Back-to-School Activities to Explain an Interconnected World
Explore high school and higher education activities that will help you explain our interconnected world in new and engaging ways.
At the beginning of the school year, you can never have enough free and fun educational activities. Whether you are a high school social studies teacher or a university international relations professor, CFR Education has got you covered.
Made for teachers, by teachers, these activities are here to help you explain our interconnected world in new and engaging ways.
High School
Put students in the shoes of policymakers with Model Diplomacy mini simulations. These short case studies will give your class hands-on experience grappling with the challenges of our modern, globalized world. Check out some favorites:
Not sure how to run a mini simulation? Follow these guidelines.
Forms of Government Gallery Walk
Help your students learn the major differences among various forms of government by rotating between stations of this gallery walk. Images and scenarios are prepared just for you! Print the slides.
Trade Agreement Game
In this game, students will simulate both the World Trade Organization and regional trade agreements, trade under different kinds of trade rules, and then reflect on the advantages and disadvantages of each set of rules. Play the game.
Internally Displaced Persons Awareness Campaign
With this activity, your students will learn about immigration policies while building their communication skills as they design their own awareness campaign. Review the instructions.
Higher Education
Are you teaching a course this fall and looking for new ways to help students develop critical thinking, persuasive speaking and writing, and collaboration skills?
Model Diplomacy is the perfect tool. Try these two popular simulations:
Confronting Terror Primary Source Analysis
Have your students read and analyze speeches from President Clinton and President George W. Bush on counterterrorism policy before and after 9/11 using the attached graphic organizer on page four. Compare the speeches.
Global Health Policy Letter-Writing
Using the outlines provided, have your students write a letter to a member of Congress or an editor of a newspaper on how they think noncommunicable diseases could be handled better. Access the outlines.
The resources don’t end here! Check out all of CFR Education’s classroom activities by exploring this suite of lesson plans.
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