Digital Choice Boards and Interactive Learning Materials for Teachers and Students

The following collection features Digital Choice Boards and other interactive learning materials for use by K-12 and college teachers and students for history, social studies, civics, and mathematics/science learning. The collection has been developed by College of Education faculty members Robert W. Maloy, Torrey Trust, and Sharon Edwards along with undergraduate and graduate students from their classes.

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Math Learning Digital Choice Board

Sharon A. Edwards, Sara Shea, and Maddy Hill

This choice board invites students to:
- Make a stop motion animation to teach a math concept.
- Make, fly, and measure your own paper airplane designs.
- Evaluate how math is used in digital games.
- And explore more math learning topics and learn about math and writing connections at our Bookcase for Young Writers.
Writing Poetry: Digital Choice Board Activities for National Poetry Month and All the Other Months Too!

Robert W. Maloy, Sharon A. Edwards, and Torrey Trust

This board invites students and teachers to:
- Take a Haiku or Sciku Hike
- Learn about Langston Hughes and His poetry
- Write a Two-Voice Poem with a friend
- Discover more new-to-you poetry forms and record podcasts of what you write
Ancient China Digital Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy, Emily Morin, and Sara Shea

This choice board invites students to:
- Design a canva presentation about the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.
- Write travel diaries based on the journeys of the Ibn Battula and Marco Polo.
- Learn about ancient Chinese rockets and build your own bubble-powered rocket.
- And explore many more topics presented in the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Africa in Global History Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Create a graphic novel about the city of Timbuktu as a center of learning and trade.
- Build a pyramid with found materials at home while exploring how and why they were built in the past.
- Propose a climate action change plan to address environmental challenges in various geographic places throughout the continent.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Asia in Global History Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Construct and augmented reality exhibit of the Indus Valley Civilization.
- Design a 3D model of an ancient Chinese invention.
- Create a jamboard about the impacts and influences of Gandhi's doctrine of nonviolence.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Asian American Pacific Islander Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Design a mural or sculpture for units of Asian American soldiers during World War II.
- Build an interactive timeline of landmark court decisions involving Asian Americans.
- Write and illustrate a non-fiction comic about the first Chinese American women Air Force pilots.
- Draw a movie poster or write a script for a TV show about the life and times of the last Queen of Hawaii.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki and Building Democracy for All eBook.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Black History Month Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- Describe the life of the first Black woman pilot Bessie Coleman and construct their own paper planes and fly them inside and outside.
- Design a digital story about Marian Anderson, a singer and Civil Rights activist, that connects her experiences to the experiences of Black people today.
- Explore the history of redlining in their state and draft a law that would address the issues that redlining has caused.
- Curate a digital collection about Black baseball players who weren't allowed to play in the majory leagues.
- And explore many more topics covered in Building Democracy for All "Black Lives Matter" Learning Pathway.
Black Lives Matter Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- Learn about protest songs and write a protest song for the Black Lives Matter movement.
- Create a video exploring the history of Black athletes who have engaged in protests.
- Learn about Zelda "Jackie" Ormes, the first African American woman cartoonist, and create a cartoon about her life.
- Explore the contributions of Benjamin Banneker and George Washington Carver to math, science, and politics, and create 3D digital artifacts that represent these contributions.
- And explore many more topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "Black Lives Matter" Learning Pathway.
Civil Rights Transportation Protests Digital Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Write an online blog post about Elizabeth Jennings Graham and the end of racial segregation on New York City streetcars.
- Create a video, book, or movie trailer about Jackie Robinson's 1944 court matrial trial for refusing to give up his seat on a military bus.
- Build a 3D monument - with hand materials or a 3D modeling tool (e.g., Tinkercad) - for John Lewis, James L. Farmer and the Freedom Riders.
- And explore many more topics in The Role of Political Protest in the Building Democracy for All eBook.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Current Events Through the Lens of History Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- Create an interactive digital story about space exploration from the Cold War to present day.
- Evaluate how climate change has been addressed throughout history and draft a proposal for an initiative to reduce the impacts of climate change.
- Create an infographic comparing the COVID-19 pandemic to other pandemics in history.
- And explore many more topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "Current Events" Learning Pathway.
Election 2020 Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- create a public service announcement to increase citizen participation in the election process
- evaluate voting reform proposals
- learn about Gerrymandering
- create a Sketchnote or interactive timeline detailing the history of political parties
- and many more topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All
Europe in Global History Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Create 3D digital artifacts to represent the work of a Renaissance artist or painter.
- Design a digital poster or TikTok-style video about the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Code a Scratch animated story about the impacts of the Industrial Revolution on different social classes in European society.
- Remix present-day song lyrics to create a song about the meaning of the Berlin Airlift or the Berlin Wall.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Foundations of the U.S. Political System Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Explore the foundational features of democracy and evaluate whether social media platforms uphold these features in their community guidelines.
