Lesson on Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Aim: How did international events in the 1970s fuel U.S. domestic and foreign policy?

How did the Reagan administration respond to the domestic and international social, political, and economic concerns of the 1980s? How did international events affect the United States in the 1990s?  

 Bell Ringer: Review Journal 80

Objectives:

1.   Students will analyze the foreign policy of the United States as it relates to Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Agenda:

1.  Bell Ringer (10 min) 

2.   Whole-class discussion on current goals of foreign policy, as well as review of graphic organizer and map work. (10 min) 

3.  Guided Activity: Students work in pairs to complete graphic organizer and world map using the textbook and/or Internet sources, while teacher oversees and facilitates learning. (15 min) 

4.   Independent activity: Journal 81 - Was the United States justified in invading Iraq.  (10 min)

5.   Students can locate and label Latin American and Caribbean countries that experienced a U.S. invasion or involvement between1981-1992. (Use map)

Group Assignments

1.   (Thomas & Kevin) Research: Iran Contra scandal. Identify key figures and specific constitutional conflicts between the presidents and Congress. Students will create a whole class chart based on student findings. 

2.   (Larry & Bertha) Research: The collapse of the Berlin Wall and work in small groups to list and describe the impact it had on communism in Eastern Europe and the Cold War.  

3.   (Jennifer & Ramses) Research: The events leading to America’s involvement with the Gulf War and compare and contrast it with the War on Terrorism.  

4.   (Ricardo & Chris) List and evaluate United Nations efforts to prevent Iraq from further aggression in the Middle East.  

5.   (Kelly) Research: Gulf War syndrome and the United States response.  

6.   (Catherin) Research and discuss Clinton’s foreign policy efforts in Somalia and Bosnia; as well as his administration’s handling of terror attacks. 

Home Learning: Journal 82 - Identify a solution to a current foreign policy problem. (See Trump’s foreign policy covered in class)

Links for research: 

U.S. Interventions in Latin America

Trump's Foreign Policy