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We know Framers found inspiration in the Enlightenment, which was grounded in natural rights and segued into natural law.

Game Theory

You Have To See It To Believe It

Pictionary is a drawing game that leaves players speechless. It doesn’t necessarily favor artists or scholars but instead small groups of people who organize and synchronize their minds to accomplish a common goal. But how does that happen?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 30 Minutes
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Context

What’s Your Intention?

Columbus made landfall on a few Caribbean islands in 1492. He met a few Native nations, noting they seemed submissive. Two centuries later, the combined population of North & South America, estimated to have been over 60 million, had declined by over 80%. In between the millennia, European monarchies used religious doctrine to move tens of millions from Africa to the Americas. Why?

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  • Grades 4–5
  • 30 Minutes
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Perspective

For Federalists

In 1787, Shay’s Rebellion rocked the newly formed United States, exposing the weaknesses of first governing system, the Articles of Confederation. Whereby 4,000 farmers in rural Massachusetts—veterans who’d served in the American Revolution, often without pay—struggled against mounting debt. Broke and busted, crying for help, how could no one realize the nation’s survival depended on these farmers’ wellbeing?

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  • Grades 3-2
  • 30 Minutes
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Change

Enlighten Me

The Enlightenment began in Europe around 1700 when scientific inquiry & observation led to natural rights, followed by natural laws. Extraordinary changes followed, inside and outside of Europe. Yet often the more things changed, the more they stayed the same. Just ask Haiti. Or France. Or Thomas Jefferson.

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  • Grades 1-3
  • 30 Minutes
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Conflict

Abomination

Tariffs are taxes, sometimes tools, sometimes weapons, that governments might add to imports and exports. For Southern states who were swimming in sugar and capitalized on cotton—two commodities based on enslaved labor—tariffs threatened to put an end to their duty-free shipping. For Northern states that aimed to compete against Britain’s Industrial Revolution, tariffs were the first step toward innovation.

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

Booklet For Game Theory

Booklet For Context

Booklet For Perspective

Booklet For Change

Booklet For Conflict

Booklet For Rights

Booklet For Cooperation

Game Theory

Go To Jail. Go Directly to Jail!

This JAM explores how the United States Trademark & Patent Office (USPTO) awarded two patents to two different entrepreneurs for one very similar concept. This begs the question: does everyone have a shot at free parking?

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  • Grades 4-5
  • 30 Minutes
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