Choices for the 21st Century Education Program
(Choices Foundation)
Choices for the 21st Century Education Program is a national education
initiative that is used extensively in Illinois high schools. Choices provides
curriculum resources and professional development designed to engage
students at the secondary level in substantive deliberation on contested
international issues—current and historical—from multiple perspectives.
Choices’ curricular materials and pedagogical approach empower young
people with the skills, habits and knowledge necessary to be engaged
citizens who are capable of addressing international issues through thoughtful
public discourse and informed decision-making. At the center of each printed
unit is a framework of alternative policy options that challenges students to
consider multiple perspectives and to think critically about the issue at hand.
All units include readings and detailed lesson plans. More than 30 titles are
currently in print. A variety of digital resources and activities are available
at www.choices.edu
and are aligned with print materials. Digital resourcesinclude Scholars Online
video interviews with scholars and Teaching with the
News lessons that connect the content of the classroom to the headlines in
the news.
Choices materials are integrated into a range of social studies courses,
including U.S. history, world history, international relations, American studies,
government and current issues courses. Choices materials meet the state’s
standards for social studies education.
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