About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
HOW CAN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY BE TRANSFORMED USING THE FIVE TRADITIONS OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY?
Objectives:
SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary sources (complex text, video, images, article) toward skill building for the AP U.S. Exam.
Citations:
BOOK: Zoellick, Robert B. (2020) America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy. NEW YORK: Twelve (Hachette Book Group) (Pgs. 443-472)
PRIMARY SOURCE: John Quincy Adams Speaks to U.S. House of Representatives on Foreign Policy – July 4, 1821
https://www.1821secofstateJQAdmas.pdf
VIDEO: America in the World: The History and Future of U.S. Foreign Policy – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – August 10, 2020 (60 mins)
NEWS ARTICLE ANALYSIS:
Kushner’s Secret Push to Sell F-35 Jet to UAE
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/20/politics/kushner-UAE-Israel-F-35-fighter-jet/index.html
HOMEWORK:
Applied History Project – Belfer Center
https://www.belfercenter.org/project/applied-history-project
A.P. U.S. History Standards:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap=united-states-history
