UNIT 7, LESSON 4INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT

Essential Questions: What is the United States’ role in the world?

Learning Target: (C.4.3) IWBAT describe examples of how the U.S. has dealt with international conflicts

Formative Assessment(s): Chose an international event and describe how the United States dealt with that event.

Homework: VocabularyDaily Rubric: 4 – I fully understand the learning target and I am ready to move on3 – I feel like I have a good understanding of the learning target but I need to cover it a little more2 – I feel kind of lost on the learning target and I need a lot of review before I can move on1 – I am completely lost and feel like I need to completely cover this learning target over

FLASHBACK(4.1) Which action is an example of a foreign-policy decision?

a. Congress increased support to newly arrived immigrants

b. The president requested a law to regulate pollution near international borders

c. Congress raised educational standards to make students competitive in a global market

d. The president signed an executive order restoring relations with a communist government

FLASHBACK(4.2) Why would the president seek approval from the United Nations to take military action in a foreign country?

a. To deal with international conflictb. To control global warmingc. To establish trade barriersd. To encourage free trade

PREVIEWLEARNING TARGET: (C.4.3) IWBAT DESCRIBE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE U.S. HAS DEALT WITH INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

1. What is happening to all the trees?2. What is the attitude of the bird sitting in the

tree?3. Do you believe that the bird knocking down

the trees will stop?

VOCABULARYLEARNING TARGET: (C.4.3) IWBAT DESCRIBE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE U.S. HAS DEALT WITH INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS

• Isolationism: a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, esp. the political affairs of other countries

• Monroe Doctrine: US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in the early 19th century stating that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention

• Neutrality: the state of not supporting or helping either side in a conflict

• Containment: policy of checking the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology

• Terrorism: the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims

• War on Drugs: a campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to define and reduce the illegal drug trade

• Sanctions: official permission or approval for an action

• Genocide: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation

• Embargo: official ban on trade with a particular country

ACTIVITYLEARNING TARGET: (C.4.3) IWBAT DESCRIBE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE U.S. HAS DEALT WITH INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTSWashington’s Farewell Address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtlNf3DmbM4

1. How many terms can a president serve?

2. What is Washington’s view on alliances?

3. What was Washington’s views on the two party system?

Watch the video on the Monroe Doctorine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miQFk1FMhfQ

4. What area were the United States and Russia fighting over?

5. What was the true message of the Monroe Doctorine?

Containment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcD8hiOALhk

6. What is containment?

7. How does the creator of this video feel about these policies?

ACTIVITYLEARNING TARGET: (C.4.3) IWBAT DESCRIBE EXAMPLES OF HOW THE U.S. HAS DEALT WITH INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTSNotes:• In 1990, the United States reacts to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait by starting Operation Desert Shield

which eventually led to Operation Desert Storm, aka the first Iraq War.

• Terrorist attacks led the United States to reshape its foreign policy.

• The war on drugs has been an important part of US-Latin American relations since the 1970s.

• The US placed an embargo against Cuba because the country has a communist government.

• The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon caused the United States to change its foreign policy to fight terrorism.

• The Northern Alliance helped the US and its allies fight against the Taliban.

• In the mid-1990s, the United States and NATO worked to promote stability in eastern Europe after discovering the genocide initiated in Bosnia.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Learning Target: (C.4.3) IWBAT describe examples of how the U.S. has dealt with international conflicts

Formative Assessment(s): Chose an international event and describe how the United States dealt with that event.