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The Struggle to Define Free Speech: From Skokie to Paris
Students consider how different societies define freedom of expression and explore the current free speech controversy in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
teaching with the news
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
Teaching with the News
The Egyptian Revolution: An Interactive Timeline
Using an interactive timeline with videos, images, and text, students explore the Egyptian Revolution from 2011 to today.
New Curriculum
Indian Independence and the Question of Partition
Students explore the era of British colonialism, Indian campaigns for independence, and the legacies of the 1947 partition.
New Edition
Dilemmas of Foreign Aid: Debating U.S. Policies
Students explore the history of U.S. foreign assistance and the institutions that distribute aid today.
New Edition
The Middle East in Transition: Questions for U.S. Policy
Students explore the Arab-Israeli conflict, the significance of oil, the Arab Spring, and other issues that shape U.S. ties to the Middle East.
Teaching with the News
The Costs of War
In this lesson students explore the human, economic, social, and political costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
