These materials cover water policy, geography, economics, and history, including how rate hearings work, how rivers shape settlement, and how communities govern a shared resource.
Grades 10–11 Debate kit
A structured classroom debate on whether a drought-stressed city should purify wastewater into drinking water, with a two-sided evidence file built from real projects.
Social Studies & Civics 2 sessions, ~110 min total Answer key
Grade 11 Lesson plan
A grade 11 U.S. history inquiry in which students source, contextualize, and corroborate five stakeholder statements and a timeline on the 1902 Reclamation Act.
Social Studies & Civics 55 min Answer key
Grade 12 Project
A six-session grade 12 project where teams map a fictional city's intake watershed, inventory contaminant sources, and defend three ordinance provisions.
Social Studies & Civics 6 sessions, ~360 min total Answer key
Grade 12 Lesson plan
A grade 12 government lesson in which students use a Halloway stakeholder brief to map federal, state, and local roles and judge who pays to replace lead pipes.
Social Studies & Civics 55 min Answer key
Grade 7 Lesson plan
A grade 7 civics lesson where pairs use real case studies and a fictional state's cost, time, and energy estimates to rank three water investments.
Social Studies & Civics 50 min Answer key
Grade 8 Reading passage
A grade 8 civics passage on how one city used a stormwater fee and green infrastructure to cut sewer overflows, with questions on policy and fairness.
Social Studies & Civics 30 min Answer key