We learned about current American foreign policy today in class, which is largely directed by the President of the United States in recent years. Photo taken in 2010.
Hi everyone,
Today was really our last day of new content this year, before preparations for finals next week. Here's what happened in class today:
Today was really our last day of new content this year, before preparations for finals next week. Here's what happened in class today:
Learning Targets Addressed:
Knowledge LT 8: I can identify how technological knowledge and innovation shapes a society, place, or region.
Knowledge LT 22: I can describe the influences, impacts and resolutions of historical conflicts.
Critical Thinking LT 4: I can evaluate information and explanations within a given context and develop a relevant conclusion.
Critical Thinking LT 5: I can justify and support arguments or interpretation with appropriate evidence.
Communication LT 1: I can communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
Research LT 1: I can effectively conduct and apply research.
AGENDA 5/31/19:
News Brief - Connor
Post-Cold War
Current Foreign Policy
Work Time
Homework: Read the blog! Continue working on your conflict presentation! All late/missing/revised work is due ***TODAY***! Next news brief: Gerardo.Current Foreign Policy
Work Time
News Brief: Connor had the news brief today, but was not in class at the start, so I filled in and selected an article about this story to talk about: CNN.com - Dow slides 300 points as US tariffs on Mexico amplify trade fears. After discussing the story, we also checked in to see if anyone was up to anything interesting or fun outside of class.
Gerardo was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Gerardo was assigned to do the next news brief.
As part of the news brief, we also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):
Post-Cold War: Much of our time in the past couple of months has been spent analyzing what happened during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Today, we learned more about what happened after, and current foreign policy. Here's the PowerPoint presentation that I went through in class:
Here is the sheet for notes that I passed out to the class:
Current Foreign Policy: As noted in the presentation near the end, we then turned our attention to current issues with the U.S. relationship with the world. There were a fair amount of handouts in class about this, which were all about current positions that President Trump has about the world. Students read these positions and attempted to summarize them into an overall statement. Next class, we will be working with these statements on the last assignment before finals.
Work Time: The rest of class (if there was any time) was devoted to work time on the conflict presentation - assigning roles for what to do, creating the presentation, etc. Here is the assignment for the United States conflict presentations, which is the final major project of the year (hopefully not too stressful, though):
Here is the PowerPoint that shows who is in what conflict presentation group:
Here is the calendar of what I think we will be doing for the rest of the year in American Studies, to help students plan. That calendar is linked here (and may be updated, so use the link over the paper copy you were given):
Here is the PowerPoint that shows who is in what conflict presentation group:
Here is the calendar of what I think we will be doing for the rest of the year in American Studies, to help students plan. That calendar is linked here (and may be updated, so use the link over the paper copy you were given):
Google Drive - American Studies 10 Foreign Policy Calendar 2019
See everyone next week! Almost there to the end of the year - keep at it!
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