Unit Plan Example

Day Objectives Addressed Assessment Strategies Used Learning Activities1 Intro. to Foreign Policy -

TypesNote Taking – RAP Discussion, Presentation,

Reading 2 Foreign Policy cont… Group Presentation Group work on policy

examples throughout history3 Cold War Intro. “Destruction

of Old Order”Quiz on Foreign Policy TypesParticipation from assigned reading

Prezi and discussion of WWII transition-Yalta Conference, East vs. WestTimeline

4 Origins of the Cold War Article Notes and Discussion Gaddis and Patterson Article Reading and Discussion*Add to Timeline

5 Cold War and Policy Making Group PresentationsOpinion Paper on Origins of the Cold War

Group Activity on Policy Making:-Truman Doctrine-Marshall Plan-NSC-68-IMF-World Bank-United Nations*Add to Timeline

6 Germany Leaving the Classroom Pass on something interesting you didn’t know previously

Video and Discussion – NATO and its impact*Add to Timeline

7 Asia Beginnings Worksheet/Notes Movie: Fog of War*Add to Timeline

8 Asia Cont… Worksheet/Notes Movie: Fog of War*Add to Timeline

9 Eisenhower Readings and Group Discussion

Group Work on Eisenhower’s choices:-Power Change and Soviet Union-CIA-Nuclear Race*Add to Timeline

10 Kennedy Intro. Worksheet/Notes CNN Video on Kennedy11 President Analysis Group Presentation on

PresidentsEach Group gets a different president and discusses their policy and choices*Add to Timeline

12 The Collapse of the Soviet Union – Cold War Wrap Up

“Your Decision” Paper Wrap up with teacher power point presentation and hand out of large assignment

Unit Plan – Stage 3Learning Plan

ED 321 – Unit Plan

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Lesson Plan # 1

Title: Foreign Policy Subject/Course: US/World HistoryTopic: Cold War Grade: 10 Designer: Sarah Ward

Stage 1 – Desired Results

Established Goal(s) GGB.8.3 Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world historyB.8.12 Describe how history can be organized and analyzed using various criteria to group people and events chronologically, geographically, thematically, topically, and by issues

Understanding(s) UU -Who and what shapes foreign policy-There are many different types of foreign policy

Essential Question(s) QQ-What is foreign policy?-What effects foreign policy decision makers?

Students will know… KK-What foreign policy is-Who and What shapes foreign policy-The 5 types of foreign policy

Students will be able to… SS-look at different historical events and decide what shaped the policy making during this event-understand the relationship between economy, people, events and how they affect the government’s decision making process, in regards to foreign relations.

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

Students will present the types of foreign policy through a group presentation.

Stage 3 – Learning PlanLL

Materials: -Article “Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations” Introduction Section-Worksheet on Article

Introduction:-Opening Question and Discussion “Who Shapes Foreign Policy?” -Students will brainstorm ideas and will write them on the board

Procedures:

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-Go through who actually shapes foreign policy: -Congress, President, Secretary of State/Defense/Treasury/Commerce, Chiefs of Staff, National Security Advisor, CIA, UN Ambassador, Public Opinion, Issue Groups, Business Groups -Transition to the types of foreign policy-Separate Class into 5 groups: nationalist, progressive, realist, revisionist, and post-revisionist-Give the Article to each group for them to read and fill out worksheet on their assigned topic

Closure: -Each Group will present the information they found and the class will fill in the worksheet as each group goes.

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FOREIGN POLICY DISCOVERY

SCHOOLS PERSPECTIVETIME

PERIODEVENTS HISTORIANS

Nationalist

Progressive

Realist

Revisionist

Post-Revisionsist


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Lesson Plan # 2

Title: Cold War Policy Subject/Course: US/World HistoryTopic: Cold War Grade: 10 Designer: Sarah Ward


Established Goal(s) GGC.8.9 Describe the role of international organizations such as military alliances and trade associations

B.8.2 Employ cause-and-effect arguments to demonstrate how significant events have influenced the past and the present in United States and world history

B.8.3 Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world history

Understanding(s) UU-During the Cold War foreign policy made a drastic shift to international policy-The shift in foreign policy during the Cold War created many international organizations

Essential Question(s) QQ-How did foreign policy change during the Cold War?-What was the reason for this shift?

