TEACHING COMPANION
Who Gets to Put Pride on the Field?
Who can authorize a match-day display?
Institutional authority & causal evidence · About 90 min
Learning goals
- Separate local celebrations, stadium access, and approval of what happens on the field.
- Distinguish direct observations, attributed claims, written rules, and records of decisions.
- Compare plausible explanations using evidence that could establish a plan change and what caused it.
- Apply the same evidentiary standard to Seattle and Qatar while comparing institutional leverage.
Class setup & submission
Choose For Class at the start. Enter your name and, if you wish, your class or section. Finish the responses and checks to open your report.
Choose Download Class PDF in your finished report. If needed, use Print or save as PDF. Open the PDF to check your name and responses, then upload it to Canvas.
Students type their written responses in For Class.
Course materials
Before the activity
The game includes the source cards, match context, and vocabulary. No advance reading is required.
Syllabus description
Work the news desk for Seattle’s 2026 World Cup match between Egypt and Iran. Follow who can make each decision, weigh competing explanations for what happened, and compare the evidence with the 2022 OneLove armband dispute. Students produce a case report with source selections, a travel check, a fact-check, and a qatar comparison.
Discussion prompts
- Which institution could make a Pride event happen outside the stadium? Which approval mattered for activity on the field?
- What is the smallest piece of new evidence that would let you say an approved plan changed? What else would you need to give a cause?
- Why might a threatened sporting sanction change a decision when a fine would be acceptable? Who bears each cost?
What to assess
Grade the five case responses. The initial Seattle judgment and Qatar forecast are formative checkpoints. Use the keyed checks and selected sources to locate evidence for the written claims.
Limitations
The report follows the evidence available in the game. Treat attributed accounts of plans, warnings, and reasons as claims with identifiable sources.
Credit & permissions
Created by Yoav Duman. Free educational use, sharing and hosted embedding; software rights reserved. See the reuse information for software, artwork, branding and third-party materials.
Suggested citation
Yoav Duman, “Who Gets to Put Pride on the Field?: Teaching companion,” Trouble in Common, https://trouble-in-common.ishmaldon.chatgpt.site/teaching/seattle-2026-pride-on-the-field. Include your access date.
ASSESSMENT & SUBMISSION
Assess the reasoning.
Set an endpoint and tell students which report or response record to upload to your course website. Use the activity’s own grading guide when available.
A suggested 10-point rubric
Give each criterion 0 points if absent, 1 if partial and 2 if clear and supported. Adjust the weighting to fit the activity.
- Concepts / 2
- Use a relevant international relations concept accurately.
- Evidence / 2
- Support a claim with a specific record or comparison.
- Mechanism / 2
- Show how actors, rules or pressures connect to the outcome.
- Revision / 2
- Consider a rival explanation or explain what changed your mind.
- Limits / 2
- Identify what remains uncertain and what evidence would help.
Before students begin
- Choose For Class if the activity offers a mode switch. Follow the endpoint your instructor assigns.
- Keep a progress backup when the activity offers one, especially before changing devices or websites.
- Review your responses and export the report or files listed in the assignment.
- Upload your work to the course website and check for the submission confirmation.
A progress backup restores a session. The readable report shows the work you’re asking students to explain or defend.
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Syllabus description & discussion prompts
Syllabus description
Work the news desk for Seattle’s 2026 World Cup match between Egypt and Iran. Follow who can make each decision, weigh competing explanations for what happened, and compare the evidence with the 2022 OneLove armband dispute. Students produce a case report with source selections, a travel check, a fact-check, and a qatar comparison.
Questions for a discussion board or class debrief
- Which institution could make a Pride event happen outside the stadium? Which approval mattered for activity on the field?
- What is the smallest piece of new evidence that would let you say an approved plan changed? What else would you need to give a cause?
- Why might a threatened sporting sanction change a decision when a fine would be acceptable? Who bears each cost?