Choices: Teaching With the News: North Korea and Nuclear Weapons

Third in a series of lessons on North Africa and the Middle East in which learners survey the current political situation, consider the role of the international community and identify the political geography of the region. Multi-media...

Through the use of videos, this lesson explores the consequences for the United States and the world of North Korea's nuclear weapons.

Lesson designed to be completed in more than one class period. Students prepare and conduct interviews to help them understand the issues surrounding the 9.11.01 attacks and the U.S. response to terrorism. Lesson materials provided.

Through the use of handouts and online resources, students will explore the reaction to Fidel Castro's decision to resign as Cuba's president, examine the future of Cuba, and consider the international response to Castro's resignation...

Lesson in which students use a video, handouts, and other reading material to investigate events in Sudan, assess the argument over whether the Darfur conflict is a genocide, and consider the international response to these events.

Two-day online interactive lesson in which students identify the primary challenges posed by nuclear weapons and weapons proliferation and what U.S. policy should be. Note: Video content may not load in archived version.

Lesson designed to be completed over a course of multiple weeks. Students will read news sources to become familiar with national and international policy issues. They will track news coverage of the presidential campaigns and form their...

One-period instructional activity examines the issue of genocide using online handouts and news sources.

Learning module provides access to video, politcal cartoons, readings, and news sources from which to explore the ongoing political protests in the Ukraine and consider international responses to the crisis.

Learning module with multi-media lesson and resources in which students work in small groups to analyze the issues that frame the debate around U.S. policy.