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- Meet the Choices Staff – Tanya – Video and New Media Producer
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- The Costs of War Project
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- The Drone Wars
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Curriculum
Russia's Transformation: Challenges for U.S. Policy
Using readings, maps, cartoons, and primary sources, students explore Russian history and consider the U.S. relationship with Russia today.
Curriculum
North Korea and the Nuclear Threat
Students utilize readings, resources, and simulations to explore the history of North Korea and understand the issues surrounding its most recent nuclear test.
Teaching with the news
Debating U.S. Drone Policy
Students will analyze the issues and controversies surrounding the U.S. use of drones.
Curriculum
China on the World Stage: Weighing the U.S. Response
Using readings, documents, and simulations, students explore the history of U.S. relations with China.
iBooks Textbook
China on the World Stage: Weighing the U.S. Response
This book is available for download on your iPad or iPad mini with iBooks.
New Curriculum
Freedom Now: The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
Students trace the history of the black freedom struggle from Reconstruction through the 1960s.
iBooks Textbook
Global Environmental Problems: Implications for U.S. Policy
This book is available for download on your iPad or iPad mini with iBooks.
Teaching with the News
On the Brink of Nuclear War: Leadership and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Students assess the roles of Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro in the crisis.
Teaching with the News
The Conflict in Syria
Students consider the challenges facing the international community as it weighs its response to the conflict in Syria.
Teaching with the News
U.S. Policy in the Middle East: Analyzing Political Cartoons
Students explore current issues in the Middle East and their relation to U.S. policy.
Curriculum
Choices receives the Buchanan Award for U.S. in Afghanistan
The Buchanan Prize is awarded annually to recognize an outstanding curriculum publication on Asia designed for any educational level.
Teaching with the News
The United States and the Iranian Nuclear Program
In this lesson students analyze the issues that frame the current debate on U.S. policy towards Iran.
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.
Curriculum
The Middle East in Transition
Drawing on maps, cartoons, and primary sources, students examine the history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East from 1900 to the present.
Teaching with the News
The Arab Spring: One Year On
In this lesson students explore the concept of revolutions, learn about various Arab Spring protest movements, and assess the accomplishments of the movements.