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Featured Learning Resources
Timeline
History of Climate Action
Explore the history and important events behind the climate change movement from 1962 to today.
Reading
What Are Different Types of Government?
Learn about different forms of government—including democracy, authoritarian rule, and monarchy—and how their distinctions aren't always so clear.
Reading
A Brief History of U.S. Foreign Aid
Where and why the United States gives foreign aid has changed over time. Learn the difference between military, economic, and humanitarian aid and the history behind U.S. aid.
Reading
What Gets in the Way of Free Trade?
A world with free trade yields net benefits for all participants. But that world does not actually exist— countries impose free-trade roadblocks for a number of reasons.
Reading
How Did Decolonization Reshape the World?
From India and the Palestinian Territories to Vietnam and Sudan, learn how former colonies sought independence—and how the shadow of colonialism still affects many regions today.
Featured Teaching Resources
Mini Simulation
Should the United States Ratify the Law of the Sea?
In this mini-simulation explore whether or not the United States should ratify the UN Convention's Law of the Sea.
Activity
Middle East and North Africa Writing Workshop
Length
One 60-90 minute class session
Simulation
Asylum Seekers at the U.S. Southern Border in 2019 (NSC)
Set in 2019. Violence, instability, and poverty in the northern triangle have increased asylum seekers in the United States.
Featured Events
Webinar
Teaching Geography with CFR Education
Join this introductory webinar to learn tips and tricks for teaching geography with CFR Education's resources on regions of the world.
Webinar
Global Affairs Expert Webinar: Axis of Autocracies
Jennifer Kavanagh and Philip Zelikow will colead the conversation on the axis of autocracies.
Conference
CFR Education at SXSW EDU 2025
Join two CFR Education sessions at SXSW EDU 2025 in Austin, TX.