Students go on "speed dates" where one half of the class is in charge of theoretical articles while the other side takes on case study readings. On their date, they check their compatibility.
Does judicial review threaten democracy? Should Supreme Court Justices be elected? In this two-part debate, students have to address each of these questions.
Jigsaw activities have students work in groups to think about different articles. The groups then come together and share their work to produce one detailed, comprehensive document on all the articles for the week.
Student are challenged to think about the meaning of democracy by evaluating whether section is democratic. This discussion led to the installation of several semester-long democratic tools.
How does economic development affect democracy? This activity has students create visual diagrams for articles on the relationship between economic development and democracy and then pair up to teach the article to the rest of the class.
