We The People

220 Activities

We The People

Dive into the stories and movements that have shaped the world. Learners explore history, government, and civic action while discovering their own place in shaping change. Projects blend research, discussion, and creativity.

Activities

Journey in Time: 9/11

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Journey in Time: 9/11

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students watch videos or view articles about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon that occurred on September 11, 2001. Teams share and discuss their feelings and findings with the whole group. This activity builds reading and awareness skills. It also develops skills in speaking, listening, and empathy.

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Creating the Best Place

Belonging and Community, We The People

Creating the Best Place

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Build on students' sense of place by having students work together to plan and consider ideas for improving a neighborhood. In this activity, they share drawings or other models, and then recognize that people may have different ideas for the neighborhoods in which they want to live.

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Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

40 Minutes

This is the first of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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What Is the European Union?

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

What Is the European Union?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

The European Union (EU) is a political organization that unites several independent nations of Europe. In this activity, students are introduced to the European Union, its history and attributes, and its role in world affairs.

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All About Eastern Europe: You Be the TV Reporter

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

All About Eastern Europe: You Be the TV Reporter

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students work in small groups to research major countries in Eastern Europe and then conduct interviews with other students about those countries.

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Let’s Learn About Texas

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Let’s Learn About Texas

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs to research Texas and then create a map of the state showing what they learned and have a gallery walk.

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Take a Vote! Choose a Group Mascot

Belonging and Community, We The People

Take a Vote! Choose a Group Mascot

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

Students explore the purpose and process of voting. They begin by defining key terms such as vote and election. They develop the concept of voting by listening to a children’s picture book. Then, they use what they have learned to make a campaign poster for an animal to become the group mascot. If time allows, the group holds a secret ballot election for the mascot.

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Designing Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students engage in a four-week learning experience focused on designing Innovator Trading Cards that highlight lesser-known Black American innovators—past and present—whose ideas, creativity, problem-solving, and leadership shaped American history and community life. Each week introduces a new theme aligned to a color, helping learners recognize patterns in how people contribute to communities. This activity focuses on learning about innovators, closely reading informational texts, and creating trading cards that will later be used in a collaborative game during Week 4.

This is the first of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.

Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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Children in World War II

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Children in World War II

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students work in small groups to research children’s experiences during World War II. Each group focuses on a different aspect of the experience to develop a short play that they perform for the larger group.

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Public Speaking

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Public Speaking

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

1 Hour

In this activity, students plan, research, and deliver a presentation.

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Stories from Other Cultures

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Stories from Other Cultures

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

Students read selections from global literature, and then discuss the works from thematic, cultural, and historical perspectives. They also compare and contrast their selections with a familiar work of American fiction.

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Career Bingo (Grades 3-5)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Career Bingo (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students learn about a wide variety of careers as they play a version of bingo.

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Journey in Time: 9/11

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Journey in Time: 9/11

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Creating the Best Place

Belonging and Community, We The People

Creating the Best Place

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

40 Minutes

This is the first of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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What Is the European Union?

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

What Is the European Union?

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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All About Eastern Europe: You Be the TV Reporter

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

All About Eastern Europe: You Be the TV Reporter

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

Students work in small groups to research major countries in Eastern Europe and then conduct interviews with other students about those countries.

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Let’s Learn About Texas

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Let’s Learn About Texas

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students work in pairs to research Texas and then create a map of the state showing what they learned and have a gallery walk.

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Take a Vote! Choose a Group Mascot

Belonging and Community, We The People

Take a Vote! Choose a Group Mascot

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Designing Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

This is the first of two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1 focuses on the theme of the week, learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.

Activity 2 focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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Children in World War II

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Children in World War II

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 8

45 Minutes

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Public Speaking

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Public Speaking

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

1 Hour

In this activity, students plan, research, and deliver a presentation.

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Stories from Other Cultures

Stories and Perspectives, We The People

Stories from Other Cultures

Mizzen Education, Inc.

9 - 12

45 Minutes

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Career Bingo (Grades 3-5)

Future Ready: Learning and Earning, We The People

Career Bingo (Grades 3-5)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students learn about a wide variety of careers as they play a version of bingo.

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Exploring 'The 1619 Project'

Digital Voices, We The People

5 Activities

Exploring 'The 1619 Project'

Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

3 Hours 45 Minutes

This module is designed to introduce students to The 1619 Project, an initiative of The New York Times Magazine that examines the legacy of slavery in contemporary U.S. systems and society, and celebrates Black Americans' contributions to democracy.

