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The Motives for International Involvement

  • Identify the top two or three reasons why countries chose to become involved in an assigned international issue and the top two or three reasons why other counties chose not to become involved.
  • Rank the top five reasons why countries participate in international efforts and the top five reasons why they are reluctant to participate in international efforts.

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Specific Outcomes

This critical challenge may address these outcomes:

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 20-1

Specific Outcome 3.1 - Students will appreciate that nations and states engage in regional and global affairs for a variety of reasons (GC, C, PADM)
Specific Outcome 3.4 - Students will analyze the motives of nation and state involvement or noninvolvement in international affairs (economic stability, self-determination, peace, security, humanitarianism) (GC, TCC, PADM)
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
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.1.9 - Students will analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
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.2.9 - Students will use current, reliable information sources from around the world
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.3.3 - Students will locate, gather, interpret and organize information, using historical maps
Specific Outcome S.3.4 - Students will develop and assess geographic representations to demonstrate the impact of factors of geography on world events
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.5.4 - Students will demonstrate leadership during discussions and group work
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.7.6 - 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.7.8 - 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

Curriculum Outcomes Addressed: 20-2

Specific Outcome 3.1 - Students will appreciate that nations and states engage in regional and global affairs for a variety of reasons (GC, C)
Specific Outcome 3.4 - Students will examine the motives of nation and state involvement or noninvolvement in international affairs (economic stability, self-determination, peace, security, humanitarianism) (GC, LPP, TCC)
Specific Outcome S.1.5 - Students will evaluate personal assumptions and opinions
Specific Outcome S.1.6 - Students will determine the strengths and weaknesses of arguments
Specific Outcome S.1.7 - Students will identify seemingly unrelated ideas to explain a concept or event
Specific Outcome S.1.8 - Students will analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
Specific Outcome S.1.9 - Students will identify main ideas underlying a position or issue
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.2.9 - Students will use current, reliable information sources from around the world
Specific Outcome S.3.1 - Students will analyze the ways in which physical and human geographic features influence world events
Specific Outcome S.3.2 - Students will draw conclusions from maps and other geographic sources
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.5.2 - Students will make meaningful contributions to discussion and group work
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.7.6 - 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.8.2 - Students will engage in respectful discussion
Specific Outcome S.8.3 - Students will use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
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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