Exploring United States Interventions in the Middle East In this lesson, students investigate U.S. foreign policy in Middle Eastern countries, and rank their level of support for American military and diplomatic actions.. http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Analyzing Civil Liberties in the Wake of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks In this lesson, students evaluate the effectiveness and fairness of proposed military tribunals designed to fight terrorism. They will then compare American civil liberties... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Taking a Stand: Pros and Cons of Forest Fires In this interactive and multi-disciplinary lesson, students learn about forest fires and their positive and negative effects. Eyewitness accounts, real-time data, virtual reality online, case studies, and models predicting forest fires http: //thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/fire/inde...
Will the Supreme Court Vouch for Vouchers? this lesson, students investigate past Supreme Court decisions that have centered on education issues and assess the ways in which those decisions have impacted American education.. http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
Advocating Awareness of Issues of Homelessness In this lesson, students explore the lives of homeless people, focusing particularly on children.. http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
The View In this lesson, students explore the structure and purpose of Op-Ed pieces in the newspaper. They then write Op-Eds from the perspectives of United States presidents... http: //nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/2...
