The following units are currently in the research and development stage or being revised at the Choices Program. Look for announcements regarding availability via our website, newsletter, and social media!
Immigration and the U.S. Policy Debate
This curriculum unit is currently being revised by Choices’ curriculum team. Readings will be revised to reflect new scholarship and updated to include major developments during the Trump and Biden administrations. The revised unit will examine the links between race, immigration, and “national identity”; emphasize the connections between U.S. foreign policy and U.S. immigration policy; and center the stories of immigrants, their families, and their communities. The revised unit will include updated and new lessons that engage students with a wide range of primary sources and develop historical thinking skills. The current Role Play lesson will also be revised and reformatted in the style of a Choices’ Perspectives lesson.
The Weimar Republic and the Rise of Nazi Germany
Now available here! This curriculum unit will examine the dynamic, complex history of the Weimar era in Germany and interwar Europe more generally. Readings will introduce students to political and economic shifts before and after World War I, social and cultural changes of the 1920s and 1930s, and the rise of the Nazi Party. The unit will explore essential concepts such as imperialism, nationalism, antisemitism, fascism, racism, and modernism. Readings and lesson plans will place particular emphasis on individual experiences, artistic expression, historical memory, and the history of place. Lesson plans will engage students with a wide range of primary sources and media, including statistics, maps, images, personal narratives, videos, and objects. Students will use technology collaboratively, explore and communicate concepts creatively, and think critically about the foundations of democracy. The development of historical empathy will be a core objective of the unit.