As controversy grows over military recruitment in high schools, we offer a set of rigorous, inquiry-oriented and student-friendly readings and activities that explore many aspects of the military, the draft, and the war:
- Who's in the military & why do they join?
- Should you join the military?
- How does the Army recruit?
- Recruiters meet resistance
- Two soldiers, two mothers
- The volunteer army
- Is America a nation at war?
- DBQ: Should there be a draft?
- Additional classroom activities