Current Issues

Current Issues

Classroom activities to engage students in learning about and discussing issues in the news

Background reading and activities to help students make sense of the latest news.

"The Postwar Iraq Debate: Readings & Activities for HS Students Two readings on recent developments in Iraq,esti Bush administration policies, and domestic and international reactions to them, plus suggons for classroom activities."

An overview that gives special attention to Iraq's oil industry, and suggestions for discussion and study of Iraq's future and the US's leadership and credibility.

Questions and information to help students consider the conflict.

Readings (including an abridged dictionary of the war) and activities to encourage critical thinking.

Most Americans are "energy illiterate." These lessons for high school students promote energy literacy, especially about oil. We begin with a student energy quiz, followed by three readings and suggested classroom activities.

Help your students prepare for the NY Regents Exam with these document-based question exercises modeled closely on the format used in the exam.

Help your students prepare for the NY Regents Exam with these document-based question exercises modeled closely on the format used in the exam.

Help your students prepare for the NY Regents Exam with these document-based question exercises modeled closely on the format used in the exam.

Readings and activities on the history of the U.S.-North Korea relationship & the current tension over nuclear weapons.