Engaging, inquiry-based curriculum for history and current issues courses.

Perspectives from history. Choices for today.

NOTE: The Choices Program offices are closed for the extended holiday weekend. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 21.

The Choices Program is a self-funded organization affiliated with the Department of History at Brown University. We work to increase access to high-quality curriculum content and strengthen education about history and current events in secondary schools in the United States and beyond. Watch this video to learn more!

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What Teachers Are Saying

Choices is an invaluable tool for students of history as it provides rich contextualized content, offers diverse perspectives, and builds rhetoric skill capacity. — Brett, History Teacher, New Hampshire
Choices provides high-quality summaries and primary source documents. It puts students in the shoes of the decision makers. I really like how students are asked to rank their attitudes and priorities about a topic before and after studying the unit. It's rewarding to reflect on how new information challenges our assumptions and previous beliefs. — Michael, World Issues and History Teacher, Ohio
I love the options that students can have in the role plays. History becomes active, and it also becomes clear that history was not guaranteed. Choices does a fantastic job of making students active participants. — Ryan, History and Current Issues Teacher, Colorado
The visuals that accompany the readings are terrific. Too often, students don't bother to look up places on a map or watch an assigned video. Having these integrated into the assignment for them makes it easy and more likely that they'll take advantage of these resources. The primary source sets allow for deeper and richer work with the material. — Tracy, History Teacher, Massachusetts
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States have schools using Choices Program materials as well as more than 200 international schools.

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Curriculum units for courses in Current Issues, U.S. and World History, Africana Studies, Asian Studies, and Geography.

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Students around the world benefit from the Choices Program’s award-winning curriculum each year.

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Professional development webinars and workshops held annually.

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