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Widen your lens on U.S. government, history, and civic learning with this curated list of videos, simulations, readings, and timelines.
When it comes to climate action, the federal government can coordinate and fund many measures. But state and local governments also play a critical role in helping—or hindering—the fight against climate change.
Learn about different forms of government—including democracy, authoritarian rule, and monarchy—and how their distinctions aren’t always so clear.
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Should the next U.S. president prioritize a multilateral or unilateral approach to foreign policy? Explore this simulation.
Should the United States launch a new Arctic policy in response to climate change and investments from countries like China and Russia in the region? Explore this simulation.
How should the United States leverage trade to respond when a rivalry between growing trade partners threatens regional stability? Explore this hypothetical simulation.
Should the United States impose a ban on TikTok to safeguard national security? Explore this simulation.
How should the United States respond when an American citizen is unjustly detained? Explore this simulation.
Should the United States use armed force to address a conflict in another country? Explore this hypothetical simulation.
What does the Constitution say about foreign policy? In this free resource, explore how the powers of Congress and the president protect and advance the country’s interests abroad.
Explore maps and charts that illustrate how climate change, terrorism, COVID-19, and internet freedom require both international and domestic solutions in an increasingly interconnected world.
Learn how journalism, social media, public opinion, and lobbies are all a part of American democracy and influence U.S. foreign policy.
Learn how the president’s advisors protect U.S. national security and help with foreign policy decision-making and coordination across the executive branch.
In this educational video on U.S. foreign policy, learn how the United States has shaped the world with its military and economic might.
Are countries less democratic than they used to be? Learn how democratic principles like checks and balances, free elections, and freedom of the press are under threat around the world.
From direct and parliamentary democracy to authoritarianism, learn how rulers take power—and who decides.
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Should the United States strike al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in response to 9/11? Explore this historical simulation set in 2001.
Learn how the world’s superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR), avoided nuclear war.
Learn how domestic expansion and three wars—the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II—transformed the United States’ standing in the world.
Explore how calls for liberty, equality, and individual rights caused revolutions around the world, from the American Revolution to the French and Haitian Revolutions.
Where and why the United States gives foreign aid has changed over time.
Set in 2019. Violence, instability, and poverty in the northern triangle have increased asylum seekers in the United States.
What should the United States do to secure global health preparedness before the next pandemic? Explore this simulation.
What is the IRA? In this free resource, learn what the United States’ largest-ever climate change legislation does.
In this U.S. foreign policy video, understand the challenges of negotiating treaties and dive into two international climate agreements.
Understand how the Marshall Plan, one of the first large foreign aid programs, helped Europe rebuild after World War II, but also served the foreign policy interests of the United States.
Explore how the United States has responded to migrants throughout history—from the Chinese Exclusion Act to DACA—and how immigration policy influences the society, economy, and politics of a country.
What is the 2001 AUMF and what does it have to do with 9/11? From the invasion of Afghanistan to the campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State, and more, learn how the United States has legally authorized its counterterrorism policy for more than two decades.
