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Explore the Past… Shape the Future
To empower young people with the skills, knowledge, and habits necessary to be engaged citizens who are capable of addressing international issues with thoughtful public discourse and informed decision making.
Our Mission
Brown University’s Watson institute for International Studies Office of Continuing Education
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Choices at a Glance
40 Curriculum Units
Web Resources Support Units Over 700 Scholars Online videos “Teaching with the News” lessons
Professional Development Webinars & Leadership Summer
Institute
Current Issues
Historical Turning Points
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21ST C SKILLS
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Historical Turning Points Series
2 Parts
Why Did the U.S. Invade Iraq?
Essential Question
A Global Controversy: The U.S. Invasion of Iraq
Student Readings
Teachers Book
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Teacher Resource Book
Support Materials Reading Strategies and
Suggestions
Key Terms
Issues Toolbox
Integration Tips
Advanced Study Guides
Lessons The Geography of Iraq
Life in Iraq 1932 (Alternative)
The Media and the Iraq War
Options Role Play
Reflecting on the War
Blogging the War: Voices form Iraq (Alternative)
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Unit Lessons and Their SkillsLife in Iraq 1932
Document Analysis, Prediction skills, Visual Literacy
The Media and the Iraq War
Point of View, Persuasive Techniques, Rhetoric Analysis, Critical Thinking
Reflecting on the WarCritical Thinking
Blogging the War in Iraq
Media Literacy, Document Analysis, POV
Geography of IraqMap Interpretation Skills
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Part I: Provides a brief overview of the people and the history of Iraq. It includes early history, Iraq under Saddam Hussein, and the first Persian Gulf War.
Part II: Leads students up to the March 2003, with material on sanctions, a new security strategy, 9/11, and the buildup to the decision to invade. The Options Role Play is found here.
Part III: Provides information on the war in Iraq, including the invasion, the occupation and the effects of the war.
Student Readings
Found in Student BookFound in Student Book
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OPTIONS ROLE PLAY
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Adaptability of Unit
You Control the Information You Give Students for Each Option
Values & Beliefs
Action Steps
Supporting Arguments
Excerpts from Historical Records
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Concluding Activity: What are the Lessons of the Iraq War?
P. 53 ofStudents draw their own conclusions, based on readings, discussions, lessons and Scholars Online.
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Unit Outcomes
The geography and history of Iraq;
Multiple perspectives on why the U.S. invaded Iraq;
How the decision to invade Iraq impacted the U.S. and Iraq; and
How the U.S. presence in Iraq impacted the region as a whole.
Students will walk away with an understanding of:
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Deepen the learning with Scholars Online
Use to:
Introduce the unit
Reinforce concepts for visual/oral learners
Advanced assignments
Your own professional development
Organized by Student Readings & Lessons
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Scholars Online Participants
Lee RobertsPublic HealthColumbia University
P. Terrance HopmanPolitical ScienceBrown University
Jarat ChopraU.N. Peacekeeping Brown University
Michael OttermanHuman Rights Consultant
How has the 2002 invasion of Iraq fueled
terrorism?
How has the 2002 invasion of Iraq fueled
terrorism?
Why did the U.N. impose sanctions on
Iraq?
Why did the U.N. impose sanctions on
Iraq?
Charles TrippPolitical ScienceUniversity of London
Ricardo LagosFormer President of Chile
Thomas M. NicholsNational Security AffairsUnited States Naval War College
Senator Jack ReedU.S. Senator from R.I.
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Teaching with the News
5 Teaching With the News Lessons on Iraq, dating back to 2002, can be found at:
http://www.choices.edu/resources/archives.php
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Lessons of Iraq (2010) "What Have We Learned
from Iraq?," by K.T. McFarland
"Obama Wants Us to Forget the Lessons of Iraq," by Andrew Bacevich
"The Surge and Afghanistan," by Senator John McCain
"The Lesson of Iraq," by Don Kraus
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Best Maps http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/asia.html
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Confronting Iraq: An Interactive Media Guide
http://www.mcclatchyinteractive.com/creative/iraq07/
Pre -2008 Blogs
Timelines
Maps
Charts
Articles
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News-sponsored Lessons
The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Teaching Resources and Essential Questions
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Oxfam U.K. Education ResourcesIraq War and Peace:
5 Useful Activities Detailed Background Information
The War: What We Know
Interpreting Different Viewpoints
News Board
Can a War Ever Be Just?
Resolving Conflict
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/iraq/?35
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Costs of War Website
http://costsofwar.org/
Includes Human, Economic, Political, Social Costs
Includes Information on Benefits, Alternatives and Recommendations
Housed at Brown University
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/
struggle_for_iraq/
BBC News: Struggle for Iraq
TIMELINES
FACTS AND FIGURES
NEWS ARTICLES
GRAPHIC PHOTOS
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Literature for the Classroom
Iraqigirl: Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq edited by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (2009)
War Is…Soldiers, Survivors, and Storytellers Talk About War edited by Marc Aronson and Patty Campbell (2008)
Bull Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams (2009)
Heart of a Shepherd by Rosanne Parry (2009)
High Dive by Tammar Stein (2008)
Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick (2009)
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers (2008)
http://www.nhpr.org/node/32400
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Two Beautiful Books for Young Students
Silent Music by James Rumford
A boy who loves soccer, music and calligraphy.
The Librarian of Basara by Jeanette Winter
One woman’s attempt to save the jewels of Basara.