Is the United States Falling? – Inquiry-Based Learning

Is the United States Falling? is an Inquiry-Based Learning opportunity your students will remember for years to come! Absorbed in research about an ancient empire, your students will uncover the trends in growing and waning empires. Once they have developed an understanding of an empire, they will use that information to analyze the United States and present the information to Congress with respect to areas of concern for the United States in order to help fight decline. This unit is presented in its entirety; however, variations are included that allow for differing technological resources and time.

The world we live in today is a far cry from the world our educators knew as students. Today our world is globally connected, technologically driven, and dependent on creative problem solving and critical thinking. To keep up with the demands of the future world, our students need to be immersed in lessons that address our global, technological society as well as reinforce thinking skills that elicit positive contributions to society. Is the United States Falling? does just that. Immerse your students in this comprehensive unit that will allow them to explore empires around the world and ultimately analyze their own country that will demonstrate their understanding of the rise and fall of an empire and allow them the opportunity to utilize their creativity and critical thinking skills to help the United States be stronger and fight a potential decline.

“My gifted students went crazy with this! They couldn’t stop talking about it in all their other classes. That’s the sign of a good resource.” Stacey E.