Students will explore images, multimedia, and short text excerpts associated with the project. They will strengthen their knowledge and critical thinking skills through engaging discussion and hands-on activities such as a fact-sorting challenge, a gallery walk, and the collaborative construction of a timeline of racial (in)justice.

For more activities that explore the injustices of slavery and uplift the resistance and innovation of Black Americans, visit The 1619 Project playlist from the Pulitzer Center, also available on Mizzen.

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10 Activities Exploring Black History Month

We The People, Belonging and Community

8 Activities

10 Activities Exploring Black History Month

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 8

7 Hours 30 Minutes

Explore our curated playlist of activities for Black History month in Mizzen. These activities span the topics of social justice, civil rights, the civil war, abolitionist leaders and more. Allow Mizzen to help with planning Black History Month for students and get started with these activities today.

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Leadership and Teamwork

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

9 Hours 10 Minutes

The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, hands-on playlist that helps young learners explore how stories, creativity, problem-solving, and leadership shape communities and American history. Through engaging texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities in literacy, STEM, the arts, and teamwork, students discover lesser-known Black Americans whose voices and ideas have made a lasting impact. Each week introduces a new theme that strengthens early reading skills, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking, while giving learners multiple opportunities to apply their understanding through play and exploration. Designed for easy facilitation and joyful learning, this playlist shows that innovation takes many forms—and that every voice matters.

For a consistent learning experience, it is recommended that this collection be completed in the sequence outlined below. This allows learners to apply the weekly themes from the Innovator Playing Cards through supplementary activities.

Week 1: Storytelling and Voice

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

New End to the Story

Round Robin Storytelling

Animal Interviews

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Balanced Mobile

Sound on a String

Mechanical Engineering Tops

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Masquerade Masks

Music and Rhythm (Grades k-2)

Creative Play Design Challenges

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

People Bingo

What is a Quality

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The 1619 Project for Grades 2–6: Exploring Enslavement and Resistance

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

10 Activities

The 1619 Project for Grades 2–6: Exploring Enslavement and Resistance

Pulitzer Center

K - 8

This collection offers students an engaging, affirming introduction to the concepts of history, culture, and resistance to injustice, all while centering the experiences of Black Americans. Activities guide students in multimedia explorations, personal reflections, and group discussions before culminating in a range of hands-on projects, including research, art, creative writing, and presentations. Students are consistently encouraged to reflect on how they can honor the contributions of Black Americans and build a more just world for all people.

Using elementary-friendly text and multimedia resources, students will learn about the history, culture, and resistance of early African civilizations; enslaved Black Americans; and contemporary Black American communities. At the core of these resources is The 1619 Project, an award-winning collection of journalism and history resources about the legacy of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans in moving the country towards its stated ideals.

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Clay Projects Inspired by Mesoamerican Culture

We The People, Arts in Action

7 Activities

Clay Projects Inspired by Mesoamerican Culture

OregonASK

3 - 8

7 Hours

This module includes fun, hands-on clay projects using air-dry clay that focus on simple techniques like coil, slab, and pinch construction of vessels, animals, and human forms inspired by Mesoamerican Culture and history.

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Leadership and Teamwork

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

9 Hours 10 Minutes

The American History: Elevating Black Voices Collection is a weekly, inquiry-driven playlist that invites learners to examine how storytelling, innovation, creativity, and leadership shape American history and civic life. Through complex texts, Innovator Trading Cards, and theme-based activities across literacy, STEM, the arts, and collaborative problem-solving, students engage with lesser-known Black Americans—whose contributions have influenced systems, culture, and community change. Each week introduces a thematic lens that builds historical analysis, critical reading, argumentation, and interdisciplinary thinking, culminating in a challenge-based game that requires evidence, reasoning, and collaboration. Designed to support meaningful discussion and application, this Collection highlights innovation as a collective process and underscores the power of amplifying voices that shape our shared history.

This collection is designed to have learners apply ideas from the weekly themes introduced through the Innovator Playing Cards with additional related activities; it is recommended to follow this sequence to maintain consistency:

Week 1: Storytelling and Voice

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

What Makes a Good Story?

One Minute Speeches

Erasure Poetry as Resistance

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Cell City

Catapult (Team Building) Game

Build an Extension Arm

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Create a Cardboard Self-Portrait

Improv: Say the Line

How to Look at Dance

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Playing Innovator Trading Cards

Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice

Dream Team

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Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Leadership and Teamwork

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

2 Hours

This collection invites learners to analyze the work of lesser-known Black American innovators and transform their learning into a collaborative, challenge-based experience. Students design Innovator Trading Cards by closely reading informational texts, identifying historical context, and synthesizing each innovator’s contribution using evidence and symbolism. In the final game, learners apply teams of innovators to complex community scenarios, justifying their choices with text-based reasoning and historical insight. Together, the card design and gameplay encourage critical thinking, interdisciplinary connections, and a deeper understanding of how innovation, leadership, and culture shape society.

