About This Lesson
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
HOW DO WE REVITALIZE NONMILITARY INSTRUMENTS OF POWER AND INFLUENCE ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS AND SECURITY?
OBJECTIVES:
SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted primary and secondary source text based on the Robert Gate’s book entitled ‘Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, And A New Path Forward In The Post-Cold War World regarding revitalizing nonmilitary instruments of power and influence toward skill building necessary for the A.P. U.S. Government and Politics
Citations:
Gates, Robert (2020). Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes and A New Path Forward In The Post-Cold War World. NEW YORK: Alfred A. Knopf (Pgs. 13-87; 387-416)
VIDEO RESOURCE:
Online Book Event: Exercise of Power: Secretary Robert M. Gates (Center for Strategic and International Studies – June 17, 2020)
https://www.csis.org/events/online-book-event-exercise-power-secretary-robert-m-gates
PODCAST: Council on Foreign Relations – June 17, 2020
The World Is Watching Us (28:40 mins)
https://www.cfr.org/podcasts/world-watching-us/
AP US GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS STANDARDS:
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-united-states-government-and-politics/exam
