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Foreign Policy Lesson Plan 0

The lesson plan provides guidance for teaching students about foreign policy using various materials. It aims to help students understand the difference between foreign and domestic policy and identify the tools used for foreign policy. The lesson involves discussing key concepts, completing student worksheets and activities, and assessing student understanding.

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Foreign Policy Lesson Plan 0

The lesson plan provides guidance for teaching students about foreign policy using various materials. It aims to help students understand the difference between foreign and domestic policy and identify the tools used for foreign policy. The lesson involves discussing key concepts, completing student worksheets and activities, and assessing student understanding.

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Teacher’s Guide

Foreign Policy: War, Peace, and Everything In-between


Time Needed: One Class Period Learning Objectives. Students will be able to:
Materials Needed:  Define the terms “foreign” and “domestic.”
Student worksheets  Distinguish between foreign and domestic policy.
Projector  Identify the three main tools the executive branch uses for
Copy Instructions: foreign policy.
Notes (1 page; class set)  Determine how the executive and legislative branches share
Response Card (1 page; class set) foreign policy powers.
Activity (2 pages; class set)  Categorize current and historical examples of foreign policy in
action.

STEP BY STEP

 ANTICIPATE by writing the words “foreign” and “domestic” on the board. Ask students where
they have heard these words before, and ask them to give any examples they can
think of. Help students arrive at a definition of these words.
 DISTRIBUTE one Notes page to each student
 PROJECT the projection masters. Use them to discuss the concepts, emphasizing the role of
the president and executive branch in developing and carrying out foreign policy.
 GUIDE students through filling out the notes page as you discuss the projection masters.
 CHECK for understanding using the Military/Treaty/Foreign Aid informal assessment.
 DISTRIBUTE the activity pages to the class.
 ASSIGN students to complete the activity pages. Review the answers if you wish.
 DISCUSS part D of the activity pages with the class.
 CLOSE by asking student to choose either Military, Treaty, or Foreign aid and think of one
fictional situation when the action they chose might be appropriate. Have students
share the situation with a partner.

This lesson plan is part of the Executive Branch series by iCivics, Inc. a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing civic education. For more resources,
please visit www.icivics.org/teachers, where you can access the state standards aligned to this lesson plan. Provide feedback to feedback@icivics.org.
©2011 iCivics, Inc. You may copy, distribute, or transmit this work for noncommercial purposes if you credit iCivics. All other rights reserved.
Foreign Policy ** TEACHER GUIDE **
INFORMAL ASSESSMENT: Treaty/Military/Foreign Aid
Directions: Distribute one M/T/A folding response card to each student. Have students fold the card into
a tent-triangle shape. Read each situation below. After each situation, ask students to show you the side
of their response card that most closely describes the action described.

More than 100 U.S. citizens died when the Germans sunk a passenger ship called the
1 Lusitania in 1915, but President Wilson did not want to enter World War I. He convinced Treaty
Germany to agree to stop the attacks.
In 1917, Germany re-started its submarine attacks against unarmed ships even though it
2 had pledged to stop. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asked the U.S. Congress for a Military
declaration of war, and the U.S. entered World War I.
In 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed an agreement forming an alliance. They Foreign
3 hoped to keep the U.S. out of World War II. President Franklin Roosevelt asked Congress aid
for aid to help Great Britain fight these powers. [military]
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The next day, U.S. President
4 Franklin Roosevelt asked the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Military
Congress acted quickly, and the U.S. officially entered World War II.
In order to defeat Germany in World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt worked with
5 Great Britain to plan a major invasion of western Europe. In 1943, he appointed General Military
Dwight Eisenhower to lead the attack.
In 1949, after World War II, the United States and other democratic western countries
6 formed NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It said that if any country was Treaty
attacked by an outside nation, they would help defend each other.
After World War II, the United States gave more than $13 billion to help rebuild countries Foreign
7
and support their democratic governments. aid
During the Cold War, the United States was determined to stop communism from
8 spreading. When communist North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950, President Truman Military
sent U.S. troops to help stop the North Koreans.
In 1968, the major countries of the world agreed to the “Nuclear Non-Proliferation
9 Treaty
Treaty” in order to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.
In 1990, Iraqi leader Sadam Hussein invaded and took over neighboring Kuwait. In
10 January 1991, Congress authorized President George H. W. Bush to lead U.S. troops into Military
Kuwait and force the Iraqi troops to leave.
In 1993, the United States, Canada, and Mexico agreed to the North American Free Trade
11 Treaty
Agreement (called “NAFTA”), in order to make trade easier among the three countries.
On September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the United States. President George
12 W. Bush asked Congress for authority to use military force against those responsible. U.S. Military
troops were sent to Afghanistan, where al-Qaeda leaders were based.
In January 2010, a terrible earthquake devastated Haiti. The United States sent food, Foreign
13
water, and medical care to help those affected. aid
In 2013, the U.S. Agency for International Development’s “Water Supply, Sanitation &
Foreign
14 Hygiene” program in West Africa helped over 28,000 people get access to a better source
aid
for drinking water.

Informal Assessment

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