• Using simulations
• Combining methodologies
• Constructivism and civics
• Creating groups
• Guiding the process
• Debate rules
• Gauging success
• Teaching challenges
• Lessons learned
• Advice to other teachers
• His background

Matt Johnson teaches an AP Comparative Government course to seniors at Benjamin Banneker Senior High School in Washington, D.C. These interview excerpts relate to a simulation he created on developing a constitution for a hypothetical country.