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2023

March 15 – Teaching Global Studies and Current World Issues
March 8 – Choices for World History (and IB)
March 1 – Teaching Civics Week with Choices
February 22 – Materials for Teaching Women’s History
February 15 – Choices YouTube Playlists
February 8 – Free Lesson on Black Activism; Black History Month
February 1 – Choices for AP Courses
January 25 – Curriculum Series (U.S. History, World History, Current Issues, Geography, Complete Series)
January 18 – Fashion as Cultural Heritage and Historical Memory (online lesson for Confronting Genocide unit) and new videos with Kate Irvin
January 11 – Top Units and Lessons of 2022

Newsletters from 2022.
Newsletters from 2021.
Newsletters from 2020.
Newsletters from 2019.

 

RELATED CONTENT

Confronting Genocide:
Never Again?

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.

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

This unit provides a wide-ranging overview of racial slavery in the Americas and the opportunity for students to consider how the past shapes the present.

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.

Colonization and Independence in Africa

Students explore Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and consider the changes colonialism imposed on African governments, economies, and societies. Students consider some of the ways Africans responded to European colonialism.

The Middle East: Questions for U.S. Policy

Students examine oil and geopolitics, issues between the Palestinians and Israel, the Egyptian revolution, Syrian refugees, and other issues that have shaped U.S. relations in the region.

Freedom in Our Lifetime: South Africa’s Struggle

Students examine the history of South Africa and the development of a race-based society, the effects of apartheid, and the use of violence by some members of the anti-apartheid community.

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