QUARTER 4: GLOBAL SECURITY UNIT
When dealing with the issues of terrorism, food security, and nuclear proliferation, there is a delicate balance, for both individuals and countries, between sovereignty/self determination and security.
When dealing with the issues of terrorism, food security, and nuclear proliferation, there is a delicate balance, for both individuals and countries, between sovereignty/self determination and security.
- Compare two historical events [Pearl Harbor and 9-11] in relation to act of war and act of terrorism.
- Research the Japanese Internment and current civil liberties reduction and hate crimes/discrimination.
- Understand the balance between security and individual rights.
- Compare the Patriot Act and the Safe Act with the U.S. Bill of Rights and analyze the effect on civil liberties.
- Design and present a model resolution on terrorism.
- Write a persuasive essay for this resolution.
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- Design, recommend, and deliberate on a policy for terrorism.
- Write a persuasive essay for this resolution.
- Understand the impact of food aid on global security
- Read [articles and editorials] about food aid issues and their impact on local economies and societies.
- Research, design and present country case studies illustrating food aid/security issues.
- Research the issue of nuclear proliferation and the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- Study about Nuclear Proliferation and the NPT and map the nuclear world. [readings and videos]
- Research the impact of nuclear proliferation in three case studies: Japan, North Korea, and Iran.
- Choose to write a formal letter to the historical figure, President Truman about the consequences of his actions regarding the atomic bomb, to a current RI Senator/Representative regarding a policy recommendation about nuclear proliferation.