- Write a script for a TV show or movie that portrays Native Americans accurately and explores how Native American government shaped the U.S. government.
- Write an opinion piece about whether the Internet would have been a public utility in the Roman Empire.
- Compare how women Enlightenment thinkers are presented online to how women in science and politics today are presented online.
- And explore many more topics that are included in Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning "Foundations of the U.S. Political System" Topic.
Freedom of the Press and News/Media Literacy Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Evaluate and suggest ways to improve the U.S. ranking on the World Press Freedom Index.
- Critically analyze newspaper photographs.
- Write news reports about an issue from different perspectives and political leanings.
- Design an instructional tool that will help people to critically evaluate news sources.
- And explore many more topics that are covered in Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning "Freedom of the Press and News/Media Literacy" Topic.
History of the Black Press in the U.S. Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Explore how Frederick Douglass fought against slavery and for equality as a writer and a journalist.
- Create an interactive timeline about the history of the Black Press in the U.S.
- Explore Benjamin Banneker's Almanac and write almanac entries of your own.
- Build a 3D monument that showcases the accomplishments of pioneering African American women journalists.
- And explore many more topics related to the Black Press in the U.S.
Institutions of U.S. Government Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Create a movie trailer for a film about the separation of powers between the branches of the U.S. government.
- Write a press release about a Presidential Impeachment.
- Critically evaluate how members of Congress use social media.
- Design an infographic or interactive timeline that presents political campaigning in the past, the present, and future.
- And explore many more topics that are included in Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning "Institutions of U.S. Government Choice Board" Topic.
Middle East (SWANA) in Global History Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Design a number system and write a problem for others to solve.
- Write a script and design a poster for a modern-day movie based on the story of Gilgamesh.
- Curate a Wakelet collection of digital resources highlighting the history of Israel and its Arab neighbors since 1948.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of htis choice board to remix.
National Hispanic Heritage Month Digital Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students and teachers to:
- Write a diary of Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo's explorations and encounters with Native peoples in California.
- Create an interactive timeline of Sylvia Mendez and the struggle for equal education for Latinx children.
- Design a 3D monument celebrating Roberto Clemente's accomplishments as an athlete and activist.
- And explore more topics in Latinx history.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Science & Technology in U.S.History Digital Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Construct an augmented reality exhibit of First American cities.
- Write an interactive digital story about automobile innovation from the Duryea brothers to self-driving cars.
- Create 3D digital artifacts representing the work of 19th century African American inventors.
- And explore many more topics presented in resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki & Building Democracy for All eBook.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix.
Student Legal Rights in School Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Create a stop motion animation about the landmark Mendez v. Westminster case.
- Design a game about the influence Supreme Court decisions have on students' lives.
- Write a paper in praise or protest of their school's dress code along with suggested improvements and changes.
- Create a mosaic expressing one of the rights outlined in the Student Bill of Rights.
- And explore many more topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "Student Rights" Learning Pathway.
The 2021 Inauguration Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- Analyze how various media outlets covered the 2021 Presidential Inauguration.
- Design a replica of the 2021 Inaugural Platform using a 3D modeling tool or recycled materials.
- Review the Oath of Office for the President and Vice President and think about things to add or change.
- Review historical Inaugural poems and write a poem about the 2021 Inauguration.
- And explore many other topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "The Roles of Congress, the President, and the Courts" Topic.
The Americas in Global History Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Create a virtual world about First American homes and ways of living.
- Create an edible book entry using only foods from the Americas that spread throughout the world.
- Develop an interactive story about biodiversity along the Amazon River and rainforest.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in the resoourcesforhistoryteachers wiki.
Go here to make your own Google Doc copy of this choice board to remix
The Congress in U.S. Government Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- Explore the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 and propose legislation to improve the school experiences of every student.
- Design a game that explores Congress's role in the checks and balances of the U.S. government.
- Explore the websites of various Congress members and design their own Congressional websites.
- Propose a new amendment to the Constitution.
- And explore many other topics that are covered in Building Democracy for All "The Roles of the Congress, the President, and the Courts" Topic.
The Constitution, Amendments, and Supreme Court Decisions Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board invites students to:
- Create a movie trailer for a film about the separation of powers between the branches of the U.S. government.
- Write a press release about a Presidential Impeachment.
- Critically evaluate
The Development of the U.S. Government Choice Board

Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust

This choice board explores how to:
- Critically analyze the accuracy, credibility, relevance, and presentation of the songs in Hamilton.
- Design a social media campaign for one of the Declarations of Independence written throughout U.S. history.
- Connect decisions made during the Constitutional Convention to how Black Americans are portrayed in the media today.
- Explore how Black content creators on various social media platforms portray Black American identity.
- And explore many more topics that are presented in Critical Media Literacy and Civic Learning "The Development of the U.S. Government Choice Board" Topic.