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2024

April 24 – Free Materials for Teaching AAPI Heritage Month
April 17 – Teach Climate Change on Earth Day
April 10 – New Videos on Interwar Europe
April 3 – SPECIAL PROMOTION – The U.S. Role in a Changing World
March 27 – Genocide Awareness Month
March 20 – Fast Facts from Choices
March 13 – Resource Guide: Disability History and Studies
March 6 – Professional Development with Choices
February 28 – Civic Learning Week
February 21 – Buchanan Prize for Outstanding Curriculum on Asia
February 14 – Choices Loves Teachers! Teachers Love Choices!
February 7 – SPECIAL PROMOTION – Civics Lessons for Student Engagement
January 31 – Black Activism Lesson
January 24 – Current Issues Series
January 17 – New Videos on Art, Architecture, and Weimar Germany
January 10 – New Year, New Units

Newsletters from 2018-2023.

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