Lesson 9: Human Rights
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
SWBAT analyze the shift in US foreign policy away from the Cold War toward the protect of human rights.
How did the US respond to the collapse of global communism and the shifting global population after the Cold War?
US.His.15.b. Develop an argument about the long-term causes and triggering events of United States
foreign policies designed to contain and dismantle communism (e.g., Iran Hostage Crisis, El
Salvador, Nicaragua, Iran-Contra, Afghanistan)
DOK 3- critique
Modified readings can be given to students which underline key phrases and/or give definitions of difficult terms. The reading can also be accessed at two different Lexile levels.