U6.LP5: U.S. Foreign Policy

Warm-Up_____ 1.House of Representatives _____ 2. Senate_____ 3. Head of State_____ 4. General Assembly_____ 5. Mayor _____ 6. Governor_____ 7. Executive Order_____ 8. Committees _____ 9. Override_____ 10. Veto

A. 100 member, 2 for each stateB. President’s blockC. 435 Members, one for each district D. State Legislative Branch E. Congress’ action in response to vetoF. The President meets with foreign leadersG. A place where bills are marked up and

rewritten. H. A city’s executive leaderI. The President ability to clarify a law J. A state’s executive leader

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 PolicyVocabulary Review

Structure and Organization of Congress

Affirmative Action and Equity

Environmental Policy

Immigration

Foreign PolicyStructure and Judicial Review Land Use and Zoning

Public Assistance

International Organizations

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

Definition: Foreign policy is a country's goals in

relation to other nations and the methods and strategies used to achieve them,

including diplomacy, military assistance, and economic aid.

Characteristics:Causes:• Trade• Political differences • National Security, Border ControlEffects:• War • Peace

ImmigrationExamples:

The 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which remove barriers

and increase trade among the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

Non Examples:France creates a policy about students’ right to wear head scarves in school.


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

• 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

Political / Military 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

Social / Humanitarian 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.

Why do we have foreign policy?


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?A. the use of diplomacy to gain military strengthB. the use of free trade to build military alliancesC. the use of humanitarian aid to win political supportD. 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?A. to decrease the cost of lumberB. to protect the United States lumber industryC. to decrease United States lumber exportsD. to allow for the free trade of lumber


• Which of these is an example of an economic sanction? A. providing poor countries with humanitarian aidB. creating trade alliances with bordering countriesC. refusing to meet with a diplomatic representative of a

dictatorshipD. 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?A. to give nations the right to defend themselvesB. to stop nations from acquiring military secretsC. to conduct research on the effects of biological weaponsD. 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?A. arms reductionB. climatic changesC. military deploymentD. development assistance


• 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?Possibilities include:

• national security• economic stability• promoting democracy• protecting human rights• the reputation of the United States as a world leader

Foreign Policy Event

• Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v61IdnDey-8

1. What national interests are threatened? (Explain your answers)

Video on Foreign Policy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v61IdnDey-8

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?


• 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.

Foreign Policy Events

• 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

Legislation promoting immigration would most likely causeA. a decrease in economic activityB. an increase in cultural diversityC. a decrease in population growthD. 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?A. supporting democratic reforms in other countriesB. promoting environmental protection in developing nationsC. providing humanitarian aid during crisis situationsD. protecting residents from possible security threats

Exit Slip

News & Politics

U6.LP5: U.S. Foreign Policy