Purposeful – Relevant – Impactful

Teach locally, Reach globally
Our outreach is free to neighboring urban schools.
Our database of classroom materials is open to the worldwide web.

 

Students in class gather their desks together in discussion
What we have…

AWARD-WINNING PROGRAMS

  • a validated approach – intellectually and pedagogically – for engaging America’s youth in complex analysis of the lessons of history and in responding to contemporary issues
  • a growing database – open to the worldwide web – with an extensive foundation of materials to test, build, and hone our strategies and sharpen our vision
A teacher speaks to a classroom of students.
What we do…

INTERACTIVE COLLABORATION

  • outreach programs that engage USC students in local schools, partnered with teachers – and that bring local students to campus to work with USC student mentors
  • workshops for dialog in the ongoing hands-on process of creating new frameworks and clear, substantive materials
Two people work together to create a poster.
What we want…

AN INNOVATIVE ALTERNATIVE

  • to support leadership of our faculty, students, and partner teachers in creating analytical tools that build an alternative approach to teaching and learning in the social sciences
  • to create a new paradigm supported by teaching resources and ongoing professional dialog needed to realize the vision of vibrant social science classrooms

Your support makes a difference!

The mission is vital; the potential is dazzling.