Curated OER
Terrorism
For this terrorism worksheet, students, with a partner, read and discuss fifteen questions regarding terrorism and answer three factual questions for homework.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: White Only
This section from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's exhibition Separate Is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education gives the history of Jim Crow laws and how they affected not only the voting rights of...
Other
Reuters: Boko Haram Kidnaps Wife of Cameroon's Vice Pm, Kills at Least Three
Read about the most recent terrorist acts by the group Boko Haram, including murder and the kidnapping of the wife of Cameroon's Vice Prime Minister. (Published July 27, 2014)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Fbi: Terrorism
FBI's detailed web page with links to information on terrorism and counterterrorism including threat levels, major cases, Most Wanted list, and other resources.
Council of Foreign Relations
Terrorism Questions and Answers: What Is Terrorism?
Part of an extensive website from the Council on Foreign Relations devoted to understanding all aspects of terrorism and its implications for the United States, this section deals with defining and understanding the different types of...
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World Security Network
Official website of the World Security Network which seeks to prevent wars and promote peace on many fronts. The left-hand menu provides information on current hot topics, ideas, and countries.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Defining Terrorism
Provides a lesson plan and resources to help the teacher present information about terrorism. Helps the students distinguish between terrorists and revolutionaries.
PBS
Pbs News Hour Extra: Violent Extremism Across Time and Place: Comparing the Roots
Lesson plan provides the means for students to explore extremist groups. Students will compare and analyze two groups from the past or present to find causes that these groups use to justify hate, violence, and killing. A comparison...
US Department of State
U.s. Dept of State: Country Reports on Terrorism
The U.S. Department of State provides an annual report on "developments in countries in which acts of terrorism occurred, countries that are state sponsors of terrorism, and countries determined by the Secretary to be of particular...
US Department of State
U.s. Dept of State: Diplomacy in Action: Patterns of Global Terrorism
This resource gives a summary of the number of terrorist attacks that occurred and where they are happening, along with charts and tables.