Online Resources »

National Opinion Ballot Report 2009

Opinion ballots have been included with the Foreign Policy Association's Great Decisions since 1955 to enable participants to make their views known. Each year FPA sends the National Opinion Ballot Report to the White House, the departments of State and Defense, members of Congress, the media and concerned citizens.

World Savvy Monitor

The World Savvy Monitor is a free service of World Savvy, a 501c3 national education nonprofit. The World Savvy Monitor is designed and written for educators, but is a universal tool for deepening content knowledge of world issues. It provides background, context, and perspectives to help understand the conversation in the global community.

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Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates: Human Rights

Fall 2009 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2009 articles.

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Quizzes »

Great Decisions 2009 Fall Quiz Series - Human Rights

Test your knowledge of recent news on Human Rights by taking a quiz based on the Great Decisions 2009 Fall Updates!

Great Decisions 2009 Spring Quiz Series - Human Rights

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles and Spring Updates.

Great Decisions 2009 Winter Quiz Series - Human Rights

Online topic quizzes are an ideal test of readers' knowledge of the Great Decisions 2009 articles.

In the Classroom »

Lesson Plan: Sudanese Genocide

This lesson plan from PBS is designed to help students learn about recent events in Sudan and efforts to prevent another genocide.

Classroom Resources for Great Decisions 2009 from Scholastic - Human Rights

FPA and Scholastic have partnered to bring additional resources, all free, on the Great Decisions 2009 topic: Human Rights. Articles from The New York Times Upfront, the current events newsmagazine for teens published with The Times.

ING Unsung Heroes

For more than 10 years ING Unsung Heroes has awarded $3.0 million in grants to educators with a class project that is short on funding but long on potential. Apply for the 2010 awards.

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Recommended Readings »

Great Decisions 2009 French Language Edition [Download or Print]

In partnership with Alliance Francaise USA, FPA presents the French language edition of the Great Decisions 2009 briefing book which features impartial, thought-provoking analyses on four issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today and that represent our foreign policy challenges of tomorrow.

Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity

Drawing on extensive field work and research from around the world, Goldhagen explores the anatomy of genocide—explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them, why they happen so frequently and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.

This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President

In January 2006, after the Republic of Liberia had been racked by fourteen years of brutal civil conflict, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf—Africa's "Iron Lady"—was sworn in as president, an event that marked a turning point in the history of the West African nation. In this personal account, Sirleaf shares the inside story of her rise to power, including her early childhood; her experiences with abuse, imprisonment, and exile; and her fight for democracy and social justice.

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Program Materials

Great Decisions 2009

Order your copy of the Great Decisions 2009 briefing book today! Great Decisions 2009 features impartial, thought-provoking analyses on eight issues of concern to U.S. policymakers today and that represent our foreign policy challenges of tomorrow.

Featured topics: U.S. & rising global powers, Afghanistan/Pakistan, energy & the global economy, the Arctic, U.S. & Egypt, global food supply, Cuba after Castro, and universal human rights. ($18, plus S&H)