Bring civic reasoning and historical empathy to life with this interactive digital museum project on the history of U.S. government shutdowns — from the 1970s to the 2025 shutdown. In this engaging inquiry-based project, students step into the role of museum curators, each researching one “voice” or moment from a past or present shutdown. Working individually or collaboratively, students curate authentic artifacts — news headlines, quotes, photos, political cartoons, or video clips — and interp