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Nigeria and Boko Haram: Inequality, Injustice, Insurgency

In this lesson students gather information about Nigeria and the Boko Haram insurgency and identify core challenges faced by the government and people of Nigeria.

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Choices Leadership Institute

Applications are now available for our 2015 Leadership Insitute on The Middle East in Transition.

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Introductory Workshops

One-day intro workshops, led by local Teaching Fellows, introduce teachers to Choices curriculum units and approach.

Teaching with the News

ISIS: A New Threat

Students explore the role of ISIS in the Middle East using political cartoons.

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Digital Curriculum

We now offer digital curriculum materials in multiple formats including iBooks Textbooks and eText Classroom Editions.

New Curriculum

Empire, Republic, Democracy: A History of Turkey

Students use primary source documents, readings, and new media sources as they consider the questions and challenges facing people in Turkey today.

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The Limits of Power: The United States in Vietnam

Using maps, cartoons, and primary sources, students evaluate how successive U.S. administrations perceived the situation in Vietnam, and implemented policy.

new edition

The United Nations: Challenges and Change

Using primary sources, charts, case studies, and simulations, students examine the historical origins of the UN and consider its role in the world today.

Teaching with the News

The Umbrella Movement: Protests in Hong Kong

Students explore the symbols and messages that protesters use to express their views.

Teaching with the News

Good Atoms or Bad Atoms? Iran and the Nuclear Issue

Students analyze the issues that frame the current debate on U.S. policy towards Iran and recent international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

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Live Q&A with Professor Jo-Anne Hart

Jo-Anne Hart sat down with us to answer questions about U.S.-Iran relations. Watch the Recording.

teaching with the news

Unrest in Ukraine

This lesson provides a background to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, has students analyze political cartoons, and asks them to monitor the Ukrainian crisis in the news.

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The United States in Afghanistan

Students use primary source documents, readings, and new media sources as they consider the future of U.S. policy in Afghanistan.

new curriculum

Colonization and Independence in Africa

Students explore Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and consider the changes colonialism imposed on African governments, economies, and societies.