Engaging, inquiry-based curriculum for History and Current Issues courses.

How did different groups in the West experience U.S. expansion? In the second edition of this unit, students explore the transformation of North America in the nineteenth century and probe this complicated and violent history, considering the major events and policies that accompanied U.S. growth and the effects at a local level.

In this FREE unit, students examine U.S.-Japanese relations before World War II, experiences of incarcerated Japanese Americans, and ways the Japanese American community and others in the U.S. have remembered incarceration.

Students explore the evolution of the international community's response to genocide and examine how the United States has responded to six cases of genocide.

In this updated online lesson, students examine data from the Costs of War Project to explore the geography and scope as well as the human, economic, social, and political costs of the War on Terror, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This updated unit examines the causes and effects of global warming and delves 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. The updated edition includes a new focus on youth climate activism, updated content on global climate negotiations and agreements, and more.

Cubans have very different opinions about their country and its history, particularly about the Cuban Revolution that began in 1959. In the second edition of this unit, students explore Cuba’s history and the Cuban Revolution, and consider the country’s future.

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