Students will know… KK-Foreign Policy became very much an international issue during the Cold War-What the IMF, United Nations, World Bank are and their purpose-How Truman and the National Security Council changed this view of policy

Students will be able to… SS-Read and analyze a primary source document-Explain why international organizations were created and how they affect our government still today.


Students will present the documents (ideas) and international organizations through group presentations.


Materials: -Computer for the group to research IMF, United Nations, World Bank-Primary Source document for groups reading the Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, and NSC-68

Introduction:-Watch video on the United Nations-How has the United Nations affected us today? What other organizations do you know of

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control several different countries?

Procedures:-Explanation that these international organizations were created during the beginnings of the Cold War -Separate Class into 6 groups: 3 based on documents and 3 based on international organization-Each group will need to make a power point slide explaining their document or organization

Closure: -Each Group will present the information they found via the power point slide-We will add these documents to our Cold War timeline


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Lesson Plan # 3

Title: Collapse of the Soviet Union – Cold War Wrap Up Subject/Course: US/World HistoryTopic: Cold War Grade: 10 Designer: Sarah Ward


Established Goal(s) GGC.8.9 Describe the role of international organizations such as military alliances and trade associations

B.8.2 Employ cause-and-effect arguments to demonstrate how significant events have influenced the past and the present in United States and world history

B.8.3 Describe the relationships between and among significant events, such as the causes and consequences of wars in United States and world history

Understanding(s) UU-The variety of events of the Cold War and how they impacted decision making-Why policy makers of the Cold War made the decisions that they made

Essential Question(s) QQ-Why did the Cold War End?-What events led up to the fall of the Soviet Union?-What role did President Reagan play in the End of the Cold War?

Students will know… KK-How the Cold War came to an end-The time layout of significant Cold War events-The role of different Cold War presidents-Types of Foreign Policy-International Organizations

Students will be able to… SS-apply what they learned about foreign policy to today’s governmental decisions-look at government’s decision making from various points of view.


Students will write a paper based off the assignment “Your Decision.”


Materials: -Computer for presentation and video-Assignment Sheet

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Introduction:-Watch video on the Cold War via BrainPop.com-How did the Cold War end? What happened? Who was president?

Procedures:-Give power point presentation on Reagan and the end of the Cold War -presentation includes snippets from his different speeches-Take a look at the timeline

Closure: -Hand out final assignment “Your Decision”

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YOUR DECISION ASSIGNMENT

Pretend you are one of President Obama’s closest advisors. Taking what you have learned about foreign policy during the Cold War and the decisions Presidents

Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy made during this period, pick a foreign issue/event that the US is involved in currently or has recently been involved in and write a letter/memo to President Obama discussing how you think he should go about dealing with this foreign issue/event. Which category of foreign policy does your decision fall into? Is it similar to a Cold War issue and how? Is your advice similar to that of one of the Cold War presidents and why? Feel free to

create your own international organization to help solve the problem. Explain the history and relationship this country or area of the world has with the United States

and how that is affecting your decision making.

GRADING RUBRIC

NEEDS IMPROVEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

Chose a current foreign issue/event and gave background

information on the topic.

Proposed a solution to the issue and explained why you chose to go about it in the way that you

did.

Chose a category of foreign policy, explained the category,

and gave explanation of why you chose it.

Compared decision to a Cold War Presidents decision

10th grade level writing- few spelling errors, few grammar

mistakes, correct paper structure

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UNIT GRADING PLAN

- 5 points each day for participation in group work: 4 days of group work (20)

- 5 points for worksheets/homework: 8 worksheets (40)- 10 points for foreign policy quiz (10)- 20 points for opinion paper (20)- 40 points for “Your Decision” paper (40)- TOTAL: 130 points

Grade Points PercentA 130-117 100-90B 116-104 89-80C 103-91 79-70D 90-85 69-65F 85 or lower 65-0

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