U6.LP5: U.S. Foreign Policy

Warm-Up

ANNOUNCEMENT
If you need to increase your grade, make sure to come to one of the after school tutoring sessions.
Unit 2 Review, Tuesday, May 3rd
Unit 3 Review, Thursday, May 5th
Unit 4 Review, Tuesday, May 10th
Unit 5 Review, Thursday, May 12th
Unit 1 Review AGAIN, Tuesday, May 17th

ANNOUNCEMENT
Senior Final will be on:
Monday, May 9 for B-Day
Tuesday, May 10th for A-Day

Unit 6: Public and Foreign Policy
Vocabulary Review
Immigration
Public Assistance
Structure and Organization of Congress
Foreign Policy
Structure and Judicial Review
Land Use and Zoning
International Organizations
Affirmative Action and Equity
Environmental Policy

Students will analyze foreign policy concepts in order to create policy solutions to current world events and that address national interests.
Objective

Objective and Warm-Up
Frayer Model
Cornell Notes
Guided Practice: Foreign Policy Event
Independent Practice: Foreign Policy Events
Exit Slip
Agenda

Frayer Model

Frayer Model
Cornell Notes
Exit Slip
Agenda

Countries set up economic trade policies with other countries in order to get essential goods from other countries and protect their countries’ businesses.
Economic Foreign Policy

Key vocabulary:
Trade: to buy and sell goods
Exports: goods that are sent to other countries
Imports: goods that are brought into a country
Free Trade: An agreement to eliminate restrictions, such as tariffs and quotas to trade between countries.
Tariff: a tax on imports and exports
Quota: a restriction on the number of specific items imported.
Embargo or Economic Sanction: To stop all trade with a country. Embargoes are imposed primarily to coerce other nations into eliminating policies by weakening their economy.
Economic Foreign Policy

Countries must protect its borders, citizens and freedoms in order to stay a sovereign (independent) nation.
Political / Military Foreign Policy

Political / Military Foreign Policy
Key Vocabulary
Treaties: Agreements among nations that each nation follows
Military alliances: an agreement among countries to help one another when attacked.
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance that protects member nations.
United Nations: an international organization with more that 190 country members to promote peace
Diplomacy: handling foreign policy

Social / Humanitarian Foreign Policy
Countries assist struggling countries for the sake of helping innocent people and maintaining peace and democracy in unstable countries

Social / Humanitarian Foreign Policy
Key Vocabulary
Human rights: basic rights of all people
Famine: lack of food, mass starvation
Civil War: war within a nation

Why do we have foreign policy?
Foreign Policy protects our national interests for:
national security: protecting borders
economic stability: maintaining a healthy economy
promoting democracy: helping other country’s establish democratic governments
protecting human rights: protecting innocent people from human rights abuses
the reputation of the United States as a world leader: asserting our position as a military and economic superpower.

Frayer Model
Cornell Notes
Exit Slip
Agenda

In the 1980s, the United States, some European countries, and the United Nations banned the trade of certain goods and services to South Africa. The policy was in response to South African laws, which enforced racial segregation.
Which of these best describes this action toward South Africa?
the use of diplomacy to gain military strength
the use of free trade to build military alliances
the use of humanitarian aid to win political support
the use of economic sanctions to bring about social change
Check for Understanding

Read the news headline below.
Which of these is a purpose of this action by the United States?
to decrease the cost of lumber
to protect the United States lumber industry
to decrease United States lumber exports
to allow for the free trade of lumber

Which of these is an example of an economic sanction?
providing poor countries with humanitarian aid
creating trade alliances with bordering countries
refusing to meet with a diplomatic representative of a dictatorship
ending trade with a country that has a poor human rights record

In 1972, the United States and 143 other nations signed a treaty that banned the development, production, and storage of biological weapons.
What is most likely the goal of this treaty?
to give nations the right to defend themselves
to stop nations from acquiring military secrets
to conduct research on the effects of biological weapons
to prevent the use of biological weapons by nations at war

“… let us resolve to wage an unrelenting [continuous] battle against poverty and for shared prosperity so that no part of humanity is left behind in the global economy.….” —President Bill Clinton, at the United Nations, September 21, 1999
Which of these topics is most related to the excerpt?
arms reduction
climatic changes
military deployment
development assistance

Foreign Policy Event
Consider the following situations. Each is based on an actual conflict somewhere in the world. You will answer a number of questions for each case.
The first questions is always: what national interests are at stake?Possibilitiesinclude:
national security
economic stability
promoting democracy
protecting human rights
the reputation of the United States as a world leader

Video on Foreign Policy
Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v61IdnDey-8
What national interests are threatened? (Explain your answers)

2. What questions do you have for Pakistan?

3. Do you think the United States should pull troops out of Afghanistan now? Why or why not?

Foreign Policy Events
Complete the three foreign policy events and the questions.
You have 20 minutes to finish.
We will go over the second event in 15 minutes.

Finish your letter to the President of the United States.
Hand it in so that we can mail the letter to him!!!
If you get a response from the President, we will bump your grade by one whole letter.
HOMEWORK

Exit Slip
Legislation promoting immigration would most likely cause
a decrease in economic activity
an increase in cultural diversity
a decrease in population growth
an increase in available housing

Exit Slip
Study the political cartoon below.
Which of these foreign policy concerns is most likely addressed by the actions in this cartoon?
supporting democratic reforms in other countries
promoting environmental protection in developing nations
providing humanitarian aid during crisis situations
protecting residents from possible security threats

U6.LP5: U.S. Foreign Policy

by Fairmont Heights High School on May 10, 2011

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