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Activities to Engage with 'The 1619 Project'

Digital Voices, We The People

11 Activities

Activities to Engage with 'The 1619 Project'

Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

11 Hours 15 Minutes

Welcome to The 1619 Project playlist for afterschool educators!

These activities give various entry points into exploring the legacy of slavery in contemporary U.S. systems and society, and celebrating Black Americans' contributions to democracy. Each activity is designed for facilitation across one or two 45-minute sessions, and can be completed in any order. To provide a strong foundation for exploring the project, consider starting with the activities entitled "Introducing The 1619 Project," "The Idea of America," and/or "Visualizing the Legacy of Slavery."

Activities in this playlist engage images, podcasts, video, and text excerpts from the project. Students will have the opportunity to connect with the content and one another through meaningful discussions and collaborative team challenges; deepen their research and presentation skills by sharing stories of Black innovators; activate their creativity through writing and visual art; hone their media literacy skills; build historical knowledge; and more.

The 1619 Project is an initiative of The New York Times Magazine that challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date. The Pulitzer Center is the official education partner for the project.

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Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Leadership and Teamwork

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

1 Hour

Students will engage in a four-week learning experience focused on creating innovator trading cards. This project allows them to explore and highlight the varied contributions of Black Americans to their communities, developing key skills such as listening, drawing, speaking, and foundational categorization. In the final week, Week 4, students will use their completed trading cards to determine the most suitable type of community helper for various scenarios.

There are two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1, Designing Innovator Trading Cards, focuses on the "theme of the week," learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2, Playing Innovator Trading Cads, focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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Exploring 'The 1619 Project'

Digital Voices, We The People

5 Activities

Exploring 'The 1619 Project'

Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

3 Hours 45 Minutes

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10 Activities Exploring Black History Month

We The People, Belonging and Community

8 Activities

10 Activities Exploring Black History Month

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 8

7 Hours 30 Minutes

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Arts in Action, STEM Lab: Build, Tinker, Explore, Leadership and Teamwork

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

9 Hours 10 Minutes

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

New End to the Story

Round Robin Storytelling

Animal Interviews

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Balanced Mobile

Sound on a String

Mechanical Engineering Tops

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Masquerade Masks

Music and Rhythm (Grades k-2)

Creative Play Design Challenges

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Playing Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

People Bingo

What is a Quality

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The 1619 Project for Grades 2–6: Exploring Enslavement and Resistance

We The People, Stories and Perspectives

10 Activities

The 1619 Project for Grades 2–6: Exploring Enslavement and Resistance

Pulitzer Center

K - 8

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Clay Projects Inspired by Mesoamerican Culture

We The People, Arts in Action

7 Activities

Clay Projects Inspired by Mesoamerican Culture

OregonASK

3 - 8

7 Hours

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American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Leadership and Teamwork

13 Activities

American History: Elevating Black Voices (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

9 Hours 10 Minutes

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

What Makes a Good Story?

One Minute Speeches

Erasure Poetry as Resistance

Week 2: Inventing and Problem Solving

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Cell City

Catapult (Team Building) Game

Build an Extension Arm

Week 3: Creativity and Expression

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Create a Cardboard Self-Portrait

Improv: Say the Line

How to Look at Dance

Week 4: Leadership and Change

Designing Innovator Trading Cards

Playing Innovator Trading Cards

Analyzing and Constructing Timelines of Racial (In)justice

Dream Team

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Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Leadership and Teamwork

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (6-12)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

6 - 12

2 Hours

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Activities to Engage with 'The 1619 Project'

Digital Voices, We The People

11 Activities

Activities to Engage with 'The 1619 Project'

Pulitzer Center

6 - 12

11 Hours 15 Minutes

Welcome to The 1619 Project playlist for afterschool educators!

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Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

We The People, Stories and Perspectives, Leadership and Teamwork

2 Activities

Innovator Trading Cards (K-2)

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 2

1 Hour

There are two activities in the Innovator Trading Card Collection:

Activity 1, Designing Innovator Trading Cards, focuses on the "theme of the week," learning about the innovators and their influence, and designing the innovator trading cards.
Activity 2, Playing Innovator Trading Cads, focuses on facilitating the associated game to reinforce learning.

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