Simulation Central

Transform Your Classroom into Lincoln’s Cabinet Chamber!It is Christmas Day, 1861. The Civil War is eight months old and going badly for the Union. A rogue U.S. warship has just seized two Confederate diplomats from a British ship on the open sea. The Northern public is celebrating, but Great Britain is furious and mobilizing for war.Your students step into the shoes of President Abraham Lincoln and his top advisers. They face a brutal strategic bind: Hand the prisoners back and face national hu

The Bailout Decision: Gerald Ford and the Rescue of New York City (1975)An Immersive Presidential Decision-Making Simulation for High School StudentsBring fiscal policy, federalism, and modern American history to life with this high-stakes, student-driven simulation! Transport your classroom to the autumn of 1975—a moment of unprecedented domestic financial panic. Your students won’t just read about the near-collapse of America’s largest city; they will step directly into the Cabinet Room to deb

The Volcker Decision: Carter and the Question of Restraint (1979)An Immersive Presidential Decision-Making Simulation for High School StudentsBring macroeconomics, political strategy, and modern American history to life with this high-stakes, student-driven simulation! Transport your classroom to late July 1979—a moment of severe economic crisis. Your students won’t just read about Jimmy Carter’s historic appointment of Paul Volcker to the Federal Reserve; they will step directly into the Oval O

Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers (1981): An Immersive Presidential Decision-Making Simulation for High School StudentsBring history, government, and economics to life with this high-stakes, student-driven simulation! Transport your classroom to August 3, 1981—the chaotic morning of the illegal air traffic controllers' strike. Your students won’t just read about Ronald Reagan's historic decision to terminate 11,000 federal workers; they will step directly into the West Wing to deliberate, d

The Decision at a GlanceIt is Christmas Eve, 1992. President George H.W. Bush has been defeated in the election and is just seven weeks away from leaving office. On his desk at Camp David sits a three-page grant of executive clemency that would pardon six men caught up in the Iran-Contra affair—the scandal that has shadowed the administration for six years.One name on the list changes everything: Caspar Weinberger, the former Secretary of Defense, who is scheduled to stand trial in twelve days.

The Decision at a GlanceIt is Christmas Day, 1861. A United States warship has seized two Confederate diplomats from a British ship on the open sea. The North is celebrating. Britain is furious and is moving toward war. The President must choose: hand the prisoners back and look weak to his own people, or keep them and risk a second war against the world’s strongest navy while the first war is going badly. There is no costless option.This evidence-based classroom simulation stops at the exact mo

The Decision at a GlanceIt is December 7, 1985. President Ronald Reagan has gathered a handful of his most senior advisers in the family quarters of the White House—away from the staff and the note-takers. The subject is a secret so closely held that most of the government does not know it exists. American hostages are being held captive in Beirut by terrorist-linked groups. A secret channel to the Islamic Republic of Iran promises their release—in exchange for American anti-tank missiles.The di

Bring history to life with The Emancipation Decision, a high-stakes presidential simulation that challenges your high school students to step directly into Lincoln’s cabinet! Over 75 to 90 minutes, a student-led Abraham Lincoln must navigate intense, competing pressures from four iconic advisers regarding the timing and scope of the Emancipation Proclamation. But the real magic happens in Phase 3, where the teacher steps in to rigorously "stress-test" the president's decision, turning a classic

Bring legislative compromise, fiscal policy, and modern American history to life with this high-stakes, student-driven simulation! Transport your students to mid-January 1983—a moment of acute domestic crisis. Your students won’t just memorize the historic 1983 Social Security Amendments; they will step directly into the White House Cabinet Room to debate entitlement reform, partisan polarization, and the "third rail" of American politics.Designed as part of the High School Case Method Project,

The Camp David Gamble: Carter and the Pursuit of Middle East Peace (1978)An Immersive Presidential Decision-Making Simulation for High School StudentsTurn your classroom into the White House Situation Room with this high-stakes, student-driven foreign policy simulation! Transport your students to late July 1978—a moment of escalating international tension. Your students won’t just memorize the historic Camp David Accords; they will step directly into the Oval Office to debate geopolitics, nation