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Geography studies the relationships between earth, its features, and the distribution of life on earth, including the effects of human activity.

Game Theory

Go to Jail. Go Directly to Jail!

This series icebreaker explores the idea of private ownership by considering how the United States Trademark & Patent Office (USPTO) awarded two patents to two different entrepreneurs for one very similar concept. Begging the question: does everyone have a shot at free parking?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Context

You Are Not the Center of the Universe

This JAM puts Galileo’s contributions to science and society into historical context by creating one timeline based on multiple sets of cause and effect. Called to testify—guilty or innocent—how in God’s name can one man defend science?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Perspective

Aloutte, Gentille Aloutte

The Doctrine of Discovery is a legal doctrine issued by the Church that gave European monarchs the right to claim new land, provided it wasn’t inhabited by Christians. Today, the idea of combining Church & State objectives seems odd. This JAM takes pause for perspective, considering what Catholic priests, French Kings, voyageurs and courier des bois held in common with First Nations—and what they didn’t.

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Change

Nation 2 Nation

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson’s diplomats arranged to purchase France’s claim to Louisane for $15,000,000. It might be more accurate to say the US bought the sole right to buy that land if it were for sale. After all, dozens of Native nations laid aboriginal claim to it. But is an aboriginal claim a legal claim?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Conflict

Twelve Knots

Change is inevitable; so is conflict. The good news is that choosing how we engage in conflict could help us shape change in our favor, and without protracted violence. For example, in 1680, 100 years before the Colonies’ War for Independence, New Mexico’s Pueblos launched and won their independence from Spain, and with extraordinary consequences.

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Pre-Game Booklets For All 10 Jams

Game Theory

Context

Perspective

Change

Conflict

Rights

Cooperation

Connection

Trust

Creativity

Rights

Prod, Poke, or Polk?

If European exploration across North America ushered in an age of written laws and Constitutional government, what lessons can we draw from people or nations take things that do not belong to them, whether through the barrel of a gun or the power of the purse?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Cooperation

Thank You For Your Prompt Payment

In 1862, the U.S. was at war with itself, with one faction trying to break free from the Union and the other trying not just to preserve it but EXPAND it. At that rate, did the federal government have the money to accomplish its goals?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Connection

Systems Science

Scientists believe that at one time there were between 30 and 60 million bison roaming the Great Plains. What does that have to do with us today? In fact, connection is everything.

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Trust

Trust Responsibility

The preamble to the US Constitution outlines individuals’ rights in the Bill of Rights, while the main body explains how the federal government’s powers and duties are spread across three co-equal branches; privileges not stated therein go to the states. Meanwhile, 574 Native nations exist with the U.S; can they trust they fit into this design?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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Creativity

Safe Place

Do you have a favorite place? What do you love about it? How much do you love it? Would you sell it? This JAM aims to define, explore, assess & test the value of place; positioning all people to protect their safe place.

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 50 Minutes
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