Read and investigate
Examine public purposes, consent, accountability, budget choices and equal protection. Ask what the evidence establishes and what remains uncertain.
A practical place to begin
Can your students defend an answer with evidence?
Give civic learning a clear structure. Ma’at Research Simulation Tasks connect source analysis, collaborative reasoning, mathematics, scientific inquiry and evidence based writing.
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Week 1 · Why Government?
Move from a question to a supported civic judgment.
Central question: When does government serve the people, and how can people judge its performance?
Reason across disciplines
Calculate budget shares and opportunity costs. Consider how a fair survey could measure access to a public service and what the sample might miss.
Write with evidence
Develop a claim using RACE: Restate, Answer, Cite and Explain. Connect evidence to reasoning and acknowledge a limitation.
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One weekly RST
A 13 page student print PDF and separate eight page Teacher Notes and Answer Key. Each weekly RST costs $39.99 annually for an individual educator or $100 annually for one school.
Ten distinct inquiries
Explore government, representation, the Constitution, federalism, rights, the three branches, checks and balances, and constitutional design. Each unit is available separately.
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Created by an educator
Meet Terrence Knox.
Terrence Knox is the founder of Ma’at Cultural Curriculum Consultants and author of The RST Method: Forging Student Collaboration and Critical Thinking. He holds a BA in World History and master’s degrees in Elementary Education and Special Education.
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