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Sharing Political Science Teaching Resources

Sharing Political Science Teaching Resources

Reading Time: < 1 minute Author: Emily Farris, Texas Christian University I am a syllabus and teaching resources hoarder. If you open my Dropbox folder system, you’ll see way too many documents of syllabi and...

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Constitution Trivia: Test Your Knowledge

Reading Time: < 1 minute How well do your students know some of the history surrounding the constitution? We’ve put together our own 10 question quiz that you can feel free to either use in...

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How to Use a Password Manager

24 seconds] Virtually all security professionals agree that the most secure means of managing all of our long, complex, and unique passwords that we have for...

Why It's Important to Secure ALL Your Passwords

Why It’s Important to Secure ALL Your Passwords

29 seconds] Suppose that you have something very valuable (rare gemstone, roll of cash, whatever, just play along here for a moment) in your house. Unfortunately,...

How Do Optical Illusions Work?

How Do Optical Illusions Work?

Optical illusions have long been a source of interest for many years. Among his renowned academic interests, Joseph Jastrow was noted for his work on optical illusions. His landmark paper on...

Embarrassing Usage Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)

Embarrassing Usage Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)

Reading Time: < 1 minute Improving Writing Skills Sometimes, even the most intelligent people make mistakes when using common phrases, leading to some embarrassing moments. Can you identify what’s wrong with the phrases below? Check...

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What Are The Odds?

Here’s a quick exercise you can do to demonstrate why understanding statistics and probability is important. The Birthday Paradox Consider a Group You Know: ask your students to think about a...

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Would You Be the First Person to Do The Right Thing?

Reading Time: < 1 minute A while back, a crowd of people boarded a subway car in New York City and discovered Nazi symbolism written everywhere. Many riders did nothing, but one person stood up...

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