Choices: Teaching With the News: Unrest in Ukraine

Lesson in which students use a short video to analyze the relevance of graffiti during the Egyptian revolution and assess the role of graffiti in political protest.

Students use a video, handouts, and news sources to explore the crisis in Somalia and examine the factors exacerbating the famine.

Lesson in which students explore the crisis and history in Zimbabwe, the international response, and the role of the United Nations in addressing the issues. Comprehensive learning materials included.

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...

Current and relevant learning resource from Brown University in which students explore the changing relationship between the U.S. and Cuba, interpret political cartoons and monitor news media coverage of U.S.-Cuba relations over time....

Learning module with comprehensive and relevant resources from which students explore the role of ISIS in the Middle East and U.S. response. Site inlcudes handouts, video, and primary source material for analysis and interpretation.

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

Online lesson plan explores the issue of foreign assistance and the world's response to the tsunami disaster in Asia using handouts and online news sources.

Lesson with comprehensive multi-media materials in which students analyze the lessons of Iraq and consider implications for U.S. foreign policy and international response.

Interactive lesson places students in the role of decision-makers as they explore divergent policy alternatives concerning how the post-war period in Iraq should be handled, who should be in charge, and what the goals should be.