Teaching Resources
Choices teaching materials incorporate the latest scholarship to make connections between historical events and contemporary international issues. Choices teaching materials are used in a range of courses including U.S. history, world history, global studies, current issues, and government.
Curriculum Units
Choices published curriculum units include extensive background readings, lesson plans, and a role-play or simulation exercise that encourages students to apply their knowledge in an authentic setting. Teacher Sets include a reproducible student text and a teacher's guide with lesson plans. Our list of resources can be accessed by series or by individual titles. Units are revised frequently to keep up with current events. Classroom sets and E-texts are also available. (See Formats Available.)
Scholars Online
Scholars Online brings university scholars into high school classrooms. Each video features a top scholar answering a specific question in his or her field of expertise. Brief and informative, these videos are designed to supplement Choices printed curricula and are conveniently organized to enrich the student readings, lesson plans, and homework assignments provided in Choices printed material.
Teaching with the News
Teaching with the News provides online curriculum materials and ideas to connect the content of the classroom to the headlines in the news. Topics cover a range of foreign policy and international issues.
Supplemental Materials
Choices provides a range of online resources to complement its print materials.Resources include scholar presentations, speeches, photographs, paintings, other visuals, online ballots and surveys, annotated links to additional electronic resources on other sites, and lesson plans drawing on the online resources available.
Online Ballots and Surveys
Choices provides a series of online resources that give students an opportunity to express their views beyond the classroom.
Teaching Tools
Additional materials have been developed to enhance the use of Choices teaching resources.
This calendar provides information on new and revised teaching resources.