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Teachers, help your students learn about diplomatic history.

The Office of the Historian produces videos and curriculum packages on selected topics for use in U.S. classrooms. (Sorry, they are not available for use outside the United States). Our most recent releases include:

  • Documents on Diplomacy: Primary Source Documents and Lessons from the World of Foreign Affairs, 1775-2011, an educational resource with more than 300 primary source documents, over 120 lessons, and hundreds of exercises and resources (December 2011)
  • When the Border Vanishes: Diplomacy and the Threat to our Environment and Health, a DVD and curriculum package exploring two complex international issues facing Americans of the 21st century, but rooted deeply in our history (November 2010)

To order this or other curriculum packages, please visit http://videodirect.state.gov/