At Ohio State, I have been the instructor of record for an upper-level course on political violence. My syllabus for this course and others are available on request.
In my classroom, I encourage creativity and innovation as key to critical thinking. As an example, for their final projects, I ask my students to teach a concept related to political violence to their classmates through any format other than a PowerPoint.
As a result, final projects have included games, choose-your-own adventures, recipe collections, children’s book, comic strips, skits, magazines and newspapers, and scrapbooks. See some of their work below:
This group simulated an escape room and students were given different puzzles to solve to understand the use of media in political violence. 
Hand-drawn comic strips taught the relationship between political violence and race. The group used comic strips, the typical superhero storytelling format, because they were inspired by Menaka Philips’ article in the APSR, “Violence in the American Imaginary: Gender, Race, and the Politics of Superheroes.” 
This game was created by scratch and led the different actors through a variety of scenarios to represent proxy wars and violence. 
A magazine — including articles, advertisements, personality quizzes, and word-search games, on political violence for vulnerable populations like women and LGBTQ+. 
A board game on the causes and effects of genocide. 
To advance in the board game, students were asked questions about genocide based on peer-reviewed literature. 
For this Jenga game, each block holds research on the people, places, and events around the Troubles in Northern Ireland, where the precarity of the game collapsing at any moment represents the instability and uncertainty of the Troubles. 
A Jeopardy game on the relationship between the media and political violence 
Based on a traditional Clue game!