Lesson 6: Iranian Hostage Crisis
Duration of Days: 2
Lesson Objective
SWBAT evaluate the handling of the Iranian Hostage Crisis and apply that evaluation to other foreign policy decisions of the late Cold War.
How did the US government and other organizations collaborate to end the Iranian Hostage Crisis?
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- evaluate and assess
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.