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International Relations and Ideologies

  • Assess the impact of various factors and events on 20th century international relations.
  • Create a pie chart that depicts the relative influence of various factors in shaping international relations.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-1

Specific Outcome 2.2 - Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3 - Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.10 - Students will analyze how ideological conflict shaped international relations after the Second World War (expansionism, containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, nonalignment, liberation movements) (PADM, TCC, LPP)
Specific Outcome 2.11 - Students will analyze perspectives on the imposition of the principles of liberalism (Aboriginal experiences, contemporary events) (PADM, ER, TCC)
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.1.4 - Students will predict likely outcomes based on factual information
Specific Outcome S.1.6 - Students will synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
Specific Outcome S.1.8 - Students will assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will analyze multiple historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.2 - Students will analyze connections among patterns of historical change by identifying cause and effect relationships
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare similarities and differences among historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.4 - Students will evaluate the impact of significant historical periods and patterns of change on the contemporary world
Specific Outcome S.2.5 - Students will discern historical facts from historical interpretations through an examination of multiple sources
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop a reasoned position that is informed by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.2.8 - Students will demonstrate an understanding of how changes in technology can benefit or harm society—in the context of the present, the future and various historical time periods
Specific Outcome S.3.1 - Students will analyze the impact of physical and human geography on history
Specific Outcome S.3.2 - Students will make inferences and draw conclusions from maps and other geographical sources
Specific Outcome S.3.5 - Students will assess the impact of human activities on the land and the environment
Specific Outcome S.3.6 - Students will assess how human interaction impacts geopolitical realities
Specific Outcome S.3.7 - Students will use current, reliable information sources from around the world, including online atlases
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership in groups to achieve consensus, solve problems, formulate positions and take action, if appropriate, on important issues
Specific Outcome S.5.2 - Students will participate in persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S.5.4 - Students will demonstrate leadership during discussions and group work
Specific Outcome S.5.5 - Students will respect the needs and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.6 - Students will collaborate in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.2 - Students will acknowledge the importance of multiple perspectives in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.7.3 - Students will draw pertinent conclusions based on evidence derived from research
Specific Outcome S.7.8 - Students will select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
Specific Outcome S.8.1 - Students will communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
Specific Outcome S.8.5 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
Specific Outcome S.8.7 - Students will use appropriate presentation software to demonstrate personal understandings
Specific Outcome S.8.9 - Students will apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 30-2

Specific Outcome 2.2 - Students will appreciate how citizens and citizenship are impacted by the promotion of ideological principles (C, TCC)
Specific Outcome 2.3 - Students will appreciate that individuals and groups may adhere to various ideologies (I, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 2.10 - Students will examine how ideological conflict shaped international relations after the Second World War (expansionism, containment, deterrence, brinkmanship, détente, liberation movements) (TCC, PADM, ER)
Specific Outcome 2.11 - Students will examine perspectives on the imposition of liberalism (Aboriginal experiences, contemporary events) (PADM, ER, TCC)
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.1.4 - Students will suggest likely outcomes based on factual information
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
Specific Outcome S.2.1 - Students will understand diverse historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
Specific Outcome S.2.3 - Students will compare and contrast historical narratives
Specific Outcome S.2.4 - Students will identify and describe the impact of significant historical periods and patterns of change on society today
Specific Outcome S.2.5 - Students will understand the difference between historical facts and historical interpretations
Specific Outcome S.2.7 - Students will develop reasoned arguments supported by historical and contemporary evidence
Specific Outcome S.2.8 - Students will describe how changes in technology can benefit or harm society
Specific Outcome S.3.3 - Students will locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Specific Outcome S.3.4 - Students will assess the impact of human activities on the land and the environment
Specific Outcome S.3.5 - Students will use current, reliable information sources from around the world, including online atlases
Specific Outcome S.4.1 - Students will demonstrate skills needed to reach consensus, solve problems and formulate positions
Specific Outcome S.5.1 - Students will demonstrate leadership by persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
Specific Outcome S.5.2 - Students will make meaningful contributions to discussion and group work
Specific Outcome S.5.4 - Students will consider the points of view and perspectives of others
Specific Outcome S.5.5 - Students will identify and use a variety of strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
Specific Outcome S.5.6 - Students will demonstrate cooperativeness in groups to solve problems
Specific Outcome S.6.2 - Students will promote and respect the contributions of team members when working as a team
Specific Outcome S.7.2 - Students will develop conclusions based on evidence gathered through research of a wide variety of sources
Specific Outcome S.7.6 - 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.8.7 - Students will employ technologies to adapt information for context (situation, audience and purpose)
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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