THE CHOICES PROGRAM BROWN UNIVERSITY

Engaging, inquiry-based curriculum for history and current issues courses.

Perspectives from history. Choices for today.

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Digital and Print Curriculum: Unique units bridge history and current issues.

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Teaching with the News: Free lessons connect headlines to the classroom.

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Professional Development Webinars: Useful, hands-on learning.
2023 AASL Award

Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning

Choices has been selected by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) as one of the Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning in 2023! Check out our Digital Editions curriculum, free online video collection, and free online Teaching with the News lesson plans!
Free Lesson

The Genocide Convention and War in Ukraine

In this free lesson, students examine the definition of genocide in the Genocide Convention, consider the issues with differing interpretations of the Genocide Convention, and analyze sources that demonstrate the ongoing debate over whether atrocities in Ukraine constitute genocide.
Updated Unit

Confronting Genocide: Never Again?

In the eighth edition of this engaging curriculum unit, students explore the evolution of the international community's response to genocide and examine how the U.S. has responded to multiple cases of genocide. Includes new content on the Uighers in China and the OvaHerero-Nama Genocide in Namibia.
Featured Unit

Climate Change and Questions of Justice

Students examine the causes and effects of global warming and delve into questions of who is most responsible for and vulnerable to the changing climate. Students also grapple with how to respond to climate change in ways that are both effective and fair.
Web-based Curriculum

Digital Editions

Digital Editions takes the high-quality, up-to-date curriculum units educators expect from the Choices Program to a whole new level. Compatible with all devices, including mobile. Stand-alone, web-based platform but also easy to use with Google Classroom, Canvas, Blackboard, and more. No student logins. Individual and site licenses available.
Free in Digital Editions

Racial Slavery in the Americas: Resistance, Freedom, and Legacies

Take advantage of our free one-year license in Digital Editions for this popular curriculum unit, which provides a wide-ranging overview of racial slavery in the Americas and the opportunity for students to consider how the past shapes the present.
Featured Unit

Lessons for Ethnic Studies

This collection of twelve lessons selected from the Choices Program’s curriculum series provides teachers with stand-alone activities that have a special focus on ethnic studies for U.S. history courses.
Updated Unit

The Middle East: Questions for U.S. Policy

In the second edition of this important unit, students examine oil and geopolitics, issues between the Palestinians and Israel, the significance of the Iranian Revolution, and other issues that have shaped U.S. relations in the region.

Teacher Conversations: Lindsay Lemons discusses how she can easily insert Choices Program curriculum units into her classes or choose only particular elements to integrate. She teaches world history, world geography, and government at the K-12 IB charter school Westlake Academy in Texas.

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What Teachers Are Saying

The quality of the scholarship is extraordinary and my students benefit from accessing current information. The material is really wonderful and the role-playing lessons are really good. I recommend Choices! — Susan, History Teacher, Massachusetts
Digital Editions is very easy to use and the curriculum is great in providing multiple perspectives and fostering discussions. I like the ability to edit and adapt the resources to my students' needs. — Gina, History and Social Studies Teacher, California
[Choices materials] bring together well-curated resources and the lesson plans are well-crafted, so I rarely have to make significant adjustments. When the topics align with my course effectively, it's a great 'deep dive.' — Brooke, History and Current Issues Teacher, Pennsylvania
Choices is an amazing curriculum, better than others out there. It offers teachers resources to teach truthful history. — Johanna, History and Geography Teacher, New York
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States have schools using Choices Program materials as well as more than 200 international schools.

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Curriculum units for courses in U.S., World History, Current Issues, and Geography.

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Students around the world benefit from the Choices Program’s award-winning curriculum each year.

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Professional development webinars and workshops held annually.

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