No, Pero Why?

For educators

The field guides.

Every case, built like an illustrated case file: a story opener, the evidence, a 45-minute workshop, seven differentiated routes from grade 6 through AP and IB, annotated student work, a one-page rubric, standards and a civic action. Open one on screen or print it.

  • PR / strategic communicationsPlanning what to say, to whom, through which channel and how to fix it when you get something wrong.
  • Legal conceptsThe basic ideas lawyers and courts use, like the difference between a claim and evidence, or which rules apply where.
  • Social lawLaws that protect people at work and in hard times, like minimum wage, safe workplaces and Social Security.
  • Education lawThe federal and state rules about students’ rights at school, like IDEA, Section 504, FERPA, Title IX and student speech.
  • Education policyThe choices governments and districts make about what schools teach, how they are funded and how results are measured.
  • Social policyHow communities decide to meet needs like housing, health, work and shared space, and who carries the costs.
  • Civic learningThe knowledge, skills and habits people use to take part in public life, from reading the news to speaking at a meeting.
1Civic learningBefore you repostWhat can a screenshot actually prove?2Education lawSame test. More questionsDoes this task show what someone knows?3PR / strategic communicationsThe apology is not the repairWhat makes a correction more useful than “sorry”?4Social policyWhose room is it, anyway?Who gets a say when a shared space changes?Rafa and Caio review sharing permissions on a phone.5Education lawWho gets to see your school records?If your family helps pay for school, what are they allowed to see?Anika records a voice-memo idea while Mateo listens beside a phone on a mini tripod.6Legal conceptsA protest is not one legal questionWhen does a school get to limit what students say?Gia rehearses an update beside a phone tripod as Jordy, wearing visible hearing aids, supports small pink-and-blue megaphone Voz on an open palm.7Social lawOkay… where did the rest of my paycheck go?Why is my deposit smaller than what I earned?At an accessible white table, Mari passes a yellow invitation sheet to Sami while Caio listens and Nexo connects the calendar with the evening clock.8Social policy“It’s our policy” is not the endWhen a new building rule appears, who wrote it and who does it affect?Dec operates the switch on the theatre light circuit while Anika watches the glow and Mari shares his pleased look, with Pauta beside their open task.9Education policyFollow the school moneyThe district budget is huge. Why is the theatre curtain still falling apart?Mateo in a cobalt overshirt and Gia in a yellow cardigan compare their notes outside the Common Room.10Civic learningGive your comment a destinationHow do you make a public comment that actually lands?Caio, Mari and Gia set up a camera shoot in a bright studio.11PR / strategic communicationsIs it a recommendation or an ad?If a creator got the product free, do viewers need to know?Sami, Jordy and Mateo map a story with visual cards on a whiteboard.12Legal conceptsA city you can actually reachIf the usual route is blocked, whose job is it to make the trip work?Lupa checks the doorway visible in a full courtyard image but missing from a crop.13PR / strategic communicationsLooks real. What proves it?A realistic image says the courtyard flooded today. What would it take to post that as true?Duda compares an abstract phone notification with a blank event card.14Civic learningA good choice for whom?Ten free seats, thirty people who want one. How should the crew decide?Nexo checks a meeting tile against a work-shift bar and clock.15Social lawInternship, or someone’s unpaid job?When is an unpaid internship really a job that should be paid?Gia, Mari and Sami share a conversation on an accessible rooftop terrace at sunset.16Education policyWho decides what stays on the shelf?A group chat says one complaint got a novel “banned.” What actually happened, and who decides?Mateo attaches the arrival notice at the Common Room entrance while Gia points out the doorway, Jordy checks the visitor view, and Lupa prompts a final check.17Social lawSame work. Different pay. Why?Jordy and Gia worked the same event. Why are their rates different, and how do you ask?Caio, Mateo and Rafa laugh while looking at photos on a compact digital camera.18Legal conceptsCredit is not the whole copyright answerIf you credit the artist, can you use their track in your film?Anika, Dec and Sami react to a round of their tabletop game.19Social policyBefore it reaches the binCould the crew make less waste before anyone reaches the recycling bin?Mateo and Gia brainstorm the project’s origins in a notebook at a café table.20Civic learningYour ballot is more local than your feed.What’s actually on your ballot, and where do you find out?