific Rim
Students read about the world's active volcanoes that make up the "Ring of Fire." In an interactive exercise, they locate these volcanoes on maps.
International Exchange Rates
By Steve Anderson
In this learning activity you'll calculate exchange rates to determine the impact of prices of exports and imports.
Central America
In this learning activity you'll locate the countries of Central America on a map.