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The Effectiveness of International Organizations

Assess the effectiveness of an international organization.


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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 20-1

Specific Outcome 3.2 - Students will appreciate the impacts of nation and state involvement in regional and global affairs on individual and collective identities (GC, C)
Specific Outcome 3.5 - Students will explore understandings of internationalism (GC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 3.6 - Students will analyze how internationalism can be promoted through foreign policy (multilateralism, supranationalism, peacekeeping, foreign aid, international law and agreements) (GC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 3.7 - Students will evaluate the extent to which selected organizations promote internationalism(United Nations, World Council of Indigenous Peoples, European Union, l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Arctic Council, contemporary examples) (GC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 3.8 - Students will analyze impacts of the pursuit of internationalism in addressing contemporary global issues (conflict, poverty, debt, disease, environment, human rights) (GC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.3 - Students will assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will reflect on changes of points of view or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will demonstrate proficiency in the use of research tools and strategies to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied perspectives on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
Specific Outcome S.7.7 - Students will develop, refine and apply questions to address an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.8 - Students will select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.7.9 - Students will plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources
Specific Outcome S.7.10 - Students will use calendars, time management or project management software to assist in organizing the research process
Specific Outcome S.7.11 - Students will generate new understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
Specific Outcome S.7.12 - Students will record relevant data for acknowledging sources of information, and cite sources correctly
Specific Outcome S.7.13 - Students will respect ownership and integrity of information
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.9.5 - Students will demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 20-2

Specific Outcome 3.2 - Students will appreciate the impacts of nation and state involvement in regional and global affairs on individual and collective identities (GC, C)
Specific Outcome 3.5 - Students will explore understandings of internationalism (GC, PADM)
Specific Outcome 3.6 - Students will examine how internationalism can be promoted by foreign policy (multilateralism, supranationalism, peacekeeping, foreign aid, international law and agreements) (GC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 3.7 - Students will analyze the extent to which selected organizations promote internationalism(United Nations, World Council of Indigenous Peoples, European Union, l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Arctic Council) (GC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 3.8 - Students will examine impacts of the pursuit of internationalism in addressing contemporary global issues (conflict, poverty, debt, disease, environment, human rights) (GC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome S.1.1 - Students will analyze ideas and information from multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.1.3 - Students will determine the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
Specific Outcome S.7.1 - Students will develop and  express an informed position on an issue
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will use research tools and methods to investigate issues
Specific Outcome S.7.4 - Students will consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied perspectives on particular issues
Specific Outcome S.7.5 - Students will revise questions on an issue as new information becomes available
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - Students will select relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.9.5 - Students will demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information
C Citizenship
ER Economics and Resources
CC Culture and Community
I Identity
LPP The Land: Places and People
GC Global Connections
TCC Time, Continuity and Change
PADM Power, Authority, and Decision Making
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