When+is+War+or+Diplomacy+an+appropriate+strategy

Joe Taylor and Pat Bultema

Controlling question: When is war or diplomacy an appropriate strategy? CH 11

Essential question: Should the United States intervene in Libya?

Overview: The teacher will lead a discussion on declaring war, intervening w/o declaration, recent interventions by the US, foreign policy decisions, on international diplomacy and laws and rules for intervening abroad. Students will then take on the role of a US cabinet member and write a memo to the President concerning this matter.

Objectives:
 * 1) Describe some basic laws and guidelines on international diplomacy.
 * 2) Students will outline their stance on the essential question and support that stand with evidence.
 * 3) Analyze implications of their policy in Libya/US.

Objective 1 = activity is: teacher leads discussion by questioning students on US wars, use of power, diplomacy, and interventions. This will help the teacher assess

Objective 2 and 3 = activity is: students will be assigned the role of a US cabinet member. They will then write a letter, while making sure they are applying their role in the cabinet to the letter, to the President outlining their plan and its implications.