The Choices Program
<p>The Choices Program is non-profit and develops curriculum units for use at the secondary level. </p>
<p>Each Choices unit is built around a framework of alternative policy options that challenges students to think critically about the issue at hand. The unit includes extensive background readings, primary sources, study guides, a role-play or simulation exercise, and an individual assignment in which students are asked to articulate their positions on a policy issue.</p>
<p>Selected American history topics include A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in New England; Beyond Manifest Destiny: America Enters the Age of Imperialism; To End All Wars: World War I and the League of Nations Debate; Between World Wars: FDR and the Age of Isolationism; Ending the War Against Japan: Science, Morality, and the Atomic Bomb; The Cuban Missile Crisis: Considering its Place in Cold War History; U.S. Immigration Policy in an Unsettled World; Responding to Terrorism: Challenges for Democracy; and, The U.S. Role in a Changing World. </p>
<p>Samples are not available online, though titles can be ordered through the Choices website.</p>